DISTANT echoes of The Waterboys flow through the new single from GAVIN FOX, ‘Lay Down Low,’ released last week and a taster from his forthcoming, ‘Awakened’ album. “It’s sort of about discovery,” said Fox. “I spent a long time in my head, with my own thoughts, at times with fear and anxiety, but then I…
Read article“MY name’s Martin, and I’m a guitarist/singer based in The Algarve in Portugal. I play in bars and restaurants. Sometimes it’s very quiet and mellow during dinner, and sometimes very loud and rocky when the bar’s thumping and the beers are flowing! I don’t use backing tracks, I don’t believe in them. Everything with me…
Read articleWHEN I think about a desert island scenario, I’d want an album with a little bit of everything and lots of parts. This album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, ‘Child is Father to the Man,’ makes me feel something across many spectrums. I am constantly fascinated to my core with the musicianship and writing. I…
Read articleSO many wonderful initiatives launched this week aimed at helping those affected by the unfolding crisis in Ukraine, and I’m honoured to be able to feature one of the very best in NICK HUDSON’S new single, ‘Lights/Svoboda.’ “The opening features a recording I made in Georgia, into my Soviet cassette recorder, of my 20-year-old Russian…
Read articleCLEARLY influenced by the likes of Japan, Brian Eno and Boards of Canada, Texas-based ‘Paris Music Corp’ – the moniker of ambient composer John Andrew Paris – have just released their self-titled album and wonderful, chilled video for lead track, ‘Light Speed.’ Hailing from Austin, John Andrew Paris has spent decades creating music and collaborating…
Read articleTAKING only one album to a desert Island would be like asking me which ear I want to listen to it with. It’s a virtually impossible task. And my choice will be different with each rising sun. But because this is for Bradders, I am happy give you my February 2022 choice. And it’s ‘Young…
Read articleI KNOW< I KNOW, it’s not a ‘new post.’ But give me a couple of weeks while I get back in the swing of things with the site. Thanks everyone AS PARTICLES COLLIDE is the solo music project of Kyle Breidenfield He began this project in 2018 after bouncing around in other small ideas and…
Read articleFOLLOWING on from last year’s ‘Studio 54’ release, SōMuch are back at it with their follow-up, ‘Glitter In My Pocket’ which launches today. SōMuch fuse the classic vibe of ‘70s and ‘80s disco scene with modern production, bringing their ‘retro nūvō’ sound to the dancefloors. Infectious Chic-esque guitar lines, funky grooves and epic vocal hooks…
Read articleASSUMING I was stranded on a desert island, not by my own choice, and could be in possession of one album only, I would want an album that I could totally get lost in. I would want an album that echoes my situation and makes me feel comfortable with being removed and isolated from the…
Read articleOUT next week, ‘Something Good Will Come,’ the new album from London singer/songwriter, NIGEL BROWN. There’s a joyous ‘60s ‘jangle-pop vibe’ throughout with an added splash of Tom Petty to reinforce that sun-drenched, West Coast sound. “I started writing the songs in January 2021 during the lockdown. I wrote them in about two weeks, meaning…
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