Soundchecks Music Review

This won Polly Jean Harvey the prestigious Mercury Music Prize in September 2003 – a remarkable and historic achievement because she’s the first female artiste ever to win, […]

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This one’s actually more like an audio-book of fiction, or spoken word anthology, than a proper album, but has some musical accompaniment, so it’s nonetheless just as interesting […]

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Comparisons are odious. And Joe’s probably already hacked-off with the ‘great lost Nick Drake’ album tag. The title-track fades in from nothing, building on graceful discord before dissolving […]

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It’s startling to see the progression made by maestro Andrea Tilenni on this quick follow-up to Toward The Castle. Moving away slightly from the black metal aesthetics, which were minor to […]

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Forged in the desolate hinterlands of Minnesota in the United States, Canis Dirus make their debut with A Sombre Wind From A Distant Shore. This outfit plays a melancholy […]

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Formed in 1983, Britain’s Sade made a splash in 1984 with Diamond Life, which went top 10 in the UK and was followed up by 1985’s equally impressive Promise. At […]

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So, I guess that’s pronounced ‘Doons’ over there, right? Dunes who make strong Anglophile-indie sounds from Toronto. And it’s perfect Travis. Who says rock must progress? Like dunes […]

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This record came as a shock. Mortiis, former bassist with Norwegian death metal legends Emperor, has, to say the least, forged an excellent solo recording career for himself. […]

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Several years ago I came up with a theory that all the good names for bands had been used up. All that were left were non-sequiturs and bad […]

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Alive and loud from the rubber tyre capital of the free world Akron, Ohio these guys will rock your arses off. Forget all US press hype over Kings […]

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