2018: The Year in Music

As the end of 2018 draws ever nearer, I thought now was the perfect time to jump back in with this blog and talk about the year in music for me.

Music: My top 5 of 2017

2017 may be over but it really was a great year for music. As I didn't write about music at all last year, I thought it was only right that I put together my top 5 bands/artists of 2017 as well as sharing my 2017 playlist with you. All of these bands released new music …

Album Review: Stems – Severance

Huddersfield three piece Stems came back onto the music scene with a bang earlier this year. After time away to progress and work on their sound, their latest album 'Severance' is a great next chapter for the band. I reviewed Stems 'Polemics' album a couple of years ago and was blown away by the beautiful soundscapes …

Album Review: Lauren Ray – We Will Need Courage

Lauren Ray We Will Need Courage Release Date: 1st July 2016 British singer songwriter Lauren Ray has recently released debut album ‘We Will Need Courage’. After the release of her debut EP last year and two singles this year ‘Drive’ and ‘Come To Me’, all receiving great reviews, Lauren is back with her first full …

EP Review: Safe Side – Blossom

Safe Side Blossom Release Date: 15th July 2016 Essex based five piece Safe Side look at all their music with the question "would we listen to this ourselves if we weren’t in the band?", and it is a way of looking at things which seems to have served this band well over the beginnings of their …

This Week #44

I've been so busy this week that my usual blog planning has pretty much gone out of the window. It's Saturday afternoon as I write this and I have some downtime for half an hour or so. I'm using the time to compile my thoughts about the past 7 days. Last weekend was quite relaxed …

tracks of the week #150

Today, it is the 150th Tracks of the Week post on this here blog. I can't quite believe it myself actually either! Somehow we have reached this milestone and it puts the whole tracks of the week series into perspective. I've really spent a lot of time throughout my blogging career putting together these posts …

EP Review: Arms and Hearts – The Jaded Captain

[media-credit name="Jessica Brown" align="alignright" width="294"][/media-credit] Arms and Hearts The Jaded Captain Release Date: 6th June 2016 Singer/songwriter Steve Millar, aka Arms and Hearts, has been featured on the blog before when I reviewed his last EP ‘Set In Stone’. Now he is back with his new release, the two track ‘The Jaded Captain’ that sees …

tracks of the week #149

https://play.spotify.com/track/37Oojxm0tKyUFiyfn52LHU Warpaint - Disco//very I reviewed this album when it first came out and I was blown away by how accomplished it was for only a second album. I spent a lot of 2013 listening to this album but since then I've kind of forgotten about it, I'm not quite sure why, but I was …

EP Review: Vista – Versus

[media-credit name="Holly Turner" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit] Vista Versus Release Date: 13th May 2016 After enjoying a decade long solo career, Hope Vista, combined forces with guitarist Brian Canfield and drummer Wolf Reiter to form anthem rock trio Vista. They may be a new name on the scene but they are already turning heads online and have …