Jessica Weiss takes time out from her dream-pop trio Fear Of Men to unveil her solo project New German Cinema.
Post-rock supergroup Pullman return after a 25-year hiatus with a new album and new elements to their sound.
I know it’s very early in the year, and there are plenty more idiocies to look forward to in 2026, but I have already read what will surely be a contender for Stupidest Phrase to be published in a national newspaper this year.
The Orielles – You Are Eating A Part Of Yourself / To Undo The World Itself
9th January 2026 · 2020s, 2026, MusicGirl-girl-boy Halifax trio The Orielles are constantly reinventing themselves and characteristically return with a new sound on a new album. (more…)
Memorials are an electronic duo of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms who make soundtrack music for real and imaginary films.
Møtrik come from Portland, Oregon, and are reviving the sound of early German electronic pioneers like Can, Kraftwerk and Neu!
Lavinia Blackwall dives deep into the folk-rock past with the title track of her second solo album since leaving Trembling Bells.
Films of the Year – These are my favourites, grouped into rough order of prefereence, for the past 12 months of cinema-going. (more…)
My last playlist of the year spans more than half a century, starting in the early 1960s with Sandra Barry and taking in tributes to those we lost in December, including Brigitte Bardot, Joe Ely, Steve Cropper and Chris Rea. In between there is folk, blues, soul, country, Eurodisco – and even a little Schumann.
I never met Brigitte Bardot but, like half the boys I knew, I had her picture on my wall when I was at boarding school.