Club 8 started out as a twee-pop outfit before gradually obscuring and veering towards electronics. On the duo’s eighth outing, Above the City, the electro-pop sound is very ‘now...
Hey again. The exciting new album by Shannon and the Clams is in many ways a typical Spotinews album. Genre: garage/surf pop. Enjoy! (Version for FR, GB and IE here.) Shannon and...
Rejuvenated rap veteran flaunts her dance-floor fluency and overall baddest-bitchitude.
Hello again. The charming new album by Sandy Mouche – their first since 2006 – is another recent addition to the Spotify library. Genre: pop. Enjoy! Sandy Mouche – Glory and Grace...
Hey. From a fairly recent update comes the new album by country super-group Pistol Annies. Enjoy! Pistol Annies – Annie Up Filed under: 2013, Folk
Hi. The new album by folk singer-songwriter Patty Griffin is an excellent addition to the Spotify library. Enjoy! (One review here.) (US version here.) Patty Griffin – American...
Brimming with lavish, romantic nostalgi-pop, Volume 3 will rekindle your love for all things Grease related.
By now, pretty much everyone knows that She & Him– actress/singer Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward– aren’t everyone’s twee cup of tea. The polarizing pop duo have created three albums...
Hey. The sweet new album by She & Him is now available all over Europe and in the US. Genre: pop. Enjoy! (US version here.) (One review here.) She & Him – Volume 3 Filed under...
Volume 3 marks yet another nostalgic pop installment from indie magnates M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel. More
Hi. Another week, another Spotify update. Here is the new album by singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore. Enjoy! (Note: Most notable new release will be available for all users tomorrow...
If we do eventually get a proper summer this year, Victoria Hesketh's latest might well be its surprise soundtrack.
Hi there. It looks like the solid new album by Little Boots has finally been added for all European listeners. Genre: electropop. Enjoy! Little Boots – Nocturnes Filed under: 2013...
Hey there. The new album by pop singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas was added to Spotify some weeks back. Enjoy! Julieta Venegas – Los Momentos Filed under: 2013, Pop, Singer...
Hey. The new album by singer-songwriter Maia Hirasawa was just added to Spotify. Enjoy! Maia Hirasawa – What I Saw Filed under: 2013, Singer-songwriter
Brooklyn singer/songwriter Allison Weiss burst onto the scene in 2009, through a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign to release her first full-length ...Was Right All Along...
After scrapping their first effort, No Joy finally follow-up their debut with an ambitious, eccentric record.
Hi. There was just a Spotify update and here is the new album by No Joy. Genre: shoegaze. Enjoy! (US release date is tomorrow.) No Joy – Wait to Pleasure Filed under: 2013, Rock
Montreal’s No Joy are back with “Hare Tarot Lies,” a lighter, brighter take on Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd’s signature lush, mellow sounds. The glistening, echoing new...
Morning. Let’s start the week with the fine new album by Britta Persson. This was actually an early addition to Spotify a couple of days ago*. Genre: pop singer-songwriter. Enjoy...
Say what you will about Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but you can't deny they're consistent. For 13 years, the New York trio has been propelling their double-jointed brand of hyperventilating...
When Yeah Yeah Yeahs landed ten or so years ago, they were a garish, arty, technicolour scrawl of protest against the largely dreary rock & roll revivalism that then held sway. It...
Morning. The latest album by Yeah Yeah Yeahs was added to Spotify earlier this week. Genre: pop/rock. Read this review and enjoy! (US version here. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito...
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a band that have been pretty hard to avoid; for instance, they’ve never gotten much closer than the outer periphery of my own musical tastes, but even I...
Post-post-punk heroes mix veteran wiliness with the vivacity (and relentless sexiness) of youth
I didn't take much notice of Paramore until 2009's Brand New Eyes and even that album only garnered a listen to the song "Brick By Boring Brick." At some point or other I, like...
Howdy folks. This new album by HK119 was added to Spotify a while back. Genre: experimental/electronic. Enjoy! (US version here.) HK119 – Imaginature Filed under: 2013, Electronic
Bang Bang Boom Boom is the new studio album from Beth Hart. It's the follow-up to the highly successful soul-rock covers album Don't Explain, a collaboration with the blues...
The brother-sister duo’s honking sax, diluted dub and Lana Del Lite numbers fail to keep you interested