German fans sure had to bide their time for Lisa Hannigan. Her first album Sea Sew was never officially released in Germany and accordingly, she had never toured here other than with Damien Rice, whose background singer she used to be. Her second album Passenger was released in Germany on Feb 21st via PIAS while

With Evan Thomas Weiss, better known as the one-man-band genius Into it. Over it, every song tells a story. Be it how a skinhead kid punched him (Humboldt), how he received a phone call about a friend being killed (Connecticut Steps), how his ex-best friend is a scumbag for dating his ex-girlfriend (Augusta, GA), how he got

We Are Augustines are my discovery of the year. When I first heard Headlong Into The Abyss on some random sampler I was hooked and I knew this song would be the soundtrack to my spring. We Are Augustines consist of former members of Pela who released a critically acclaimed album in 2007. Rise Ye

Umlala is an Israeli band, established in Jerusalem (2009) by Josef Laimon (Vocals), Orel Tamuz (Guitar), Yuval Goren (Bass), Nir Yatzkan (Keyboards), and Omri Blau (Drums). The band currently resides in Berlin. Their biggest breakthrough came after releasing their 2nd single – My PDF Files. Umlala is an experimental music project, that has accomplished a

Man Without Country are a duo from Cardiff consisting of Tomas Greenhalf and Ryan James (with the addition of drummer Mike Monaghan for live shows). Determined to work with fresh technology, rather than be in thrall to it, Man Without Country’s ten-song debut album Foe was produced entirely in Tomas’s bedroom. The album was mixed by Ken Thomas

It’s probably needless to say anything about The Tunics at this point because I’ve talked about them so much in the past that your ears (or rather your eyes) must be hurting. But I’m going to do it anway… Back in November the band moved to Berlin for good. They have since been busy playing

We Are The Ocean burst out of the gates last week with the release of their brand new track Bleed (free download) that has already received some amazing airplay with support coming in strong from Zane Lowe, Dan P Carter and Huw Stephens. Now, alongside this the band is ready to announce a huge month long

Polar Bear Club are one of the most interesting punk rock bands around at the moment. In Europe they’ve mostly made themselves a name by touring with The Gaslight Anthem or Rise Against while in the States they play sold out shows on their own. Last summer they released their critically acclaimed third album Clash

Umlala is an Israeli band, established in Jerusalem (2009) by Josef Laimon (Vocals), Orel Tamuz (Guitar), Yuval Goren (Bass), Nir Yatzkan (Keyboards), and Omri Blau (Drums). The band currently resides in Berlin. Their biggest breakthrough came after releasing their 2nd single – My PDF Files. Umlala is an experimental music project, that has accomplished a

While there seems to be a constant neglect for guitar music in the British and European music scene every now and then a decent rock band surfaces who still know how to play. So I came across New Ivory the other day, a guitar based band from London. Despite the band being british they are