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Dusting Em Off: Genesis – Foxtrot
“Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off/Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes/As the sound of motor cars fades in the night time/I swear I saw your face change, it didn’t seem...
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Dusting ‘Em Off: Yes – Close To The Edge
This 1972 opus immaculately conceived and delivered by the Progfathers of Yes is often considered to be the pinnacle of progressive rock. Revisiting it 40 or so years on, it’s not hard to see why....
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Album Review: Gemma Ray – Island Fire
Island Fire is the fourth studio album in just five years by enigmatic UK songstress Gemma Ray. Those releases include a delightfully eccentric covers album and original recordings that showed equal...
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Album Review: 2:54 – 2:54
2:54 are sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow, whose self-titled debut has arrived with a certain expectation around it. A raw demo of a chillingly compelling song called “Creeping” on their MySpace page...
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Album Review: The Mynabirds – Generals
Winner of 2010’s longest album title with What We Lose In the Fire We Gain in The Flood, The Mynabirds’ follow-up eschews verbosity and gets it down to a single word, Generals. Inspired by Richard...
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Live Review: Richard Hawley at Londons HMV Forum (6/8)
Originally built as an art deco cinema in the ’30s, the HMV Forum in the North London district of Kentish Town has served as a music venue for the past 30 years. It holds well over 2,000 people in a...
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Interview: Eric Wahlforss and Marcel Schobe (of Forss)
Consequence of Sound caught up with SoundCloud founder and mix-meister Eric Wahlforss, together with visual artists Leonhard Lass and Marcel Schobe, as the trio (performing as Forss) prepared for the...
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Album Review: Dexys – One Day Im Going To Soar
Now whittled down from the original Dexys Midnight Runners to plain Dexys, Kevin Rowland has returned with One Day I’m Going To Soar. It may have been 27 years since the last Dexys record, but it’s...
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Album Review: Alice Cohen – Pink Keys
Pink Keys is the fourth solo album in five years from NY artist Alice Cohen, yet curiously it’s also the second in a matter of months. The eight-track Wild Vines and Tenement Shrines was an...
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Album Review: Souvenirs – Tired Of Defending You
Formed just last year, Carpinteria, CA four-piece Souvenirs has been picked up by 6131 Records and just as quickly put down an early marker with a five-track EP, Tired Of Defending You. It’s hardly a...
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Album Review: Cosmo Jarvis – Think Bigger
At the reasonably tender age of 22, UK nonconformist Cosmo Jarvis serves up his third album, Think Bigger. You never know quite what to expect from Jarvis, best known to date for “Gay Pirates“, his...
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Album Review: Angus Stone – Broken Brights
Even though he plays with his sister Julia in the eponymous duo Angus & Julia, Angus Stone has still made space for two solo albums over the span of their six-year career. His latest, Broken...
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Album Review: Eleni Mandell – I Can See The Future
You could be excused for believing that the land of the singer-songwriter is singularly populated by heartbreak, loss, and introspection. So it comes as a welcome change to find a piece of the West...
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Album Review: Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
After a pair of acclaimed EPs, BBC Sound of 2012 nomination, and US tour spot with Bon Iver, South London songstress Lianne La Havas has already attracted a fair number of plaudits. Her full-length...
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Album Review: Gabby Young & Other Animals – The Band Called Out For More
This latest offering from UK collective Gabby Young & Other Animals is aptly titled The Band Called Out For More. It works because the band seems to have got its wish by distilling a host of...
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Album Review: Suburban Living – Coopers Dream EP
What’s in a name? Cooper’s Dream is a five-track EP by Virginia-based Wesley Bunch, a.k.a. Suburban Living. For Twin Peaks aficionados, the title immediately conjures up images of Special Agent Dale...
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Album Review: Talk In Colour – ColliderScope
Is this music for scientists or for artists? Using a deft play on words in the album title, ColliderScope, the full debut from London quintet Talk In Colour suggests a marriage of both. Formerly known...
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Album Review: Aiden Grimshaw – Misty Eye
Unless you happen to be born with a name like Elvis Presley, a good stage name is often a prerequisite for any aspiring pop star. Northern Brit Aiden Grimshaw has resisted the temptation to call...
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Album Review: Alanis Morissette – Havoc And Bright Lights
Sometimes life isn’t that fair (though it may be ironic). It’s not the fault of Alanis Morissette that she made an album 17 years ago that was so right on cue that it became a classic. Havoc and Bright...
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Album Review: Taken by Trees – Other Worlds
Other Worlds is the third studio album from the intriguingly named Taken by Trees, the moniker adopted by ex-Concretes lead vocalist Victoria Bergsman for her solo work. After recording her last album...
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