#297: Alice Boman - EP II (EP review)

2014 has been a busy year already, at least as far as Swedish songstress Alice Boman is concerned. Festival appearances and an EP release have seen her profile rise somewhat dramatically over the last few months and one can’t help but think it’s likely to rise even more. Her 2013 debut EP, Skisser’(‘Sketches’), was a collection of tracks home-recorded for the benefit of Boman herself, however when Adrian Recordings first heard the record “time stopped” and the Swedish label knew they were on to something. Fast forward almost exactly a year, and Alice has just released her follow-up, EP II, six tracks of fragile, Scandinavian folk-pop that shimmers with the icy allure of the surroundings in which it was conceived. 

This review was originally written for The Real Music. Click here to read in full.

#288: Playlounge - Pilot

Album review: Playlounge - Pilot (2014)

This review was originally written for Muso's Guide. Click the link above to read in full.

#261: Skaters - The Deaf Institute, Manchester (04/03/14)

Gig Review: Skaters - The Deaf Institute, Manchester (04/03/14)

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#256: Dexters - Shimmer Gold

Dexters

Shimmer Gold

March 17 2014 (Acid Jazz Records)

8/10

Guitar bands, it seems, have faded somewhat in to obscurity over the last few years. Overshadowed by a sudden onslaught of synth-driven disco pop, the “boys in bands” mentality shrunk beneath the brim of it's trilby, allowing for a far more electronically disposed mindset to come to the fore. Things look set to change however, as bands such as Eagulls, Drowners and SKATERS are bringing in a new wave of guitar bands. One such band perpetuating the ideas of a dual-syllabic band names are London's Dexters.

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