PJ Harvey – Written On The Forehead
PJ Harvey’s 8th studio album, Let England Shake is gonna be out on Vagrant on 15th February 2011 and you can preview it here. In typical PJ style, she’s totally gone on a different sound and angle with this one, but who am I to say anything about the album really, based on 1 song?...
Zola Jesus
Watching, listening, feeling, breathing. Zola Jesus is Nika Roza Danilova of Wisconsin. Not a very typical Wisconsin name, but then nothing about her is typical at all. On first listen, I’m feeling PJ Harvey, I’m seeing Siouxsie Sioux, I’m understanding Lydia Lunch. I’m feeling Joy Division in tracks like Smirenye from Turnstile Music‘s Bento #2....
Manna
French indie phenomenon, Manna has been making waves with her music over in Helsinki where she is currently based. She’s got a UK debut album coming out in a coupla days on 24th of May. Her music? It’s rock, Juliette Lewis kind of rock, maybe less americana, more sensible vintage rock and roll. You can...
Conil
The opening guitar lead and the subsequent riffs toConil‘s track Stoned has the strong odour of Nirvana – but instead of veering into total grunge noise chaos, Conil’s rough, gravel voice and songwriting steers it into a more sophisticated kind of rock.Perhaps the grunge-ness can be attributed to the fact that his album, Strange Part...
