Since the release of his debut album Going Solo (2001) and follow up My Way (2004), which produced hits like Ishq Tere Ne and England, Southall-based bhangra singer Amit Rai has been out of the limelight. Having stepped away to produce other artists,...
Cass McCombs' worldview can be nailed by his pithy response to being asked what he'd like on his tombstone: "Home at last." The comment, worthy of Tony Hancock or Spike Milligan (who, when asked the same question, chose "I told you I was ill!") has e...
A river takes in many views, and the Okkervil has most of America in its sights. Having met at college in New Hampshire in 1998, founders Will Sheff, Zach Thomas and Seth Warren moved to Austin, Texas to live together and start a band. Sheff studied ...
This release is pure, unadulterated crap. This is worse than crap. It's crappy crap!
With its diverse range of styles, Grace/Wastelands appears at first to be a slightly disjointed and incoherent album. However, it soon becomes apparent that there is one thing linking all the tracks – an honest and genuine outpouring of Doherty's sou...
New York's Steely Dan were one of the most swinging, groovy and erudite rock bands of the 1970s. When founder members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker split, frontman Fagen was the more visible flag-bearer of the two - except that he rather took his ti...