Anne Iredale

Thirteen tracks make up the second album (released 6th May, 2016) from Ohio's rock/blues quartet, The Magic Lightnin' Boys. When bluesy/southern rock works well, it is, indeed, magical, The Black Keys being a prime example – also from Ohio. What do they put in the water in that state?! However, it's difficult to get the balance right between authentic blues and still sounding contemporary, and this band pulls it off with aplomb, even putting the odd surprise in here and there.

Swedish duo, The Lost Poets like to deliver their mix of swampy blues, rock and metal behind a veil of mystery. A carefully created persona of studied elegance, with masked faces, top hats and suits, wanders in an imagined landscape, which they have named Insubordia. In this inner world that they inhabit, they declare that they are poets and they are lost. What they produce is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

Ed Purchla, aka 1700 Monkey Ninjas, is an experimental electronic musician/composer and so much more. Also a digital abstract artist and

  From Nordic rock come viseMènn and their first official single (released 13th October, 2015). Helge, Lars, Magnar and Sølve

  Opium Denn – a masked figure, perhaps not to hide but rather to represent us all - has released

Brighton/Nottingham band, Baron is due to release their second album on 13th November, 2015. It's a follow-up to 2013's "Columns".

  Andy Evans looks an unassuming sort of guy, with his checked shirt and cute little hat, but when he

Leonardo Suárez Jiménez, aka Lozk, blends Western post-industrial electronica with folk influences from other lands on this 10-track CD, to

  Hybrids, or fusions if you will, naturally foster invention. British band TesseracT's soon to be released album (18th September,

You can't beat brotherly harmonising, and in that tradition, The Como Brothers channel their upbringing, spent listening to classic rock,

The harsh climatic conditions of Elessar Thiessen's Canadian neighbourhood meant a lot of staying inside for him when a boy;

It's not often I come across a Mongolian folk composer, so my interest was piqued when presented with this five-track

Hard-hitting, industrial metal/rock with savage, poetic lyrics and a relentless rhythm are what you get with the latest single from

Chicago based folk/rock artist, Matthew Santos is best known to the general public for his huge Grammy-nominated hit, "Superstar" on

Singer-songwriter Chloe Baker, aka Bitter's Kiss, is still a young student in her native New Jersey and is a remarkably

'Augmented Reality' is the latest buzz in the world of information, and Roy's Iron DNA is making creative use of

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Conchita Campos has collaborated with a bunch of musicians also based in NYC for this project. Calling themselves

Scandinavian crime noir has caught the imagination of an international audience, and 'Scandicana' is set to do the same for

Aussie quartet, Monks of Mellonwah like to mix it up. Guitars; synths; strings; rock; electronic mixes – all are in

  Steve Benjamins' music has been described as indie pop, but that's a big catch-all. "Sightlines" (his third EP) has

Seattle band, Gumshen delivers pleasing synthpop/EDM with their eighth CD. "DIGIBITES" (released April 1st, 2015) delivers ten tracks with the

Based in Newcastle (fertile ground for great music right now), they are Bridie Jackson - lead vocals, guitar & piano,

"Revolt" (released 25th April, 2015) is the latest single to come from rock/metal duo, The Unravelling (Gustavo de Beauville –

Hailing from London, the four members of Staring Out The Sun, as their band name implies, play the kind of

Mounzer Sarraf, the Belgian/Lebanese composer, founded The Great Game band, based on his own philosophy which shines through on this

This is the second time Tomás Doncker has collaborated on a project with Yusef Komunyakaa, the first being “The Mercy

  Led by frontman, Sami “Haxu” Hakala, Rock Masters Band emerged in 2007, hailing from Finland’s capital, Helsinki. This band

Hawk Eyes have very good credentials, with a respected discography and support from the likes of Radio 1, Kerrang and

With a cover depicting a jet-set yacht, you’d be forgiven for thinking this record was the work of a cheesy

Aubergine Machine, a collaboration based in South Florida, released their third single this year in October, with a definite concept