Beth Orton’s fourth album and will be a welcome addition to the libraries of the legion of fans she has built up over the last decade or so. All, bar one of the tracks, are self penned with the exception being the title track which is a collaboration with Jim O’Rourke (producer and Sonic Youth […]

Fischerspooner’s debut album #1 was the most talked about album of 2002. The duo found themselves lauded and slated at the same time, often in the same magazine and maybe even in the same article. When their speedy return was not forthcoming it seemed that the critics had been right and this was simply a […]

It’s very easy to dismiss Finnish trio Bitch Alert as a group of Hole wannabes (I know because I did initially). The vocals screamed on top of the band’s music by Heinie bare a passing resemblance to Courtney Love and the music is very heavy and serrated punk, which could be likened to Hole, though […]