Reading time: 2 minutesYou have to be careful in this business of music scribing. The industry can be a sounding board for political views, some of them transparent,
Reading time: 2 minutesFearTheBear (FTB) is Björn Holm; he’s been with us once before, back in November 2023, and he is unusual in his ability to generate powerful,
Reading time: 2 minutesEarlier this year we had a special video feature on Finland’s Astrid Swan who notified her intention to reissue her debut album ‘Poverina’, which turns
Reading time: 2 minutesWe seem to be going through an Icelandic season just now with several releases coming at the same time and I’m always pleased to receive
Reading time: 3 minutesIt comes to something when a band like the Leeds-based quintet Wandering Monster is opening the bill for anyone. After all, this collective has sold
Reading time: 3 minutesIt is quite a while now since INKI (Ingibjörg Friðriksdóttir) put in an appearance here; an erudite lady who knows how to construct a thoughtful,
Reading time: 2 minutesI could write a book about some of the artists and bands that have appeared in these pages and what their alter egos do in
