Four Year Strong Announce New Album ‘Analysis Paralysis’ Via Melodic Single ‘Uncooked’

Four Year Strong Announce New Album 'Analysis Paralysis' Via Melodic Single 'Uncooked'

Four Year Strong have announced details of their sixth album, ‘Analysis Paralysis’, sharing 90s alt-rock inspired single ‘Uncooked’. The follow-up to 2020’s ‘Brain Pain’ will arrive on August 9 via Pure Noise Records, ahead of […]

Andy Rourke was the other melodic genius in the Smiths: spry, funky and masterful | The Smiths

‘Sophistication’ … (L-R) Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce (drums), Morrissey, Johnny Marr performing on The Tube.

The creation myth of the Smiths is well-known: inspired by a South Bank Show documentary about the songwriting partnership Leiber and Stoller, Johnny Marr turns up unannounced on Morrissey’s doorstep, meets with the singer’s approval […]

Esbjörn Svensson: HOME.S. review – buoyant, capricious, sweepingly melodic | Esbjörn Svensson

The artwork for HOME.S.

When Esbjörn Svensson made his UK debut at the 1999 Swedish Jazz Extravaganza festival, the then-34-year-old pianist/composer’s jubilant fusions of Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, Keith Jarrett and his own playful muse showed exactly why his […]