Wherever I Lay My Head is a collection of ten Tom Waits songs recorded by actress Scarlett Johansson, with the help of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s guitarist Nick Zinner and producer David Sitek.
David Bowie has famously given his blessing to the album after adding backing tracks and even Tom Waits has given the album the seal [...]

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I heard this track last week, after reading a short review of the album on the Daily Express music pages.  Melody Gardot is  an incredible jazz singer in a similar vein to Norah Jones, where jazz meets mainstream, if thats possible.
Gardot’s story is filled with grief, she was knocked off her bicycle by a four [...]

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Single Review: Portishead - Machine Gun
Portishead return with the release (28th April) of their third album, simply titled Third, on Island Records and the first single to be taken from the album is released this week as a limited edition 12″ vinyl single and a digital download.
Machine Gun includes the irresistible and unmistakable voice of [...]

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Its hard to be critical of a band that has become everyones favourite stadium rockers, but their latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, for me falls well short of expectations.
The opening track, The Pretender, is the staple Foo Fighters fare, a heavy guitar driven rock track that opens the aural senses in anticipation of something [...]

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Following the recent performance from Dinosaur Jr at Reading, here is a review of Freakscene that i did a while back for a demo site.
In 1988 I was given a tape by my younger brother. That tape was “Bug” by Dinosaur Jr.
The single was Freakscene. It was and remains to be [...]

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