Guardian Music — (Island)The world hardly needs another Tom Jones, especially when the old knicker-magnet is not only still in fine voice but credibly reinventing himself. Yet, for a chunk of Jonathan Jeremiah's debut album, the shaggy-haired Londoner sounds eerily l... more info

Guardian Music — It's not class that's a problem for the Vaccines, it's being hyped more than their catchy retro indie deservesIt's a mark of how fast music moves these days that the backlash seems to arrive almost before the band does. No sooner had the Vaccines' me... more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch, DVD & two CDs)Not only has Brad Mehldau given sustenance to his more traditionally jazz-rooted fans with this live solo-piano album (after an eclectic 2010 that saw the classical-strings collaboration Highway Rider and the Love Songs duet ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The oldest cliché in rock is the casualty list. There are the high-profile heroes of misadventure: Buddy Holly, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan. There are those that couldn’t handle success and took the ultimate way out: Nick Drake, Kurt Cobain, Jeff ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... Waylon Jennings - Singer of Sad Songs (way-underrated Lee Hazlewood-produced album from 1970 just before Waylon became an Outlaw...incl. the hit title track along with superb covers of Tom Rush's "No Regrets," Tim Hardin's "If I ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Dean Levitt Singer-songwriter Arron Dean was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, he writes UK tinged folk songs mixed with Americana ad a bit of country. His album MPLS is a travelogue, a musical diary about b... more info

Guardian Music — (Silent Pocket) Kit Holmes is that welcome curiosity, a young composer and singer-songwriter with all the makings of a new British guitar heroine and a style that skips cheerfully across boundaries. She mostly plays acoustic guitar but she's certainl... more info

Guardian Music — Much of the best music is informed by poverty. Which is something that, however rich, you can never learnPoor James Blunt. You can imagine him, Friday morning, listening to the Today programme with a mounting sense of trepidation as John Humphries cu... more info

Altsounds — Jonathan Jeremiah, whose timeless songs and soulful voice place him firmly in the tradition of classic Island artists like Nick Drake and John Martyn, and mark him out as a songwriter with a rare talent, releases his new single “Happines... more info

Totally Fuzzy — dj d said... Bananarama - I Can't Help It + 7″ Mix Album Version Extended Club Mix Hammond Version Excursion + Retro Link: Fleetwood Mac - The LEdge http://retroremixes.wordpress.com Dave Fireball said... As I just turned 30, here is the puremadtu... more info