With the gothic rock veteran’s new solo album just released, Songwriting catches up with him in his birthplace of Bristol...
Tag Archives: alt-rock
A Bury-forged trio peddling blues-y, grungey alt-rock, with a back story that bears a similarity to certain college rock greats Names: Ellie...
James are finally back with an album that sounds triumphant and empowered in the wake of Tim Booth’s personal tragedy....
Scotland’s Algernon Doll tease the expectations with ‘Suicide’, the latest single to be released from their upcoming third album ‘Omphalic’...
Post-hardcore legends Tim and Mike Kinsella return for album number ‘Two’and once again tap into their fans’ state of mind...
‘Stephen Hawking’ sees Francobollo succeed in their ambition to conjure a mainstream-friendly indie sound with a hint of the underground...
On ‘Golden Future Time’, David Ward mixes the doomy melodies of alt-rock with soulful harmonies and a beautifully fragile falsetto...
‘Real Hair’ is a brilliant slab of 90s indie-rock that’s not a revivalist’s heaven but a rival for heaven itself...
On her second solo release, ‘More Human Than God’, Italian-French songwriter Luna Achiary recalls one of alt-rock’s all-time great bands...
Former Shallow vocalist and her bass-playing spouse release another collection of moody pop songs with ‘Northern Lights & Southern Skies’...
The Hush Now provide a very worthy addition to the canon of creatively curious emo with the rather fine ‘Memos’...
Interview: Nerina Pallot
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How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How I wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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'Tis the season to enter the 9th Annual Christmas Songwriting Competition
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How we wrote Ariana Grande's 'Santa Tell Me' by Savan Kotecha
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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Charlie Dore on the other C-word: Christmas
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16 song starters
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