
Tape music has been getting ever more popular and is certainly a genre on the rise. In ten years time we could easily be looking at Coal Beautiere as being some of the pioneers of this modern movement. Pianist and lead vocalist Adie has been playing since the age of six and it shows in her performance while the other half of the band, Art provides a bit of bass here and there. The piano driven songs can have a very quirky sound and the sometimes dark jingles are enticingly haunting. The [...]
I first discovered the music of eighteen year old singer songwriter Alessi who hails from London a few months back via a myspace friend request. I have been waiting for a debut release with eager anticipation,i expect 2009 to see her break in a big way. She is potentially this years Laura Marling. "It all started when I did a zine at 14," says Alessi, who still lives at home with her family in Hammersmith, and who has the voice of someone only just emerging from childhood. [...]

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