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Paddy Nash And The Happy Enchiladas

Album:When We Were Brave

Website: http://www.paddynash.co.uk

I was worried on listening to the first track that paddy Nash And The Enchiladas were going to be a Saw Doctors clone, but there's more variety in their music than that. "When We Were Brave" isn't just an album of head bangin', foot tappin' anthems, it's also interspersed with deep heartfelt moments. Songs like "Martin" with a keen sense of social observation and story telling contrast beautifully with the bubblegumesque "Billy Bragg Jeans" whch is to all intent and purposes an ode to a lucky pair of trousers. Highly enjoyable from start to finish.

Website: http://www.ajunity.com

"Sweet Roses" feels very filmatic, in places it feels like it's been written for the thinking end of independent cinema. Thoughtful reflective shots of landscapes, heroines rushing through city streets trying to save a lost soul, music used as a medium rather than an end, independent thoughts rather than a story and whilst that might sound a little disjointed, it's not, as an album it flows together nicely. AJ Unity (Naomi Suzuki & Philipp M Mole) have penned a moody and reflective album, which also includes a reworking of Gustav Holst's "Jupiter".

Website: http://www.saltfishforty.co.uk

"netherbow" sees slatfishforty capture their highly praised live dynamic and transfer it to a studio album. The Orcadian duo add guitar to the more traditional fiddle to give their interpretation of local songs a contemporary feel whilst retaining the heart of the tradition, occasionally adding words and songs from further afield to give this, their third album, a real punch. Rightly they have acquired a reputation for their live work, both in clubs and at festivals, there's a real sense of vitality in their sound and this album puts them firmly in your front room delivering the atmosphere with the music

Catriona McKay & Chris Stout

Website: http://web.me.com/mckaystoutmusic/harpandfiddle

"White Nights" takes it's heart and inspiration from Shetland and it's links, both culturally and musically with Scandinavia, drawing on a number of from the Eastern side of the North Sea. Catriona McKay and Chris Stout also draw on that rich heritage to provide the foundation for their self penned numbers. McKay's weapon of choice is the Scottish harp, whist Stout strikes home with the Shetland fiddle, both deliver with a sense of exuberance. You can feel the passion sliding from the strings, be they plucked or bowed. It gives the album an almost earthy, connected, quality.

Label:Ecstatic Peace!

Website: http://www.nancygarcia.org

Riding on the new wave of new wave, Nancy Garcia's music cuts into you like a chainsaw cuts into a tree. It's loud, brash and dangerous as it sets about it's task with a real purpose. This is a conversation that delivered with a flick of the finger attitude. "Be The Climb" finds is self a posturing response to the sea of medicracy that threatens to swamp creative influence. Whilst you could argue the case better, neither Nancy or her album are about to be ignored. A loaded gun, well screaming guitar and feedback will get your attention.

Website: http://www.myspace.com/NigelClothier

Whilst the delivery tends towards acoustic pop/rock, Nigel Clothier is very much a folk writer at heart. His lyrics tend to be very much observational often dealing with the day to day aspects of life. This is song as a social record, the way it used to be. The trick is doing it in such a way people will want to listen to it, Clothier has definitely got that knack. "Face" is a word that can be interpreted in a lot of ways and so can the songs, they work on different levels, you can take them at surface level or dig deeper into them for a bit of extra meaning. easy to relate too, but definitely not mundane.

Album:Some Kind Of Certainty

Website: http://www.myspace.com/ewanrobertson

Ewan Robertson really knows his songwriters, "Some Kind Of Certainty", brings together eight songs from top pensmiths of the last few years and melds them with a couple of traditional songs. He then brings in a big band of SCotland's finest musicians and effectively delivers one of the finest sessions you could put together this side of a particular Saturday afternoon in a field in Cambridge. It really is one of those albums you could play time and time again and still find something new in. Ewan might not be the best vocalist you'll ever hear, but he knows how to capture the spirit of a song.

Website: http://www.bennihemmhemm.com

"Retaliate" is much more of a mellow and relaxed ep than the title suggests. If it were of it's title it would smack of a dish best served cold, but there is a lot of warmth in this album as it pulls together thoughts on family, friends and lovers. It draws on blood bonds and spiritual connections, in fact it's quite a spiritual album full stop. Benni Hemm Hemm has a voice that whilst not the most powerful you're going to hear is really expressive and suited to the lo-fi simplicity of the songs he turns it on. The five tracks on "Retailiate" make me curious as to how he would handle a full album.

Website: http://www.tracetracks.co.uk

In effect Trace is electronica musician David Impey, "Under Cover" consists of three tracks two large covers and his self penned "The Neighbours Complain", which I hope isn't autobiographical. The album kicks off with "Tubular Bells Part 1" For me it's the one track on the album that doesn't work, which is a shame as lengthwise it accounts for more than half of the recording. Compared to the formidable original it sounds harsh, not feeling as naturalistic. "September - Colours/Dance" does seem to inherit the flow of the original and incapulates his own interpretation and arrangement well

Nigel Of Bermondsey

Album:London Dream Time

Website: http://www.myspace.com/nigelofbermondsey

The name Nigel Of Bermondsey harks back to a time when people were defined by their location as much as their position. It's not really changed that much. The name may define less, but people are still prisoner's to their environments, be they physical or emotional, they are influenced by what happens to and around them. "London Dream Time" captures those moments brilliantly, the light as well as the darkness, peaceful times and violent. It's set against and indie-pop background with Nigel providing all of the instrumentation. A damned fine song book, by any standard.

Label:glorioustechnicolour

Website: http://www.myspace.com/sarahclassmusic

Somethings that are polished may have luster and sparkle but, shine and gloss are two different things and sometimes that that sparkles detracts from that which is real. Polish can also show the hidden depths, empasise the grain and reveal new patterns and colours, "A New Dawn" is more like the latter, it's highly polished, almost continental pop in sound, sixties undertones and great harmonies. Sarah Class has a voice that can move from whispered emotion to real determination. There is a strength in her songs, a sense of an artist knowing their inner strength and getting it out.

Website: http://www.myspace.com/stephendalepetit

SDP, which Stephen Dale Petit seems to have shortened his name to, delivers an album of hard rockin electric blues in "The Crave", but as the album title suggests he's added a real gospel sound to it as well. It's an album with a very spiritual feel in it, that serves as an excellent counterpoint to the raw, more earthy grinding tracks. Stephen and the band really seem to spark off each other, giving the album a studio live feel. Vocally it's not the best album you're going to hear, it falls short of that but they more than up to the job, rough and ready, growling like a twenty a day man.