TOP: Holy of Holies

The tagline “a band that boasts two drummers” should be enough to outline what The Holy is all about: massive sound with a dynamic that’s wiry, fierce and slightly fashionable. The almost 5 ...

Rough-and-ready punk rock has (sadly) become somewhat unfashionable lately, what with the plethora of bedroom pop and glacial R&B artists hoovering up acclaim and column inches. Dutch four-piece St. Tropez didn’t get the memo though; they resolutely plough their own furrow of what they call � ...

Saint Sister formed in November 2014, when Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty met at college in Dublin, drawing musical influence from early Celtic harp traditions, 60s folk and electronic pop to create ‘atmosfolk'—a mix of soulful vocal harmonies, dreamy ...

The Estonian five-piece band makes a virtue out of simplicity: fuzzy guitar workouts and lamenting folky compositions are often suffused in a detached languor that reminisces a ‘90s alternative pop-rock. And, just like their ...

This five-piece is sufficiently fuzzed-up to win over any obsessed psych record collector, but also tempers its head-bobbing space rock grooves with a hint of "flower power", just to keep things exciting. With their two EPs,

Released in September 2013, her first album was titled My Name Is. Her real name is not HollySiz, though. Like many singers before her, she has chosen an alias to embody a new, larger-than-life personality, more extravagant and extroverted than in ...