Listening to Cat Cork’s "Simple Song" is a funny thing; the title is a clever piece of misdirection, a plain brown wrapper on a package containing an entire life. This isn't some breezy, three-chord singalong for a lazy afternoon. It’s the sonic equivalent of discovering a shipwright’s meticulously drafted blueprint, detailing the construction of a human spirit from the first plank of childhood to...

The Report confronts the sheer chaos of the streaming age head-on with their latest EP, "A Thousand Acts To Follow". Originating from Kingston-upon-Thames, the group Hugo Allen, Jo Rogers, Gary O’Key, Jules Harley, and Mark Williamson seem intensely focused on staying fiercely authentic while elbowing their way through a crowded digital landscape. By weaving '60s and '70s classic rock sensibilities into crisp '90s indie...