The last time I saw Lissie play it was a dreary Tuesday night in Dingwalls some three and half years ago. I was pretty disappointed about a pretty dismal gig. This Tuesday night, also in Camden (but KOKO, a much…
Live | Lissie @ KOKO, London
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Live | Lissie @ Dingwalls, London
Let me get the negative out of the way right off the bat: this was a gig to forget. And I think no-one would like to forget it more than Lissie. It was unprofessional and downright disappointing. If that’s enough…
EP | Lissie – Covered Up In Flowers
Lissie has always enjoyed a good cover version. Youtube features almost as many videos of her taking on other people’s songs as her own, with targets as varied as Bob Dylan’s ‘Ramona’ to Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ to Hank Williams’…
Compilation: Communion Records – The Flowerpot Sessions
There’s something that I’ve always found very compelling about music or collections of musi, which are intrinsically connected to the place in which they’re recorded. Tally that with the sheer sense of togetherness and collaboration that radiates out of anything…
Communion album news and exclusive photos
Last summer, the folks at Communion took over the Flowerpot in North London to record a series of sessions with artists including Lissie, Angus & Julia Stone, Matthew & the Atlas, Damien Rice, Sarah Blasko and Ryan O’Reilly. And FFS…
Live: Lissie @ Heaven, London
Lissie played a sold out gig at London’s Heaven, but not without the help of her trusty superglue. She followed a storming set from Brighton four piece Ramona, who were first to take to the venue’s lofty stage. They provided a…
Festival: Bestival 2010
As an Isle of Wight native, I’ve seen Bestival grow from a small, sparky young thing in 2004 to the vast, fiery dragon it is today. I worried that my favourite festival was about to grow so big that it…
Singles round-up: Lissie, Avi Buffalo, Dreamend
Lissie – Cuckoo Bouncy, accessible country-pop about driving around in a truck in small-town America, being totally wild, rebellious and free. “Let’s go driving, ‘cause there’s nowhere to go!” Yeah! It all sounds really fun, and really bad for the…
Mumford & Sons, Andrew Davie and Lissie added to Open House Festival bill
Mumford & Sons, ex-Cherbourg frontman Andrew Davie and Lissie have been added to the line-up for Belfast’s Open House Festival. They join a bill that already boasts Modest Mouse, Wilco, Iron & Wine, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Low Anthem…
Communion take over the Flowerpot: days 1 and 2
The record label and clubnight Communion is hosting a series of exciting (and free) gigs at the Kentish Town venue the Flowerpot this week. And as well as the evenings’ entertainments, the upstairs venue has become a temporary studio for…