If you can find the time in your day, it’s worth taking a moment to be thankful that Bridie Jackson And The Arbour exist. It seems absurd that more bands aren’t making music that sounds like this. But then maybe…
Out of Brooklyn come duo The Point, whose track ‘Lost Your Chance’ is a lovely, laid-back slice of electro pop. Simple but subtly different, Michael O’Neill and Sammy Tunis have created a song which feels almost slight at the start but by…
Wow, talk about slow build. This glorious track from Peter Matthew Bauer starts from nothing and grows very much at its own pace into a perfect slice of unapologetic and grimy folk pop. Bauer used to be in The Walkmen,…
EP three by The Drink The Drink are one of our favourite discoveries of 2014. We loved their their second EP Two, and particularly the track ‘At The Weekend‘. Now there’s a third EP. Can you guess what it’s called?…
Is grunge-folk a thing? If it isn’t, it totally should be. This cover of the Nirvana classic ‘Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle’ by the Honey Ants is really kind of awesome. The track will be the B…
We’re not shy about telling you how great we think Sophie Jamieson is, and this track should show you exactly why. Live favourite ‘Other’ is being released next month as a double A side with ‘Stain‘, which we brought to…
You know what to expect from Nick Mulvey by now, right? It’s a languid melody beautifully sung against a background of intricately played guitar and some swelling accompaniment. And what’s more, you know it’s going to be very, very good.…
The Fugitives aren’t quite like other bands, so it’s perhaps not surprising that their music doesn’t really sound like other music. The Canadian duo are made up of a novelist and poetry slam champion, Brendan McLeod, and an actor, Adrian…
We love this track ‘Rosie Ann’ from Green Rock River Band. With its blend of folk and bluegrass sounds backed by beats provided by DJ Walde it has something of the Carolina Chocolate Drops about it, and that’s no bad…
Forgive me please a first-person review, but I feel quite personally about Paul Thomas Saunders. The first gig I ever reviewed, four or five years ago now, was a launch show for his first EP Four Songs In Twilight which…