The latest track from Dawn Landes is ‘Try To Make A Fire Burn Again’, a wonderfully tender number from her upcoming album Bluebird. Understated but startlingly intimate, it will draw you closer and closer to your computer/tablet/phone/other technological device on which…
We’ve already brought you the juice – now here’s the gin. We loved ‘Orange Juice‘, the recent single from Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures, so we couldn’t be happier to be premiering their new album Gin. So rich is…
Wait, is that.. Is that Slow Club? Hell yes, it’s Slow Club! New track ‘Tears Of Joy’ might not sound like them, but it definitely is. It’s hazy and dreamy and kind of sleazy; it’s kind of soulful, a little…
Ash Mountain are the first band to have their music released by new label Manchester Spins, a not-for-profit venture set up to help local bands get music out on vinyl. The label officially launches at The Bay Horse pub in…
We’ve become accustomed to hearing sisters producing breathtaking folk music of late, but 19-year old twins Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas have gone the country route. While the sound may be pure Nashville, the duo are actually from Hampshire, where this…
We’ve been dishing out plenty of love in the direction of Hannah Peel of late, so now seems a perfect time to dip into her back catalogue. We first became aware of Peel thanks to her trademark music box, and…
Let’s be clear – this latest Will Varley song, with its bleak view of humanity and the meaninglessness of life, will not be to everybody’s taste. The video, on the other hand, is a crowd-pleasing triumph: an 8-bit video game-style…
With its melodic focus and hazy nods towards psychedelia, there’s a touch of late-era Beatles about Still Knocking At The Door. There’s also some of the swagger of Grizzly Bear, well earned by San Francisco’s Jason Quever who writes, sings,…
Since we heard yesterday Tiny Ruins have a new album in the pipeline for May, we’ve been unable to get this new track out of our head. It’s everything that made Holly Fullbrook’s debut Some Were Meant For Sea so magical…
We would struggle to be any more thrilled to tell you that the new Tiny Ruins album Brightly Painted One will be released later this year. Since the release of debut effort Some Were Meant For Sea, New Zealander Holly…