We’ll temper our excitement just a little given how good ‘Lippy Kids’ was and the relative disappointment of Build A Rocket Boys!, but blimey, this is a bit good isn’t it? ‘Fly Boy Blue/Lunette’, the first material to be taken…
Who’s ready for some harmonies and banjos? Oxford’s Samuel Zasada are happy to oblige with this track ‘Lifelessly’, taken from their new EP Winter’s End. With urgent, driving banjo riffs and meaty harmonies, the band very much fit the modern…
Samantha Crain’s new album, out today in the UK on Full Time Hobby, is called Kid Face. This is because, Crain explains, she is regularly mistaken for a 16-year-old. “It gives me a great insight into people’s character and plenty…
It’s just beautiful, isn’t it? Sometimes the purest songs come from an unlikely source. This track, taken from French electronica duo Air’s 1998 debut album Moon Safari, came after the equally excellent but wildly different ‘Sexy Boy’ and ‘Kelly Watch…
We love this track ‘Dead City Emily’, taken from Marissa Nadler’s upcoming new album July. July will be coming your way in February – we blame global warming – via Bella Union, so you know it’s good. There’s a purity to Nadler’s…
Praise whichever particular lord you believe in (we’ll probably go for some sort of Nick Drake/Joni Mitchell hybrid deity), Wild Beasts are back with a new single, ‘Wanderlust’. It’s a long way from the glorious histrionics of their debut Limbo,…
After a frank and uplifting discussion at FFS Towers, we’ve decided to come out as massive Beautiful South fans. Don’t even talk to us if you don’t know all the words to ‘Good As Gold’, or every single girl’s name…
Having heard this track on Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music show this morning, we were determined to bring it to you as Song of the Day. We were also keen to bring you lots of useful information about The Drink. However,…
There’s a scepticism bordering on nihilism about ‘Orange Juice’, a collaboration between Stanley Brinks – formerly of Herman Dune – and the Wave Pictures. Brinks comes over all Modern Life Is Rubbish as he laments life’s disappointments, including a 21st-century…
Laura Groves moves ever further from her Blue Roses persona, but the music remains as hypnotic as ever. Her latest effort is a cover of Paul McCartney’s ‘Waterfalls’, the track which *cough* inspired the TLC song of the same name.…