Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo continue to go from strength to strength, as ‘Dear River’, the title track off their latest full-length release which is due out on July 8, proves admirably. Inspired by the Blackwood river near…
How is it possible not to like a band capable of producing a song so lovely as ‘Kiss Me By The Water Cooler’? How is it possible to have anything but good will towards a band who seem to be…
Happy Birthday Bob! And what better way to celebrate your 72nd birthday than with a reminder of what you used to look like nearly 50 years ago? The famous clip that accompanies Subterranean Homesick Blues – which was filmed in…
There is something deceptively and very definitely different about Just Handshakes. Never has a trademark sound been more understated than Clara Patrick’s candy floss-sweet vocals. It seems counterintuitive that such an innocent and ingenuous sound should have the heft to…
Not that you should need any extra incentive to take in anything and everything that She & Him do, but their latest video is perhaps most notable for being Zooey Deschanel’s directorial debut. She told her HelloGiggles website: “After seven…
A link-up between Laura Marling and Secret Cinema – described as an “immersive live music experience” – has been announced for June. Details are thin on the ground, what with it being a secret and all, but eight dates have…
Nancy Elizabeth is a true musical artist. There are few acts around in 2013 who have mastered the craft of making music like she has. Listening to Dancing, her third album and the one of which she says she is…
A new Dodos track is always something worth taking notice of and ‘Confidence’, the first single from their upcoming fifth album Carrier is a real gem. It has the band’s trademark deep and epic sound, but is more raw and…
“Kiss me by the water cooler, kiss me on the desk. Kiss me on the rare occasions that I’m not a mess, kiss me the rest. Kiss me for a dare. Kiss me while you dry your hair, kiss me…
The Magnetic North are re-releasing their debut album with an accompanying film, ‘Hunting For Remoteness’. Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North, a collaboration between Erland Cooper from Erland & The Carnival, Hannah Peel and Simon Tong (The Verve, Gorillaz), was first released…