In seven years Local Natives have come a long way from the homemade, handmade vibe of Gorilla Manor to the slicker, synthier Sunlit Youth. The sound is bigger – synthesizers dominate the landscape. Matt Frazier’s drums are huge and the…
Even when sharing a label with Oasis in the 90s, Teenage Fanclub never bowed to fad and trend, beating a melodic path that didn’t mask their Big Star and Byrds obsession. Almost 30 years since their birth, they remain an…
Kurt Vonnegut said, ‘We are here on earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.’ Now, on the face of it ‘farting around’ is not a complimentary way to describe the work of a musician, but bear…
Kenny Anderson, otherwise known as King Creosote, is on a bit of a roll. His latest CD, Astronaut MeetsAppleman follows 2011’s Mercury Prize nominated Diamond Mine with Jon Hopkins, and the artistic breakthrough film soundtrack, From Scotland With Love. From…
As you climb the alpine track of the Long Mynde with its dizzying falls and narrow necks and descend into the soft dripping vale where nestles the parish of Rattlinghope, time rests its feet in slumber and the days turn…
Whether hailed as the heir of folk jazz legends Tim Buckley and John Martyn or touted as the leader of the new generation of Cosmic Americana acts, there’s a weight of expectation on Ryley Walker’s shoulders. And there’s enough on…
I’m not sure I believe Ed Harcourt when he says he’s a ‘beast of a man’, as he claims on ‘Loup Garou’, the third track of his new album, Furnaces. In my admittedly limited experience of man-beasts, they don’t go…
Massachusetts 4-piece indie folk band Darlingside were the talk of Cambridge Folk Festival a couple of weekends ago. Their first day playing outside of America saw them charm the crowd in front of Stage 2 on the Saturday afternoon, before…
Together the People festival is returning to Brighton’s Preston Park on 3rd and 4th September 2016. Brighton enjoys a year-round host of celebrations, with music, cultural, film and food festivals abounding, and Together The People promises to bring these together…
“I’m having such a lovely time I could almost cry,” Kate Rusby declared in the middle of her main stage set on Saturday evening. Looking around at the thousands-strong crowd in front of her, it seemed the feeling was mutual.…