Dent May emerged in 2009, an endearing geeky-looking crooner toting, in his own words, a magnificent ukulele. Three years on, he is back with a studio full of synths, ready to burrow his way into your summer soundtrack. The straightforwardly-titled…
Author: For Folk's Sake
Album | Duke Special – Oh Pioneer
Having made his name with wonderful baroque pop, Duke Special – AKA Peter Wilson – took a diversion with 2010’s The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, a triple album featuring the soundtrack for a production of Brecht’s Mother…
EP | All We Are – We Hunt
Liverpool-based trio All We Are sound so instantly accomplished that I’m a bit taken aback that I’ve never heard them before. Their latest EP, We Hunt, opens with ‘Trainspotting’ and a beguiling guitar riff reminiscent of Nirvana’s ‘Come As You…
Album | Garforth & Myers – Garforth & Myers
Garforth and Myers is certainly a band name to remember if their debut album is anything to go by. Following on from their impressive EP Bonfires, the self-titled debut features a collection of beautiful folk songs reminiscent of Fleet Foxes.…
Album | Boy – Mutual Friends
Mutual Friends, by pop-songstress duo Boy, is smooth and sweet; ‘This Is The Beginning’, ‘July’ and ‘Army’ are warm and pleasant, worthy of a true boyband ballad, but their sound gathers life and force with ‘Little Numbers’, which has much…
EP | The Allah-Las – Tell Me
I’m pretty responsive to any band with the label ‘psychedelic garage surf’ so it didn’t take long to get into the debut EP from Californians the Allah-Las. And ten listens later I am still captivated by this record. While psychedelic…
Album | The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now
After a couple of low-key releases, TTMOE (less ludicrously known as Kristian Matsson) broke cover with 2010’s glorious The Wild Hunt. We’re not talking Laura Marling style mass adoration here, but genuine word of mouth movement and a growing ‘hot…
Live | The Imagined Village @ Basingstoke Anvil
Imagined Village are a force of nature, but is it folk? With their third album, Bending The Dark, the link with the Tradition becomes even more tenuous, and this is a band that defies glib pigeon-holing. With its roots in…
Album | Mary Epworth – Dream Life
Mary Epworth has already found some success with a couple of well-received 7”s in the form of ‘The Saddle Song’ and ‘Black Doe’. Since those singles, released in 2009, she has spent the last couple of years experimenting in a…
Album | Dawes – North Hills
American four-piece Dawes return to our ears with the lovely North Hills. Originally released across the pond in 2009, Dawes’ European fanbase was able to get their hands on their debut thanks to the breakthrough success of last year’s Nothing…