Michael Kiwanuka blew a lot of us away with the accomplished beauty of his debut Home Again, so much so that it’s difficult to believe it was four years ago. But Kiwanuka has not rushed the follow-up, making sure that…
In the same week that Blonde on Blonde celebrates its 50th birthday, Bob Dylan is ready to release the latest record of his incredible career. Fallen Angels follows on from Shadows In the Night, and like its predecessor is made…
Usually I’m against the concept of special editions of albums coming out a few months after the original – a blatant push to get fans to fork out cash all over again for a couple of extra tracks. But if…
On Sunday mornings way back when, two friends of mine used to do a radio show called Under The Covers, delving deep into often obscure but always brilliant cover versions. Years later, Sunday mornings still seem a great time to…
Perhaps we should apologise for today’s Song of the Day. Or at least provide a warning. This one can blindside you. ‘Elephant’ might be one of the saddest songs you ever hear. It might also be one you can’t quite…
The Felice Brothers will return next month with Life In The Dark, the follow-up to 2014’s Favorite Waitress. The first taster, ‘Aerosol Ball’, is a raucous rootsy number that finds the Felice Brothers on their strongest territory. It also comes…
It’s not often we have a video premiere for a band that is no longer together, but we’re not letting precedent get in the way of this. The Lost Left are, no, were Ben Pritchard (vocals, guitar), Bobby Crawford (drums)…
Texas songwriter Hayes Carll returned with his fifth LP last month, and Lovers and Leavers was a departure in more ways than one. Sonically, Carll stripped everything back to create a raw, sparse sound, and with good reason – as…
‘Constantly’ is the latest single off Emmy’s wonderful Second Love LP, but this one comes with a twist. The Hong Kong-born artist has released two different videos for the single, one in English and one in Chinese after she translated…
Marissa Nadler’s seventh full-length album Strangers is just a couple of weeks away from release, and she’s delivered another delicious teaser this week by unveiling ‘Katie I Know’. Both lush and sparse at the same time, this is a soundscape…