As the departures lounge of Glasgow airport deals with a mad-busy day and the city begins a mass clean-up operation and tries to put the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games behind it, it seemed like the right sort of…
Upstate New Yorker Zack Joseph followed the calling to Nashville and has recently released his album All The Time in Music City. Drawing on early rock ‘n’ roll, Cat Stevens and Bob Dylan, Joseph’s strong songwriting and lush sound make…
“Today I released my first EP, which is surprising for someone who still has his email as “penguinsruleok” from when he was ten years old.” So began a message we got from Michigan native James Li, who works under the…
We like a band that doesn’t dawdle. Adelaide pairing Climbing Trees, a collaboration between Paul Antsey and Sonny Taverna, only came together late last year, but they’re already on the verge of releasing their debut album, with Campfire Sky due…
A year after first charming us with her song ‘Last Man Down’, London’s Beck Lanehart is back with a new EP. Title track ‘Black Cherry Pearl’ is another country-tinged number but shows off a much grander sound than last we…
Imagine living in a town which was named after a beer. Or at least shared a name with a beer. You must be thirsty all the time. Such is the fate of Californian band Me and the City, who come…
We don’t want Edward Sharpe to ever grow up, but if he did, perhaps this is what the Magnetic Zeroes might sound like. North Carolina’s Flagship are offering their new track ‘Gold and Silver’ as a free download as they…
Conversation of Mass – Paul Spring from Paul Spring on Vimeo. ‘Conversation of Mass’ is taking from State of the Union, the 2013 album by Minnesota musician Paul Spring. Over the winter, which lasts a while in Minnesota, he chose…
Around the time that Amelie came out, all the way back in 2001, I fell in love with Audrey Tautou. I wasn’t alone. Among the others to fall under her spell was Fun King Nero. We’re not sure if the…
As videos go, it’s a remarkable story. Filmmaker Marcus Haney was charged with making a video for his friend’s band Bear’s Den, and reckoned filming his brother’s end-of-term celebrations at the Seattle Pacific University would be a winner. And so…