There are, sometimes, artists and bands you are lucky enough to grow with. Laish has been one of those, to me, and I am grateful for it. Daniel Green was born, musically, in the Brighton scene that sprouted the Wilkommen…
Belonging to a very specific scene can be a double-edged situation: everybody knows what to expect from you in terms of sound and style; also, especially when this scene is very localized (in time and/or space), there will be a…
There are records which, from the moment you start listening to them, let you enter their unique world, connected but different from the real one. This pervasive feeling cannot but come from a very clear, honed by time and work,…
In recent years, two labels have stood out as the greatest representatives of quality Americana: Paradise of Bachelors for ‘band’ Americana, and Mama Bird for ‘solo’ Americana. When I discovered that I Need To Start A Garden was being released…
There is a reasonable, and well justified, amount of buzz around the name of Bonny Doon in recent times, as the release date of their sophomore record, Longwave, approaches. This is a very quick follow-up to their debut, which happened…
Admittedly, psychedelic folk isn’t considered the coolest genre in music, nowadays. That’s OK in itself, but in this case the lack of coolness reflects the way that contemporary bands have engaged with the genre; briefly, in a monolithic or static…