Allman Brown has been playing the London scene for a while now – the panel stepped in to give him a listen. Jen Rouse: Biographically aloof Allman Brown is a super-photogenic pop singer/songwriter with killer cheekbones and a wonderful voice – a clean,…
Category: New Bands Panel
Matrimony
Matrimony are an Irish man and an American woman that left their respective bands to make ‘indie-folk triumphant heart music’ together – the panel stepped in to see what that means, exactly… Gemma Hampson: Ooh, someone likes the Fleet Foxes.…
Agathe And The Little Things
Agathe is a Paris-based student with an album out on iTunes and a ukelele in her hand. The Panel took a virtual trip to France to check this little lady out… Alistair Mason: In the Big Top Gear Book of…
Gillian Christie
After playing the best spaces in her home town of Glasgow – King Tut’s, City Halls, Oran Mor – nineteen year old Christie is no longer an Art School secret. Her self-released debut EP Thinking Space Part One is available…
Goodnight Lenin
A gig in a kitchen gave them their breaks – they’ve played alongside Donovan, British Sea Power and, next month, Admiral Fallow – plus the radio likes them too. The panel stepped in to check out the hype… Tom White: Fleeing…
The Shee
With a self-titled debut and new album Decadence under their belts the individually musically accomplished, largely Scottish, all-woman six-piece seemed worth a listen… Chris Belson: It is said that whenever a group of the beautiful and otherworldly Shee appear to…
Karenin’s Smile
This Peterborough band have only been playing together for a couple of years and already have released a debut EP, got to the semi-finals of Future Radio’s Next Big Thing, and got some scrummy BBC airplay. They are backed by the…
Endless Knot
Endless Knot are a Coventry based celtic-folk ska and reggae band. They have a lot of members and play a mad array of instruments. Their album Streets Ahead is available now… Matt Collins: Endless Knot’s Myspace page announces that Marc…
Cecille Grey
Nottingham based four piece Cecille Grey have been together for just over a year – already a fixture on the live scene and making a noise on BBC 6Music, the panel moved in to check them out… Tom Moyser: Cecille…
Amos Zimmerman
Folk’n’roll artist Amos Zimmerman hails from Israel and creates ‘music that wants to look you in the eye’. His debut album with handy musicians The Riverband has been playing on the panel’s stereo… Nico Franks: Curiously, Amos’ surname suggests lineage…