Otherworldly SixToes return with a beautifully cut-back, matured album. The first thing that struck me about this record was how much SixToes have developed in terms of sound since 2008’s Trick of the Night. To be honest, at first I…
Texas’ the Old 97’s have been gracing us with their special brand of country-flavoured indie since 1993. Six years after their last studio album, they return with their eighth, and have truly outdone themselves with Most Messed Up. Having listened…
As you relax into the early tracks of the new record from Comet Gain, Paperback Ghosts, one of the last things you might associate the group with is the early nineties “riot grrrl” scene and some of the purest punk…
Bob Dylan’s life in the 1980s was one full of as much mystery and confusion as the previous two decades had been of breakthrough, success and inspiration. Starting that period of time as a born-again Christian before peppering the years…
Sometimes the more things appear to be changing, the more they stay the same. This latest release from beloved scrappy New York veterans The Felice Brothers had the potential to throw up masses of intrigue given their recent history. Firstly,…
It’s hard to believe that George Ezra has only just celebrated his 21st birthday. Possessing a voice which sounds as if it has lived through a lifetime of whisky and cigarettes, Ezra’s gravelly intonation is perhaps his greatest strength; in…
Regarded by many as one of the UK’s finest folk singers, Pete Molinari has struck gold again with his latest opus, Theosophy, a collection of tracks which are tinged in the sound of the early 1960’s. It is rock ‘n’…
When it comes to describing CN Lester’s music, there aren’t enough adjectives synonymous with ‘gorgeous’. We ‘re only resisting that much maligned phrase ‘achingly beautiful’ by sitting on our hands. Inadequate adjectives aside, Aether, the second album from the artist,…
Anglo-Australian band Owl & Mouse began as a solo effort from singer and ukelele player Hannah Botting, who released her EP One through Haircut Records back in 2011. In the intervening years, she’s been joined by Jen Botting, Emma Winston…
First Aid Kit have been charming us with their perfect harmonies and earnest folk songs for years now, but something about Stay Gold feels different. Confident. Mature. The duo that brought us ‘Emmylou’ and ‘I Met Up With the King’…