As surprises go, last week’s news that Peggy Sue were releasing an album of covers within days was a pretty good one. Songs Of Scorpio Rising is a result of a special project undertaken by the band last year, when…
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Album | Mary Epworth – Dream Life
Mary Epworth has already found some success with a couple of well-received 7”s in the form of ‘The Saddle Song’ and ‘Black Doe’. Since those singles, released in 2009, she has spent the last couple of years experimenting in a…
EP | Songs For Walter – Meet Me At The Empire
It’s been a busy time for Laurie Hulme. The guitarist has a new album out with his band Beat The Radar, but not before he released his own EP under the name Songs For Walter. While BTR deal in post-punk…
EP | Changing Horses – The Nashville Sessions
It always pays to have influential friends. And Changing Horses definitely have some of those. How else does a humble folk pairing get plucked out of Lincoln, (England, not Nebraska) and whisked off to Nashville to make their debut record…
EP | Three Pairs of Shoes – Three Pairs of Shoes
Almost two years have passed since Three Pairs of Shoes debuted with the Talybont EP and it you don’t need to listen to much of their self-titled follow-up to realise plenty has changed in that time. Now on new label…
EP | Dear Winesburg – Setting In
To record their latest EP, Dear Winesburg have stripped things back. The five-piece have, in effect, become a two-piece. Chris Kreinczes leads proceedings with his guitar and vocals, but it is the haunting violin of Emma Kraemer which is the…
Album | Dawes – North Hills
American four-piece Dawes return to our ears with the lovely North Hills. Originally released across the pond in 2009, Dawes’ European fanbase was able to get their hands on their debut thanks to the breakthrough success of last year’s Nothing…
Album | The Mynabirds – Generals
When Neil Young released Living With War in 2006 he was moved to ask where all the angry young kids who should be making such records had gone. It was tempting to reprise that question when Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball…
EP | King Creosote – I Learned From The Gaels
From what I had heard from King Creosote before and given the title of this EP, I was expecting a gentle acoustic affair. It turned out this assumption was entirely wrong. Opener ‘Double Underneath’ immediately sets a different tone, upbeat…
EP | Fossil Collective – Let It Go
I joined the growing ranks of Fossil Collective’s many fans after I first heard their signature number ‘Let It Go’ a year ago. It’s been a long wait, but the rest of the tracks that make up the Let It…