Peggy Sue have concocted a heady mixture of blues, rock and doo-wap leanings within their debut album Fossils and Other Phantoms. Opener ‘Yo Mama’ has brilliant impact. The title suggests something whimsical and gaudy, but instead the listener is met…
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Album: Erland and The Carnival
You can tell when a band has thought hard about their name. And when they do it, it is more often than not because they have some interesting work to deliver. This is the case of Erland and The Carnival.…
EP: Lail Arad – Someone New
Lail Arad is truly delightful, as I discovered when I accidentally went to see her play back in December. On stage, she comes across as being adorable, but the question when confronting her new EP, Someone New, is whether that…
EP: Adelaide’s Cape – Last Sleep in Albion EP
Listening to Last Sleep in Albion you can tell the band has developed, especially in confidence. The production and general sound of the EP has more depth than earlier demos, at the same time keeping a folksy integrity. Opener ‘This…
Live: Laura Marling, 3/4/10 @ Studio 672, Cologne, Germany
Studio 672, the sold out 220 capacity venue in the centre of Cologne, lended itself to genius for a night; for 65 minutes the German crowd (plus a few token Brits) were treated to the insightful beauty of Laura Marling…
Album: Woodpigeon – Die Stadt Muzikanten
Some artists spend their entire careers clinging to a single sound, stretching it taut until the bones begin to protrude and reveal the fragile artistic elasticity that held the music together. Mark Andrew Hamiltons’ Woodpigeon barely manage a song without…
For Folk’s Sake’s festival calendar
We’ve gone through the folkier end of the festival calender, and hereby bring you our picks. You won’t find any news on Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, mind. We’re here to tell you about the things you might not have…
Album: Love Is All – Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
Here comes Two Thousand and Ten Injuries by Love Is All, bursting of joy, quirkiness and punk frenzy. Now look behind the curtain once more and you will find a much calculated and controlled strategic sound holding together those cluttered…
Russell Joslin: Jet Black and White
Russell Joslin is one of those artists you seem to stumble across by accident and then call it fate when you hear him sing. I heard about him from a friend who saw him live and fell in love, she…
Album: Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Laura Marling’s new album makes me come over all Jo Wiley. I could very happily voice an advert calling it “breathtaking”, “astonishing” or “sublime”. Because unlike Keane or U2 or Coldplay’s more recent offerings, it is all of those things.…