Kelly Hunt plays banjo in a way most other people don’t. Her calfskin tenor banjo is unique, different than anything made today. “I opened up the case and it said ‘This banjo was played by a man named Ira Tamm in his dog and…
Founded by Quilt’s Shane Butler in New York, the psychedelic-folk outfit Olden Yolk deliver an exotic wave of technicolour in the new album Living Theatre. As the project became a bigger thing than thought, the band expanded with singer-songwriter Caity…
If there’s someone wondering if Canadian independent pop-rock, once dominating not only webzines but also charts, with Arcade Fire, can be declared clinically dead, Bart from Toronto clearly say “No.” With a flamboyant and playful freedom of expression, with a…
Expectations for Siobhan Wilson’s new album The Departure were raised considerably based on the success of There Are No Saints. As a nominee for Scotland’s Album of the year it would not have been surprising to feel a bit of…
Here with her debut album Let Me Show You, Lydia Persaud is that breath of fresh air that you’re needing to start your day off the right way. The album covers topics such as love, heartbreak and Lydia’s experiences with…
Folk duo Lowland Hum consists of travelling couple, Lauren and Daniel Goans. Their fourth full-length album Glyphonic transports listeners to what feels like a beautiful parallel universe. The fragility of being full-time musicians can be hard, but the couple converted…
From the beginning, Javier Velez was a musical prodigy capable of perfect pitch. He’d first showcased his extraordinary, innate talents to his parents before he could even speak while humming along to his favorite cartoon theme songs, and they knew…
Set up by last year’s solo album by Adrianne Lenker, from where U.F.O.F. takes a couple of tracks, the new Big Thief album is “state-of-the-art” contemporary Americana. The spare experience of abysskiss, a fully accomplished record, is transferred to the…
Some things just can’t be rushed. Oliver Cherer – the prolific artist behind Gilroy Mere, Dollboy, The Assistant, Australian Testing Labs and more – began writing these songs on a Yamaha 4 cassette recorder back in 1983. Influenced by early…
Lush, orchestral, and complex, the world of Lydia Ainsworth’s Phantom Forest is virtually all her. This world she inhabits having written most of the music and lyrics, played the vast majority of the instruments, and produced the album in its…