Ex-Woods member Kevin Morby has revisited, upgraded and captured the essence of 70s folk pop music. This 9 track beauty is not only the perfect length for a record but is testament to why Morby felt the urge to leave…
St. Pancras Old Church, intimate and grand at the same time, is the perfect setting for Laetitia Sadier and her stripped-down, warm but otherworldly performance. Stereolab’s singer and chief lyricist has been going it alone with several solo albums in…
Travis might be a one trick pony- the trick being catchy, jangly, perfect-as-a-backdrop-to-a-memory songs lasting no longer than three minutes and thirty seconds- but it’s a good trick. Sometimes, it’s nice to know what you can expect. Everything At Once…
The last place you’d expect to find an Australian band that combines folk, rock, heavy-metal, and prog, recording would be Daptone Studios in Brooklyn, but that’s where King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard recorded their first release of 2016, Nonagon…
The last Richmond Fontaine concert I went to a decade ago saw their set sabotaged by stage monitors blowing, leaving the band battling in vain to hear their own instruments. I’d not really given them a second thought since but…
The top floor of the Hospital Club near Tottenham Court Road, London, was the host for Secret Sessions this week. With Secret Sessions, as the name suggests, the line-up isn’t openly advertised in advance. Instead, artists featured may mention they…
Isaac Gracie – Songs from My Bedroom EP Gracie has had everyone in the music industry in a bit of a tizz. Scavengers, I hear you say? Well, there’s certainly something here to devour. ‘Terrified’ displays a young songwriter, heart…
Sturgill Simpson is on fire on his new record. This 9 track 40-minute record is brimming with confidence, with joy and with a funky country groove that is hard to believe at times. It’s like one giant party for the…
If Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros were to be described in a single word, that word would be communal. Whether considering singalong, clap-along anthems ranging from the seminal “Home” to lesser-known burners like “They Were Wrong”, Alex Ebert’s brainchild…
At the time of the whole Let England Shake album/tour cycle Harvey stated that if her next record took 10 years then so be it. That her ‘next’ record is here after half that time is something of a relief…