Born on June 19, 1948, Nick Drake would have been 65 today. It’s not an original thought to describe him as the Vincent van Gogh of British music, but it’s too romantic a link not to make. Both led troubled…
#108 Nick Drake – Northern Sky
Category: Song of the Day
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#107 Lowland Hum – War is Over
You may recognise some of the lyrical themes of ‘War is Over’ from a song sung by a certain John Lennon a long while ago, but this is no bad thing. North Carolina’s husband and wife duo Daniel Levi Goans…
#106 Nick Mulvey – Fever To The Form
If you listen to good radio* you’re likely already familiar with Nick Mulvey’s ‘Fever To The Form’. He’s had plenty of support, notably from Gilles Peterson, and has even made the dizzy heights of the playlist. He has serious pedigree,…
#105 The Graphite Set – In Your Eyes
Scotland’s Lily Buchanan, in her guise as The Graphite Set, has released her debut EP These Streets, a set of dark psych-folk tracks that benefit from the fine guitar work of the Smoke Fairies’ Katherine Blamire, as shown off here…
#104 Take Berlin – Lionize
With a name like Take Berlin, there should be no real surprise that there’s a distinctly continental feel to the sound of Take Berlin. There’s also a distinct element of class. Yvonne is the vocal coach for Serge Gainsbourg’s son,…
#103 Left With Pictures – River Avon
Left With Pictures know all about the passing of time. Their second and most recent album, In Time, was released back at the start of 2011 as the culmination of a project which saw them produce a new track and…
#102 Johnny Flynn – Bottom of the Sea Blues
After a two year break (when he’s been off being an extremely successful actor), Johnny Flynn released this little ditty onto the internet. Along with news of his plans for a new record and a handful of dates in the…
#101 Elvis Costello and Mumford & Sons – The Ghost of Tom Joad
We were all shocked to hear Mumford & Sons double bass player Ted Dwane has been hospitalised with a blood clot on his brain. The announcement came hours after this video of Mumford & Sons playing the Bruce Springsteen classic ‘The…
#100 Siôn Russell Jones – So Long
Siôn Russell Jones may come from Glamorgan but his influences all speak in an American accent. He’s earned comparisons to Elliott Smith and Simon & Garfunkel, and a quick listen to the title track from his new So Long EP…
#99 Wilsen – Dusk
Having blown away all and sundry with their seven-minute long debut single ‘Anahita’, Wilsen are back with an equally fine if considerably shorter follow-up, ‘Dusk’. Another subtle blend of sounds creates a thick atmosphere over which Tamsin Young adds her…