I first came across Rachael Yamagata a few years ago, through a Noisetrade sampler. I was into American girls with guitars at the time, so I downloaded. I listened. I deleted. “Vanilla,” I thought – there was nothing there to…
This weekend will see Catskills Records celebrate their 20th anniversary with the release of a special compilation and nights out in Brighton and London. Marko Nyberg from label stalwarts Husky Rescue will be among the DJs on Friday and Saturday…
There’s a gentle revolution brewing and Will Varley is at the heart of it. With little more than a guitar and a song he’s changing the game and recreating a vocabulary that was going out of style. Kingsdown Sundown is…
The stage is crowded like a primary school nativity play where every kid has necessarily been given a role. It’s the culmination of a celebratory night of revolving cast members and cameos, with This Is The Kit beginning their final…
A few weeks ago we invited Joe Innes round to record, what has turned out to be, a very topical session. Although not even a London estate agent would describe our studio as spacious, we just about managed to squeeze…
Ahead of the release of their debut album early next year, welcome to the fifth and final instalment of a five-part confessional from members of Patch & The Giant as they admit to past crimes of the light-fingered variety, and…