One of my favourite Yo La Tengo tracks is ‘Gentle Hour’, a hushed, drony love song from 2009’s Dark Was The Night compilation. I realised this week that it’s not theirs, but was originally recorded by New Zealand’s Snapper. That’s…
Nathaniel Rateliff has long been an alt-folk hero, not known to many, but obsessed over by those who do. He is one of those rare acts who inspires a cult-like following whilst simultaneously not being a weirdo or having a…
Anyone familiar with Feathers and Fishhooks was most likely keenly anticipating some new tunes from the man, the myth, the legend – Rayland Baxter. I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Baxter live at a folk festival, where he told…
When artists come together from varying ends of the industry for a collaboration, the end result prototypically comes across as well-intended, but not-so-well executed. Thinking back to ill-fated collaborations strung across the past decade or so, like Jay Z and…
Arriving a little less than 12 months after their debut record in 2014, Ultimate Painting, made up of James Hoare from indie band Veronica Falls and Jack Cooper from Mazes, have unleashed another set of Velvet Underground-aping tracks into the…
I listen to Lovers Know with some anticipation. The Mynabirds’ last album, Generals, was one of my favourites in recent years, from the punch of the title track to the hopeful ‘Body of Work’. It is fiercely original while also being tuneful, melodic, danceable; so I’m surprised to read, in the PR material…