Tacks, The Boy Disaster hail from Austin, Texas, where they have finally finished work on their debut album, Twelve Lion Paws. We say finally – consider that their Oh Beatrice EP came out in 2006, a mere eight years ago…
If you’ve not been downstairs at the Louisiana, it’s worth a visit for your smaller gigs. It’s a small room, no windows and one staircase in and out – kind of your typical cellar space. This was my first time…
Mark Eitzel’s European tour took him to the special setting of Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion on Sunday night for a show put on in conjunction with our friends at Music’s Not Dead. With the sun going down over a…
Jackson, Kentucky native Sturgill Simpson returns with the follow-up to last year’s High Top Mountain, one which has already gathered widespread acclaim – and deservedly so. While its unwieldy title could leave even country fans fearing what lurks behind it,…
It takes talent to make beautiful music from truly challenging subject matter. That’s what SixToes have managed with Hawthorns, a song about a woman’s abusive relationships with her father and husband. It’s a startling and unsettling introduction to the band’s…
Yann Tiersen cannot be mentioned, perhaps sadly, without his majestic 2001 Amelie soundtrack being talked about. It must be hard moving on from that. It was, in short, one of the all time film soundtrack masterpieces. He is far from a…