Bird to Beast do not have your standard background for an emerging folk duo. Sam comes described as a “classically-trained ex-sheep farmer” while the stand-out entry on Hannah’s CV is an evening spent singing backing vocals for Ellie Goulding at…
Two albums in with a third on the way, the Moulettes have firmly set out their stall of awesomeness as the enormous, complex, witty and unpredictable title track off forthcoming LPÂ Constellations demonstrates all too well. With layers of big, stompy…
Seabear – I’ll Build You A Fire from seabear on Vimeo. Seabear are an intoxicatingly cool Icelandic collective whose starry brand of folk-pop celebrates all that is simple and beautiful in life. ‘I’ll Build You a Fire’ is a glorious…
On the day of the launch of his self-released album and hot off the back of supporting Newton Faulkner (who we catch lurking at the back of the venue), Sam Brookes welcomes a sold out crowd who eagerly gather to…
FFS first heard Irish artist CARMEN when she appeared alongside Gibson Bull on our Christmas album back in 2012. Now she’s back with a new single ‘Take This Dance’, which will be released later this month in support of the…
In Undress, adoptive Mancunian Jesca Hoop’s acoustic reworking of 2009 release Hunting my Dress strips five-year-old songs down to the bare, scintillating bones with magnificent results. Welcoming Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Willy Mason, Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards) and Samuel Beam…