Tales From The Barrel House is much as you would expect from a Seth Lakeman album. His old folks tales and traditional themes are punctuated by frequent fiddle breaks and often punchy drums. Often minimalist instrumentation allows Lakeman’s strong vocals…
Listen | Father John Misty offers free download and new video
Josh Tillman will release his debut album under the Father John Misty guise later this month, and is giving us an advance taste of Fear Fun by offering a free download of ‘Nancy From Now On’. There’s also a not…
News | Dirty Projectors announce new album.
Domino records have just announced Dirty Projectors’ highly anticipated sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan. The album will be available on July 9th in the UK and Europe and July 10th in North America. With Swing Lo Magellan, David Longstreth shows that beyond his band’s reputation…
Live | Story Books @ Hoxton Hall
Here at the village-style Hoxton Hall the atmosphere is nothing if not dramatic. Six-strong band, Story Books, are spaced apart on a split-level stage, silhouetted against glaring, ‘Close Encounter’-style lighting. With this type of venue and visuals, bumble-gum pop was…
Album | Simone Felice – Simone Felice
The former drummer of the Felice Brothers and the brains behind The Duke & the King, Simone Felice’s first solo record arrives weighted with expectation. There are moments of the brilliance of both outfits in this eponymous debut, recorded with…
Album | Deer Tick – Divine Providence (and Tim EP)
Rhode Island is no doubt meant to be a clarion call to their youth, a reliving of the bad old days of getting drunk, picking up chicks and telling stories about it afterwards.