Our pompous old playlist-making owl Brian is back. With some bombastic pose, dubious claims about his whereabouts in the past year and a playlist of 2011’s gems. How we’ve missed the silly thing.
Playlist | Brian’s Mixtape #46: the Return of the Owl
Singles | Beth Jeans Houghton, The Cornshed Sisters, Allo’ Darlin and Lucy Rose
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny – ‘Sweet Tooth Bird’ So I remember in primary school hearing a story about a father who challenged his daughters to fill a room with something to prove they loved him, which…
News | Mumford & Sons and Edward Sharpe train tour documentary announced
A film about Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show’s railroad trip across America will be debuted at SXSW. Big Easy Express documents the Railroad Revival Tour the bands embarked on in April…
Album | Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny – Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
It’s been nearly three years since Beth Jeans Houghton burst my iPods with her jaunty, melodic folk pop EP Hot Toast Volume 1, and three years on I’m still listening to it, even though dreams of Volume Two long since…
News | Fránçois & the Atlas Mountain cover Slow Club + This is the Kit cover them
The lovely Fránçois & the Atlas Mountain have put together a gorgeous cover of the Slow Club track Gold Mountain, and Slow Club are due to repay the favour. Listen here: Slow Club’s Rebecca said of the cover: “I really…
News | Soap&Skin announce new mini album
Austrian Anja Plaschg has announced the release of a new mini-album on March 19th. Self-played and produced, Narrow follows Soap&Skin’s debut album Lovetune for Vacuum, which was released in 2009. The record features ‘Vater’, a song about her father, who…