Earlier this year a couple of Tashaki Miyaki songs appeared on the internet. Rumours spread as to who exactly this exciting band were, and where their perfectly formed shoegaze-fuzz came from. It transpires they’re a Californian boy/girl duo (Lucy on…
Live | Bon Iver @ Hammersmith Apollo, 24th October 2011
Okay so let’s just get this straight: there is more than just one man in Bon Iver. Everyone seems fixated on Justin Vernon, frontman and “face” of the band, but seeing them live was a real eye-opener. There were nine…
Album | Will Hanson – Moving A Body
A Paris-born Londoner resident in Glasgow, Will Hanson has found his niche after a change of musical direction. Since splitting from his former band Proxy, relocating up north and striking out on his own, Hanson’s sound evolved to encompass a…
EP | Dear Winesburg – Light & Deft
Light & Deft is a very pastoral EP, all hillside wanderings and poetic musings. There’s a slight undertow of darkness that’s accepted rather than rebelled against. Lush accompaniment (strings, accordion, brass) and a rising pace on the second track, my…
News | We announce For Folk’s Sake it’s Christmas, 2011
We are terribly excited to reveal that For Folk’s Sake will be releasing a second charity Christmas compilation on 28th November. It follows last year’s album, For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas (Vol 1) which featured songs from Laura Hocking, Emily…
Album | Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town
It is hard to believe that this is the 21st album from Will Oldham and 12th under the Bonnie Prince Billy guise. This in its self is worth celebrating, never mind that it is an absolutely beautiful piece of work.…