Since 2008’s delightful ode to Dusty Springfield, Just a Little Lovin’, released on Lost Highway, Shelby Lynne has retreated from the limelight she fought so hard to find. She quit the major labels who had eventually picked her up after…
Live | Emmy the Great @ Wrexham Central Station, 06/10/11
I’ve recently had reason to move back to my childhood home, an event I regarded with no little trepidation. Aside from the obvious benefit of rent-free accommodation with meals thrown in, my teenage memories are of a musical wasteland punctuated…
News | Laura Marling to support Florence + The Machine in Chicago
Having just finished her sell-out Cathedral tour across the UK celebrating the third (and most recent) album: ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’, Laura Marling has announced she will be supporting Florence Welch (+ The Machine) on the 4th December, as…
Album | Meg Baird – Seasons On Earth
Meg Baird seems ready to give a solo career a serious go. When the Espers vocalist took time out between the band’s second and third albums to release 2007 debut Dear Companion, it almost had the feel of a one-off…
Live | Bombay Bicycle Club @ Brixton Academy, 19/10/2011
Bombay Bicycle Club gave the crowd at Brixton Academy on Wednesday 19th October a real treat, rattling through the best of their material from the last couple of years as seamlessly as a band that has been together for decades.…
EP | Goodnight Lenin – The Wenceslas Square
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel: Goodnight Lenin wear their influences proudly on their sleeves, like shoulder patches holding a worn out jacket together. It still fits and looks rather cool, but you can’t help wondering if it’s seen…