Deviating from the ‘a picture of my head’ model that has dominated St Vincent’s cover art until now, Strange Mercy presents us with a crooked, milky mouth of death that’s a much more appropriate indicator of the experience ahead. Replete…
Interview | Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin
Vlautin, left, performs with Richmond Fontaine in Leeds “I’m not a huge fan of concept records,” says Willy Vlautin, the frontman and songwriter of Richmond Fontaine, who have just released, well, a concept album. The High Country is described as…
Album | Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
Great news for Ryan Adams fans who have grown tired of his attempts to become a) a rapper b) a metal-head or, more recently, c) invisible. The news is Ryan is back, acoustic guitar in hand and singing actual songs…
Album | Darren Hayman – The Ship’s Piano
“On March the twenty-third, she said something so absurd, she said: you love to be in love but you never really love.” So Darren Hayman sang as lead singer of Hefner a little over ten years ago on their seminal…
Playlist | Beth Jeans Houghton picks us some songs
Beth Jeans Houghton is gearing up for a busy time as she prepares to release new single ‘Liliputt’ on November 14 before her debut album Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose follows in January. Before then, there’s a huge homecoming show at…
Album | Thea Gilmore & Sandy Denny – Don’t Stop Singing
In 2007, while compiling Sandy Denny’s unrecorded material for what would become last year’s monumental eponymous 19CD box set, the late Fairport Convention singer’s estate uncovered several sets of lyrics unused and unscored before her untimely passing in 1978, aged…