What an inspired place Tabernas, southern Spain was for writing such a broodingly atmospheric album. Ben Nicholls headed for the land where Sergio Leone shot ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ to pen the songs that would become Be…
Album | Dead Trees – Whatwave
Languid garage rock is the American subgenre that refuses to die. It has endured, barely evolving, since being invented back in the 60s by the Velvet Underground, or maybe the Seeds. Its popularity waxes and wanes, sometimes breaking into the…
News | Peggy Sue, Sea of Bees to play free London show on Sunday
Bandstand Busking have put together another stonking line-up for a free show at the Northampton Square bandstand in London this Sunday. Peggy Sue, Sea of Bees and Veronica Falls will play the show, which starts at 2pm. There are more…
Album | William Elliott Whitmore – Field Songs
‘Rootsy’ is a term that gets used a lot in describing that certain kind of Americana that draws heavily on rural country blues, evoking cotton fields and dustbowls. But if it’s actually possible to hear earth, soil, you can hear…
News | Laura Marling announces UK Cathedral tour and album tracklisting
Laura Marling’s third album A Creature I Don’t Know is set for release on 12th September and she has today announced US and UK tours after its release. Marling and her band will be heading to America for the second…
Blog | Dolly Parton, Seeker Lover Keeper, Rozi Plain…
I’m on a bit of a Dolly Parton kick at the moment. It started with a late night rummage around YouTube looking for clips of her 70s TV variety show Dolly!. And has been made even stronger thanks to an…