Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown absolutely blew us away when it was released this year. It’s a folk opera based on the story of Eurydice and Orpheus feauring performances by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver as Orpheus, Greg Brown as Hades, Ani…
WIN: tickets to Rockfeedback 10th birthday celebrations featuring British Sea Power
Website and promoters extraordinaire Rockfeedback are celebrating their anniversary with a London show “Rockfeedback X: Ten Years of Rockfeedback”, which featuring a stellar line up of gigs and an exhaustive list of DJs. On 17th September RFB will take over…
Singles round-up: Lissie, Avi Buffalo, Dreamend
Lissie – Cuckoo Bouncy, accessible country-pop about driving around in a truck in small-town America, being totally wild, rebellious and free. “Let’s go driving, ‘cause there’s nowhere to go!” Yeah! It all sounds really fun, and really bad for the…
Brian’s Mixtape #43: California
After a break for Coffee and Cake, Brian’s back on his musical tour of the U.S.A., this time touring around the great state of California. Home to surfer bums, angels and oranges, California has more than its fair share of lovely…
Album: Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds – Under Streetlight Glow
Heidi Spencer and the Rare Birds latest, Under Streetlight Glow, was deliberately and lovingly constructed. Throughout the album Spencer carefully chooses when and how fill the listeners ears; often deciding that silence is the best way to mark a point…
FFS New Bands Panel: Moths and Leeches
Southwestern group Moths and Leeches is the vehicle for singer-songwriter Matthew Caron. They have a simple philosophy. “We will play for you,” they say. So the panel took them up on the offer to see what they’re all about. Alice…