Malpas are preparing to unleash their brand of electro-bluegrass on this summer’s festivals with dates lined up for the Isle of Wight, Blissfields, Off the Cuff, The Bard’s Party and the Moseley Folk Festival. Before they do, the New Bands…
Live: Sia @ The Roundhouse, Camden
The Roundhouse still has the ambience of a new venue even several years after its 2006 re-opening as London’s newest kid on the block. This may be because at times it feels like a new flat before the inevitable trip…
Micah P Hinson to tour new album
Micah P Hinson has announced plans for a new album and is to tour Europe in support of it. ‘Micah P Hinson and the Pioneer Saboteurs’ will be released on June 21, the fourth full album from the Texas-based Tennessean.…
Hear Jeffrey Lewis reveal his comic book secrets
Most will know him best for singing charmingly odd little ditties about mosquitos, oral sex and ghouls; but anyone who has spent time hanging about the merch stall at a Jeffrey Lewis gig will also know that he is a highly…
Live: Villagers @ Deaf Institute, Manchester
Villagers have been around for a wee while now, causing hubbub in the most remote corners of the music world, one such corner being the little known TV show, ‘Later… With Jools Holland’. Playing to a full to the brim…
FFS New Bands Panel: Michael Chaney
Newcastle singer-songwriter Michael Chaney is the latest artist to come before our New Bands Panel, who took a listen to his first handful of songs on his myspace page. Louis Gilbert: Singer-songwriter blues afflict this young man from Newcastle. Yearning…