Music
Album Review: Ed Harcourt – Furnaces
In a music scene still crammed full of post-Jeff Buckley singer songwriters, Ed Harcourt has been criminally overlooked down the years, especially when you consider that he’s only released one album and one single which have hit the top 40 charts here in the UK. Having released a critically lauded debut in Here Be Monsters, …
Album Review: Dolly Parton – Pure and Simple
I can’t remember a time when I hadn’t heard of Dolly Parton. As I grew up during the 80s, Parton always seemed to be part of the cultural background noise, and as the years have progressed she has seemingly remained a constant fixture. As my taste in music developed through the years, Parton was never …
Album Review: Pascal Pinon – Sundur
Pascal Pinon prove that absence makes their songwriting grow stronger with the chilling beauty of new album’ Sundur’. If Pascal Pinon’s 2013 album ‘Twosomeness’ was about sisters Ásthildur and Jófríður Ákadóttir being together, new album ‘Sundur’ – from the Icelandic proverb “sundur og saman” meaning “apart and together” – reflects on their separation. While Ásthildur …
News: The Magnetic Fields reissue 69 Love Songs on vinyl
When a colleague recently turned around and asked me out of the blue what the one album I would take to a desert island with me, I said The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs without hesitation. Okay, so naming an album which stretches across three CDs was something of a cheat, but really, I couldn’t …
Album Review: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel
When The Black Crowes went on hiatus a few years ago, it’s probably fair to say that few of their fans held any great hopes out for either of the Robinson brothers releasing anything but sporadic niche-appeal vanity projects until the band regrouped. The fact that Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel is …
Album Review: Warhaus – We Fucked a Flame into being
Essentially the solo project of Maarten Devoldere of the Belgian group Balthazar, We Fucked a Flame into being (a direct quote from Lady Chatterley’s lover) see’s Devoldere abandon some of the dark, editors like indie rock for dark, at times intimate pop/torch music, that references the likes of Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg …
News: Baywaves announce European tour dates, plus new vinyl releases
If you enjoyed ‘Only For Uz’, the debut EP from Madrid’s Baywaves, with its sunny psych-y indie pop, then you’ll non doubt be delighted to hear that UK collective Flying Vinyl is releasing the bands singles, “Marsupilami” and “Time Is Passing U By” on 7″ vinyl. Staples on the Spanish scene, having played festivals such …
See: Brama-Loka reveal video for new single, Noble Savage
Mossley, Greater Manchester four-piece Brama-Loka are about to release their Bill Ryder-Jones produced single, Noble Savage on September 5th. It’s a follow up to last years debut EP, and has already been attracting quite a bit of interest, including Phil Taggart dropping it on his Radio One show. It’s easy to see why. Noble Savage …
See: Muuy Biien release a new video for their track Another Chore
Speaking about Another Chore, the new single from Anthen GA’s Muuy Biien, Joshua Evans from the band says “Another chore is a song about annoying, unambitious people. Robbie and I tracked the song at our house in Athens in less than an hour with no preconceptions, or prospects for that matter. We chose to shoot …
Album Review: D Ferren – Trials And Dusty Trails
by Mary Moore Photo by Ryan Hodges Photography Mary Moore is a supporter of the arts. She’s a giver of sunshine and a purveyor of the whimsical as well. She also loves music. Especially music of the local variety. She used to host both local and touring musicians at her home in the town of …