Folk
Premier: A.J. Holmes – A Good Year for the Mushrooms
A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a musician, field recordist and founder of band A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire. His new solo album ‘A Better Standard of Ordinariness’ is due 22nd April via Onomatopoeia Records. This is the first album that A.J. Holmes has recorded entirely alone, playing all instruments. It was recorded between January – …
News: Australian indie giants Boy & Bear return with news of national tour and a soaring, euphoric new single ‘State of Flight’.
Boy & Bear are a veritable national institution in Australia with their brand of folk-inflected indie pop. Having recently celebrated the ten year anniversary of their double platinum album ‘Moonfire’ with a sold out gig in Sydney, the band have announced a 14 date national tour across Australia over June and July. And to whet …
News: Vance Joy releases new single with album to follow
Vance Joy has released an optimistic, horns infused track ahead of a new album due in June 2022.
Track: Guise drop new single and announce release of debut Album
London quartet Guise drop new track and announce release of debut album and UK tour.
EP: Auckland’s Silk Cut shape out another elegant dream pop delight in new EP ‘panda’.
Last year’s ‘astronaut’, the debut EP from New Zealand’s enigmatic Silk Cut (reviewed by me here) was a hazy dreamy introduction to a band that has, amongst its constituent members, a breadth of experience. Singer/guitarist Andrew Thorne has played with Modern Chair – a collaboration between him and another veteran of the NZ music scene, Wayne Bell. …
Album Review: Aldous Harding – Warm Chris – Fire Walk with Me
Aldous Harding’s ‘Warm Chris’ is an early contender for album of the year.
Track: Jeremiah Moon – Melusine
Seattle-based singer/songwriter/classically-trained cellist and illustrator Jeremiah Moon has shared a new lyric video for ‘Melusine’, a track off his recently released debut EP ‘Sputnik,’ out now via Enci Records. Read our review here. One of the best tracks on his superb EP, ‘Melusine’, is a dark track with a haunting quality from the swirling electronic noises under the …
Live Review: The Scratch / Gaolbyrd – 3Olympia, Dublin 19.03.2022
The Scratch’s show in the 3Olympia Theatre was another highly anticipated show originally meant to take place in the Academy a little under 2 years ago. The show was since upgraded to the 3Olympia due to extra demand! The Scratch are a 4 piece acoustic act from Dublin that mix genres from traditional Irish to …
Track: A. Smyth returns with the lush and atmospheric single ‘Long Night’ and news of live dates.
Last year’s ‘Lost Animals’ from Dublin troubadour A. Smyth (reviewed by me here) was a gorgeous collection of delicate musings and lush vibrant instrumentation. Smyth is back with a new single, ‘Lost Night’, which continues this lush sonic journey. Smyth’s melancholic delivery reflects the song’s serious themes, and yet there lies a sense of hope …
Track: Foy Vance – Sapling (Feat Rag’N’Bone Man)
Irelands Foy Vance has collaborated with Rag’n’Bone Man on new single ‘Sapling’, taking from Vance’s album ‘Signs of Life’ available via Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records. The duet with Rag’n’Bone Man is a stunning new version of this track. ‘Signs Of Life’ is Vance’s fourth studio album and second on Gingerbread Man Records and the follow up …