Welcome Spring! I couldn’t find a better way to usher in the season of renewal than with the evening of folk and experimental artists at Moth Club for a joyous celebration. Having attended the equally appealing Samhain (Halloween) concert at Earth Hackney, this felt like an appropriate reconnection. Scottish singer, songwriter and Clàrsach player, Anna McLuckie…
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I have been a fan of the Daylight Music Saturday afternoon concert series for many years since their early home at London’s Union Chapel. Daylight Music, run by Arctic Circle, has been presenting a huge and diverse range of musicians over the 17 years they’ve been in existence. Taking a couple of hours out of…
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Ella Clayton’s second album Could It Be You? is set for release on 24th April. Meanwhile she’s been dropping the occasional track from this new work, and the latest is the captivating and quirky single called Dolomites. Recorded at George Ezra’s studio Hotel Quebec, Dolomites expresses the desire to be alone. It’s the perfect vehicle…
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Halifax band The Orielles certainly cannot be accused of standing still. And with their new album Only You Left, they push the realms of experimental territory, continuing a journey that has gradually taken them away from their early indie-garagey pop beginnings. That shift became fully apparent on Tableau (2022), a gauzy, fragile record that immersed…
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You can imagine the scene. Teenagers Glenn Tillbrook and Chris Gifford are riffling through an old cardboard box in the attic. Nothing much here… but what’s this? Glenn brushes a few decade’s worth of dust off a cassette, snaps it into the player, presses PLAY… and the years melt away. The two are transported back…
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All the signs are there that rising folk singer Luke James Williams’ upcoming album is going to be something special. There has already been one release, Hollows and Branches, from the album so far and tonight Full Moon (out March 3rd) is unveiled… to coincide with the full moon – just to make it extra…
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Ferocious, explosive tunes, fuzzy dirty bass and the out-there ball of energy that is the front-woman KT are the hallmarks of riveting Atlanta outfit Upchuck. And new track Last Breath is out today. The Atlanta band – guitarists Mikey Durham and Hoff, bassist Ausar Ward, and drummer/vocalist Chris Salado, now signed to Domino, released album I’m Nice Now in autumn, before touring…
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Hiss Golden Messenger is the North Carolina-based project of MC Taylor, who unveils his new album I’m People, on May 1st via Chrysalis Records. Our first glimpse of the material is the uplifting single, In The Middle Of It, just released. The “intensely human record” injects a much-needed note of optimism – it’s can only…
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One of our favourite bands – who we first saw as support for The Besnard Lakes, have been busy. Fans can now hear new their dreamy new track Signify, check out their album PBE Archive Vol. 1 and book tickets to their next run of live dates (see below). New single Signify, taken from the album,…
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Anna Calvi’s songwriting is powerful and passionate, while her stage presence is intense and quite inward looking. She doesn’t go for dramatics and audience-pleasing dramatics. She doesn’t need to – those astounding vocals — operatic, unwavering, and rich with emotion are enough. Beyond the impact of her live performances, she has been shifting her focus…
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