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#177 Gambles – So I Cry Out 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
‘So I Cry Out’ by Gambles is as simple as music gets: a voice, a few guitar chords and a bucketload of raw emotion. It’s the sort of track that only an experienced artist could possibly have the self-...
#176 Country Parish Music – Lady Maisry 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Steve Collins, formerly of the Owl Service, has linked up with Welsh singer Rosemary Lippard for a lovely new project Country Parish Music. With a marriage of sounds that feel made for each other thei...
Album | Laura Veirs – Warp & Weft 26 Aug 2013 | 03:05 pm
The ninth studio album by the Oregon veteran marks a return to more conventional material after 2011′s Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for Children. If that project seemed a surprising depart...
#175 Belle & Sebastian – The Wrong Girl 25 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Today is Stuart Murdoch’s birthday, and although Wikipedia is more or less adamant that he’s turning 45, we all know that he’s really nineteen, scribbling in exercise books and pining away as he gazes...
#174 The April Maze – Where Do They Go 24 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Armed with only a guitar and a cello, husband-and-wife duo The April Maze seem to create an out-sized noise which they’ve kept a secret (from us, at least) by hiding out in their native Australia for ...
#173 Mona & Maria – My Sun 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
It’s a fairly special thing combine the lightest of touches with an epic feel, a trick Mona & Maria pull off on ‘My Sun’. While the melody and harmonies are as delicate as you would expect from a Scan...
Album | The Lunchtime Sardine Club – Icecapades 23 Aug 2013 | 03:55 pm
Icecapades, the debut album from The Lunchtime Sardine Club, pseudonym of Brighton musician Oliver Newton, comprises an intriguing array of songs and moods. The album was home-recorded over a year and...
Album | Tess of the Circle – Thorns 23 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
After debut album Magpie Tess Jones returns with a new band of musicians, The Circle, in tow. Together they create a bigger, heavier rock sound that still has one eye on folk music. From the opening s...
Live | Greenman Review 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
Hidden in the depths of a valley in the Brecon Beacons lies one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Greenman Festival celebrated its tenth year anniversary, and served to be, yet again, one of the best ...
#172 Will Varley – When You’re Gone 22 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm
One of those multi-talented individuals who makes you feel embarrassed for every idle moment you ever passed, Will Varley’s new album As The Crow Flies is out next month. The introduction to the lates...
