James Yorkston- Border Song James Yorkston may be a folk musician but on this song he shows his early punk background. The words spill out as fast as he can manage to spit them. This isn’t pastoral folk, this is folk with an insistence that cannot be matched. I have always loved the stories...
So this isn’t exactly news ‘hot off the press’, but in case you hadn’t already heard, Communion records have begun what they call a “Communion Weekly”. For the last five weeks, Communion have been sending subscribers a small dose of what they’ve been up to. Every week, this includes a ‘Track of the Week’...
When Kyla La Grange last appeared in a singles round-up, she was compared – positively, it should be noted – with the likes of Bon Jovi of Bryan Adams for the grandstanding sound of ‘Heavy Stone’. Now she returns with ‘Vampire Smile’ and things are a little more intimate. From an echoing opening, this...
North London’s Kyla La Grange has announced the makings of a new single “Vampire Smile“, due for release on the 12th March 2012. Coming to us via Chess Club Records, the track will also feature on La Grange’s debut album which has yet to be titled but is due for release in June 2012....
Hello readers! We have a whole bundle of singles to rattle through. To begin at the beginning, Dent May is a very cheerful sort of person. A bit manically happy, but if you like ‘Fun’ and weddings (or fun weddings?) he might be your man. Ben Howard is also perky, with ‘Keep Your Head...
The first Communion compilation Communion Records – the label run by ex-Cherbourg man Kev Jones and Mumford and Sons’ Ben Lovett – have knocked brains with new session operation Bands in Transit, which films artists playing in the back of a Transit van. The result are sessions at the brilliant Hackney City Farm (if...
Marcus Foster – Rushes & Reeds Marcus Foster, possibly best known for having Robert Pattinson sing one of his compositions on the Twilight soundtrack curiously reminded me of a band slightly North of his London roots; Oxford’s Charly Coombes and the New Breed. But if it’s warm 60’s soul with lashings of crunchy sex...
Communion has announced the line up for its series of Flowerpot shows, starting today featuring Mumford & Sons, Sarah Blasko and Angus & Julia Stone. The label and club night, which released a compilation album including tracks from Alessi, Johnny Flynn and Broadcast 2000 last year, will take over the North London venue for...
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