The role of Fleet Foxes drummer and backing vocalist was never enough to satisfy Joshua Tillman. But there were only a few hints in the solo records he used to put out in his own name as to the scale…
The magic of Emmy The Great’s latest EP is undoubtedly contained within ‘Swimming Pool.’ Make no mistake, the track should be and probably will be heard widely over the course of 2015. It’s a fine slice of modern synthesised pop.…
Jessica Pratt has created her own strange folk wonderland on her second record. With shades of Nick Drake, and gloomy beguiling spells, there is a sound and songs here to cement the creator’s reputation as a dark folk goddess. It’s…
The deep scar down the centre of Björk’s chest on the cover says plenty about the highly personal, painful content of Vulnicura. It is the hole through which her heart was torn out, through which all the pain and anguish…
Coming only a few months later, Absent Fathers is the flip side to Earle’s last record Single Mothers. Consider it a double album released in two parts. It’s a cracker as well, running in at just over half an hour.…
High hopes were held for this debut from Natalie Prass. The first songs we heard hinted at something of great potential and wonder, inspiring a sense of nostalgia for past music (as seems to be becoming a trend for Spacebomb…
Two years after the 2010 demise of his band Supergrass, Gaz Coombes brought us his debut Here Come The Bombs, a record which moved into his own head space in a way that was never really possible with Supergrass, while…
The Decemberists might be pushed to beat their own mid-00s output, but this is a band that has stayed true to their roots and continue to make compelling folk music. Their new record comes exactly four years since The King…
Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 ——————————————- What’s Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014 The end of 2014 gives us a grand old gift from one of America’s very finest. For those who love Wilco comes the definitive and essential rarities…
The first thought regarding this record is that In The Fullness of Time is the result of a classy operation. It sounds like a band not just in love with Neil Young at his peak but able to turn that…