In the press release for Peggy Sue’s new record, Choir of Echoes, the band described it as “about singing, about losing your voice and finding it again. Choruses, Duets, Whispers and shouts.” True to their word, the first track, eponymously…
The band formerly known as (We are) Augustines have dropped the prefix, due to a legal dispute, and created a new record under the simple name, Augustines. Those who were fans of their debut, ‘Rise ye Sunken Ships’ need not…
It may be hard to believe but Stephen Malkmus has now made more albums on his own or with his band, the Jicks, than he did with Pavement during their early 90’s heyday (For the record, this is his 6th…
Gary Stewart, for those who may not know, is the bassist in For Folk’s Sake favourites Ellen and the Escapades, and this is his latest collection of songs recorded under his own name and released independently way back in the…
Beginning with a tour-de-force of voice and guitar combining in beautiful harmony in ‘Mother Earth, Father God’, Torres (real name Mackenzie Ruth Scott) declares that she was ‘Born on bloody battleground/to the middlemen between two realms,’ and so the tone of record is set within the opening three minutes.
Mary Epworth can seemingly do no wrong. After releasing her stunning debut album last year, Dream Life, Mary has turned her hand recently to running a record label, Hand of Glory, a label which Kiran Leonard has made his home.…