You could be forgiven for not believing that this is only their second full studio album, as Twelfth Day not only sound much more accomplished in their brand of innovative modern, yet traditionally-infused, folk, but because they have already released…
The country blues intro of ‘Cozmina’ is a great setting out of the stall for Otis Gibbs’ seventh album. The twanging banjo and the gliding strings are deliciously palatable. When Otis’ well-torn and whiskey-soaked voice enters and the song becomes…
Slow Club are on the cusp of becoming huge with their third LP, Complete Surrender; a more mature, fuller-sounding record than Paradise, and a million miles away from their debut, Yeah, So? Comprised of multi instrumentalists Rebecca Taylor and Charles…
A covers EP? Who on earth could tell if they didn’t already know some or all of these 5 tracks. Calvi handles the material of others with incredible skill and passion. By the time you reach the penultimate track and…
Otherworldly SixToes return with a beautifully cut-back, matured album. The first thing that struck me about this record was how much SixToes have developed in terms of sound since 2008’s Trick of the Night. To be honest, at first I…
Texas’ the Old 97’s have been gracing us with their special brand of country-flavoured indie since 1993. Six years after their last studio album, they return with their eighth, and have truly outdone themselves with Most Messed Up. Having listened…
As you relax into the early tracks of the new record from Comet Gain, Paperback Ghosts, one of the last things you might associate the group with is the early nineties “riot grrrl” scene and some of the purest punk…
Bob Dylan’s life in the 1980s was one full of as much mystery and confusion as the previous two decades had been of breakthrough, success and inspiration. Starting that period of time as a born-again Christian before peppering the years…
Sometimes the more things appear to be changing, the more they stay the same. This latest release from beloved scrappy New York veterans The Felice Brothers had the potential to throw up masses of intrigue given their recent history. Firstly,…
It’s hard to believe that George Ezra has only just celebrated his 21st birthday. Possessing a voice which sounds as if it has lived through a lifetime of whisky and cigarettes, Ezra’s gravelly intonation is perhaps his greatest strength; in…