Here’s a confession: it’s half two in the afternoon and I’ve listened to Hello Sadness by Los Campesinos! three times today already. Now I’m onto my fourth. Like their last three records, Hello Sadness is ridiculously addictive, as addictive as…
Category: Records
Album | Neal Casal – Sweeten The Distance
Neal Casal, a prolific singer-songwriter and long-time collaborator with Ryan Adams, as part of his backing band The Cardinals, returns to the fore with his tenth solo album Sweeten The Distance. Much like Adams’ latest effort, Sweeten The Distance lacks…
Album | Lisa Hannigan – Passenger
After years as a member of Damien Rice’s band, Lisa Hannigan struck out on her own with her 2008 debut, Sea Sew. It was a wonderful record that marked her out as one for the future. The follow-up well and…
EP | Tashaki Miyaki – Tashaki Miyaki
Earlier this year a couple of Tashaki Miyaki songs appeared on the internet. Rumours spread as to who exactly this exciting band were, and where their perfectly formed shoegaze-fuzz came from. It transpires they’re a Californian boy/girl duo (Lucy on…
Album | Will Hanson – Moving A Body
A Paris-born Londoner resident in Glasgow, Will Hanson has found his niche after a change of musical direction. Since splitting from his former band Proxy, relocating up north and striking out on his own, Hanson’s sound evolved to encompass a…
EP | Dear Winesburg – Light & Deft
Light & Deft is a very pastoral EP, all hillside wanderings and poetic musings. There’s a slight undertow of darkness that’s accepted rather than rebelled against. Lush accompaniment (strings, accordion, brass) and a rising pace on the second track, my…
Album | Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town
It is hard to believe that this is the 21st album from Will Oldham and 12th under the Bonnie Prince Billy guise. This in its self is worth celebrating, never mind that it is an absolutely beautiful piece of work.…
Album | Twenty-One Crows – Sons of Liberty
The oral tradition of storytelling has been with us for thousands of years. It helped strengthen communities, served as the only means of communicating important news of the day and, in its crucial role as the foundation stone of mildly…
Album | Maria Byrne & The Broken String – Little Basement
Apparently, Maria Byrne used to work as a welder, tackling hairline cracks in Rolls Royce jet engines. Having never taken a naked flame anywhere near a jet engine, I can only imagine it to be an intensive, noisy way to…
EP | Esben & The Witch – Hexagons
2011 has been a good year for those of us who thrive on female-driven, experimental, neo-goth, with the likes of Austra, Warpaint and Zola Jesus bringing their sexed-up, spiky versions of gothic gloom to the airwaves. With their latest EP…