Studio 672, the sold out 220 capacity venue in the centre of Cologne, lended itself to genius for a night; for 65 minutes the German crowd (plus a few token Brits) were treated to the insightful beauty of Laura Marling…
Category: Reviews
Album: Woodpigeon – Die Stadt Muzikanten
Some artists spend their entire careers clinging to a single sound, stretching it taut until the bones begin to protrude and reveal the fragile artistic elasticity that held the music together. Mark Andrew Hamiltons’ Woodpigeon barely manage a song without…
For Folk’s Sake’s festival calendar
We’ve gone through the folkier end of the festival calender, and hereby bring you our picks. You won’t find any news on Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, mind. We’re here to tell you about the things you might not have…
Album: Love Is All – Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
Here comes Two Thousand and Ten Injuries by Love Is All, bursting of joy, quirkiness and punk frenzy. Now look behind the curtain once more and you will find a much calculated and controlled strategic sound holding together those cluttered…
Russell Joslin: Jet Black and White
Russell Joslin is one of those artists you seem to stumble across by accident and then call it fate when you hear him sing. I heard about him from a friend who saw him live and fell in love, she…
Album: Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Laura Marling’s new album makes me come over all Jo Wiley. I could very happily voice an advert calling it “breathtaking”, “astonishing” or “sublime”. Because unlike Keane or U2 or Coldplay’s more recent offerings, it is all of those things.…
Live review: Slow Club @ Steinbruch, Duisburg, Germany
It was beautiful; no introductions, no fade out lights or music to let the audience know the band were about to begin, just two people who suddenly began to sing together whilst walking amongst a crowd of minimal capacity. Stripped…
Album: Pavement – Quarantine the Past (best of)
With Pavement enjoying something of a resurgence, a reunion and accompanying tour have been agreed, it comes as little surprise that they should chose to release a collection of their greatest hits. The purpose of doing so generally falls into…
Single: Four Tet – Sing
Although not as all-powerful as first single ‘Love Cry’, ‘Sing’ is another fine cut from Four Tet’s latest opus. Clocking in at over 6 minutes, and with a 10 minute Extended version (and a fine 14 minute Floating Points remix),…
Live review: Breathe Owl Breath @ The Fungarden, Sacramento, USA
There’s something about America that leads venue owners to supply junk food alongside live music — and so a few weeks ago I found myself watching folk bands at a pizza place. Noise and tomatoey smells drifted across from the…