Admittedly, psychedelic folk isn’t considered the coolest genre in music, nowadays. That’s OK in itself, but in this case the lack of coolness reflects the way that contemporary bands have engaged with the genre; briefly, in a monolithic or static…
Once in a while you come across a video that is just perfect for the song. Step inside Jaconelli’s Cafe and Swing, both in Glasgow, where the Strange Blue Dreams have created their ‘Twilight Zone’. Jaconelli’s is a particularly fitting…
I know what some people are going to think while listening to Cranberry for the first time: “I already know this record”. Mind you, this will spring in the minds of people who either love or hate the album. In…
“There’s the weather outside and the weather inside. Sometimes they match – winter seems endless, summer passes too quickly. Sometimes they are at odds with each other, and you don’t feel right in your own skin,” says Jeremy Bass. Which…
Just at the point when you think you have Jonathan Wilson pinned down he changes the game. Sometime artist, full-time producer (Father John Misty, Karen Elson, Connor Oberst), then all of a sudden he’s playing guitar and singing in Roger…
Toronto singer/songwriter Collette Savard had been searching for a fresh start, and that’s definitely what’s she achieved on her latest album, Collette Savard and the Savants. After releasing three independent records with her former partner, John Zytaruk, Savard was determined…