I’m not sure I believe Ed Harcourt when he says he’s a ‘beast of a man’, as he claims on ‘Loup Garou’, the third track of his new album, Furnaces. In my admittedly limited experience of man-beasts, they don’t go…
Album | Ed Harcourt – Furnaces
Interview | We chat to Darlingside at Cambridge Folk Festival
Massachusetts 4-piece indie folk band Darlingside were the talk of Cambridge Folk Festival a couple of weekends ago. Their first day playing outside of America saw them charm the crowd in front of Stage 2 on the Saturday afternoon, before…
Live | Together The People 2016 Preview
Together the People festival is returning to Brighton’s Preston Park on 3rd and 4th September 2016. Brighton enjoys a year-round host of celebrations, with music, cultural, film and food festivals abounding, and Together The People promises to bring these together…
Live | Cambridge Folk Festival 2016
“I’m having such a lovely time I could almost cry,” Kate Rusby declared in the middle of her main stage set on Saturday evening. Looking around at the thousands-strong crowd in front of her, it seemed the feeling was mutual.…
Singles Round-up | Haley Bonar, Agnes Obel, Wilco, The Veils, Angel Olsen
Haley Bonar – Stupid Face Bonar gets better with each album, stronger, more confident, more competent as a songwriter. ‘Stupid Face’ is further proof of this along with a handful of brilliant songs that have preceded upcoming long player Impossible…
Album | Blossoms – Blossoms
Blossoms have no small dreams. They want success on the grand scale of like Oasis, the Beatles, and (dare I say it) Abba. On their first disc, they have the kind of radio friendly sound that’s mature beyond their years.…