A combination of ‘60s girl group tropes, sweet melodies, and gorgeous lyrics about the female condition fuel this triumphant self-titled debut from the collaboration of Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs. Tunes are sighed out, telling tales of seduction,…
Do you like being seduced? Of course you do. Well despite having an extraneously punctuated name that recalls some of the most repellent characters in Nathan Barley (Jonatton Yeah? – yeah?), the Ala.ni of You & I is seduction personified.…
Jon Boden made his name as a founding member of Bellowhead but he also had a highly successful solo career. This September sees the 10th anniversary of his debut solo album Painted Lady, with Navigator Records set to reissue it…
At no more than a week’s notice Erin McKeown will release a new EP, According To Us, on Friday. Lead single ‘The Queer Gospel’ is a response to the ongoing trend of ‘religious freedom’ legislation being passed by some US…
Emily Staveley-Taylor, like all the best people (this writer included), went to university in Manchester. And while she was there she worked in a bar just down the road from her student house in Whalley Range. It might have been…
Wooden Arms released their new single ‘Burial’ on Friday. Inspired bu Edgar Allen Poe, the track flips between sombre lullabies and trip-hop basslines on its way to a climax of noise. It’s quite a thing. As is this rather dark…