If you’re ever waiting for Darren Hayman’s next project, you at least know you won’t have to wait long. Having released both Chants For Socialists and Florence last year, the tireless songwriter has a new record out next week about…
I think you could be forgiven if you haven’t heard of Frances. She first hit my radar when she made the longlist of the BBC’s “Sound of 2016” in December, and despite ultimately not featuring in the top five, has…
Consisting of Kate Pillsbury, Emilee Petersmark, Ben Zito, and Dan Rickabus, Grand Rapids’ Crane Wives have quickly ascended to the top of their scene’s radar since their 2010 inception. They, alongside bands like The Ragbirds and The Accidentals, have become…
One of our favourite albums of the year so far has been Steve Mason’s Meet The Humans, but it was released before Song of the Day had been revived so missed out on a spotlight here. Let’s fix that retrospectively…
Hailing from Ann Arbor, MI, The Ragbirds are a band that have transcended the typical avenues of traditional roots music to develop something totally new from the ground up. The most exciting part of their music as a whole might…
“Women prefer a menagerie of clowns,” sings Adam Green, at Bristol’s Thekla, a floating boat of a venue in Bristol’s East Mud Dock. Judging by the reaction of the women and, indeed, men in the crowd, he’s spot on. Green…