It was whilst packing away tents at Glastonbury 2013 that I first heard the beautiful duel melodies of the Soderburg sisters, aka First Aid Kit, soaring over the hallowed fields of Pilton. I’d planned to catch their set in full…
The Decemberists might be pushed to beat their own mid-00s output, but this is a band that has stayed true to their roots and continue to make compelling folk music. Their new record comes exactly four years since The King…
The Cribs are back with the announcement this week of their new album For All My Sisters for release on 23rd March 2015. It’s the band’s sixth studio album and follows 2013’s career spanning ‘Payola’ collection and 2012’s Top 10 album In…
If there is one thing that The Decemberists are bad at (and there might only be one thing), it’s keeping a low profile. For most of the time since releasing their last studio album – the US Billboard charts’ number…
The Districts will release their new single, ‘Peaches’, on 9th Feb via Fat Possum Records alongside their brand new album ‘A Flourish And A Spoil’. Produced, engineered and mixed with John Congleton (St Vincent, Angel Olsen, Swans) , ‘A Flourish And A Spoil’ captures the energy of the…
Diagrams is the latest project of Sam Genders, previously of Tunng, but for me Chromatics is sharper and more interesting than Tunng’s more diffuse work. ‘Phantom Power’ starts out jaunty, gently articulate, all Belle-&-Sebastian-eqsue, rattling along like a red bicycle with a bell…