Menace Beach – “Tennis Court” from stereogum on Vimeo. You wait ages for a great song about a tennis court, then two come along in a relatively short space of time. In truth, we’d never even thought there might be…
#553 Menace Beach – Tennis Court
#552 Barr Brothers – Love Ain’t Enough
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#551 Bears Den – Above the Clouds of Pompeii
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Album | Avi Buffalo – At Best Cuckold
You could be forgiven for having forgotten about this band. Avi Buffalo’s wonderful and summery debut hit like an early decade bullet to the senses. It wasn’t just the sound and how good the songs were, but the potential the…
#550 PHOX – Slow Motion
A song featuring handclaps, whistles and a ukulele always had a better than average chance of reaching For Folk’s Sake’s attention. Phox’s ‘Slow Motion’ has a depth and variety that makes it something rather special, throwing in drum solos, oboes…
News | The Whisky Sessions to make festival debut
I Am Kloot, Gomez, British Sea Power, Turin Brakes, Tim Burgess, Badly Drawn Boy and a host of others will flock to Manchester this November for a brand new music festival with a difference. Promising 24 bands over two days,…