When I first listened to Bird in 2011, the band played delicate, dark folk songs with layers of backing vocals and looped acoustic guitars. Three years later, they’ve added at least one member and upped the bass, producing an album…
Al Spx, aka Cold Specks, will return with her sophomore album Neuroplasticity in August. If the title is a bit more of a tongue twister than debut I Predict A Graceful Explosion, the music has ticked up a few notches…
In 1937 Neil Gunn sold his house, quit his job and went off in an old converted lifeboat for a summer to inspire his writing; voyaging around the west coast of Scotland. He wrote about the various communities on the…
Texas three-piece Khruangbin may not be kind on spellcheckers, but they are certainly kind on the ears. ‘A Calf Born In Winter’ got a limited Record Store Day release but this week reappeared to a wider audience. Their lovely laid-back…
The third album by Pure X, Angel, is an extremely laid-back soundtrack for summer. ‘Starlight’ is like a turquoise swimming pool; notes of soul and disco remind me of the dreamy haze of Twin Sister, the lyrics practically whispered. ‘Valley…
From out of Canada come The Provincial Archive who are heading over the ocean for a short European tour ahead of the release of their new EP Hide Like A Secret in early June. Fitting somewhere between Simian Ghost, REM,…