Gruff Rhys doesn’t like doing things by halves. This, his fourth (and latest) solo album, comes as part of a trifecta, encompassing a book and film, both to be released in the not too distant future. American Interior is a…
‘Maybe We’ll Die’ is taken from the upcoming album Amid The Flowers from Michigan duo Jane Finkel and Brian Spencer, AKA Less Is More. To celebrate the album’s release they’re planning a nationwide tour of the US with a slight…
Three years ago, the progression of Willy Vlautin’s songwriting reached its logical conclusion with the ambitious ‘musical novel’ The High Country, a concept album in which Vlautin sought to combine his increasingly successful literary career with his first love, music.…
Out of Brooklyn come duo The Point, whose track ‘Lost Your Chance’ is a lovely, laid-back slice of electro pop. Simple but subtly different, Michael O’Neill and Sammy Tunis have created a song which feels almost slight at the start but by…
Wow, talk about slow build. This glorious track from Peter Matthew Bauer starts from nothing and grows very much at its own pace into a perfect slice of unapologetic and grimy folk pop. Bauer used to be in The Walkmen,…
EP three by The Drink The Drink are one of our favourite discoveries of 2014. We loved their their second EP Two, and particularly the track ‘At The Weekend‘. Now there’s a third EP. Can you guess what it’s called?…