On the day of the launch of his self-released album and hot off the back of supporting Newton Faulkner (who we catch lurking at the back of the venue), Sam Brookes welcomes a sold out crowd who eagerly gather to…
FFS first heard Irish artist CARMEN when she appeared alongside Gibson Bull on our Christmas album back in 2012. Now she’s back with a new single ‘Take This Dance’, which will be released later this month in support of the…
In Undress, adoptive Mancunian Jesca Hoop’s acoustic reworking of 2009 release Hunting my Dress strips five-year-old songs down to the bare, scintillating bones with magnificent results. Welcoming Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Willy Mason, Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards) and Samuel Beam…
Bona fide music legend Kate Bush is to play a series of London shows this summer. Bush, who has not toured since 1979, has announced a run of 15 dates at the Hammersmith Apollo from August 26 to September 19.…
What is a modern love song? That’s the question Alva Leigh asks in her debut single, which is out later this month. Leigh, who is out of Nashville via north London, uses an appealingly restrained palette of handclaps, piano and layered…
Last year we were seduced by the sleazy, country-meets-Eels ‘The Wood’, the first song on The Woodward’s second album – see below for a detailed description of its actual name. Comprised of Peter Schuyff (acclaimed painter, friends with Andy Warhol…