HAPPY NEW YEAR! Did you have fun? Was it great? Was it full of port and disgusting levels of over-indulgence? Having spent a good couple of days as a statistic ‘home without power’ I thankfully saw Christmas through with a…
Sarah Howells of wonderful Welsh duo Paper Aeroplanes asked us to premiere their new single ‘Ribbons’ and who are we to turn down such an offer? One listen and we were hooked. You’re sure to be too. The song is…
A debut offering from Mutual Benefit – a loose collective of musical collaborators surrounding frontman Jordan Lee, with no fixed lineup – Love’s Crushing Diamond nevertheless seems to have a cohesive vision, circling from beginning to end. The record opens with ‘Strong…
Rachel Sermanni can do little wrong in our eyes at the moment. She follows up the beautiful ‘Everything Changes’ with ‘Two Birds’, continuing the career-best run of form which defines her Everything Changes EP. “So sweet yet so bitter,” is…
There’s something about great music that seems to combine the earthly and the earthy with something a bit more ethereal. A truly great track can be as close as we heathens get to a religious experience. And while Samantha Crain…
One day Dango Rose read the story of two elephants who had lived together for 15 years and then separated by zookeepers. Within days, both of them died. Touched by the sad story, Dango had the name for his band.…