The Staves are on tour at the moment, which is easily excuse enough for us to bang on about how amazing they are all over again. This session recording of ‘Mexico’ – on a beach and then, when the rain…
#245 The Staves – Mexico
#244 Mutual Benefit – “Let’s Play” / Statue Of A Man
Well this is a bit bloody lovely, isn’t it? Mutual Benefit is the project of Jordan Lee, who got a bunch of friends to help him record his debut album, Love’s Crushing Diamond. It’s a project that has gathered a…
Live | Pocktoberfest @ Pocklington Arts Centre
Earlier this year Richard Hawley caused something of a kerfuffle when he revealed he had turned down a slot at Glastonbury because the famous festival had become “meaningless”. For devotees of the Worthy Farm experience this was tantamount to heresy,…
#243 Davy & Amelia – Norah June
Husband and wife duo Davy & Amelia are expecting a baby. A baby girl. And they’re planning to call her Norah June. Before she’s even born, she’s got a song and an EP named after, but really what she has…
Album | Andrea Tomasi – Hurricane Dream
Andrea Tomasi’s debut album, Hurricane Dream, is incredibly beautiful, and instantly comforting on dark autumn days. Beginning with a campfire guitar, the instrumental opening feels self-assured. It was recorded outside, in the woods: crickets chirping away create a natural space…
#242 We/Or/Me – Lights Inside Us
The Walking Hour by We/Or/Me We/Or/Me is the recording name of Bahhaj Taherzadeh, a chap with roots in Ireland but a home in Chicago, and he has just put out his album The Walking Hour. It opens with the rather…