The Guardian described Wampire as: “Creepy, but in a good way.” Sometimes, you just have to defer to the masters and accept you aren’t going to do any better than that. Wampire are Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps, two men…
#202 Wampire – Orchards
#201 Cocos Lovers – Emily
In their latest beautiful country-tinged single ‘Emily’, Cocos Lovers tackle the big stuff: y’know, love and loss, that sort of thing. Says guitarist and vocalist Will Greenham: “Emily is about a profound sadness for the people we love and leave behind…
Interview | Singer-songwriter, novelist and free spirit Will Varley chews the fat with FFS
Will Varley has carved out a successful career as a musician and writer through being hard working and personable, roaming the country playing shows to build a following and setting up Smugglers Records, a collective rooted in the ideals of…
Album | Robinson – Willamina Machine
Anybody at any one of the many folk music festivals this summer can’t have failed to notice the numbers of youngsters swanning about almost non-ironically in 1950s garb. The beatnik look is back, but the sounds, by and large, remain…
#200 Rhodes – Run
If you thought Leona Lewis singing the Snow Patrol track was the definitive song called ‘Run’, then think again. Listen to this. That’s not to say Rhodes’ track doesn’t share certain things in common with its illustrious namesake – there’s…
Interview | Introducing…Padraig Whelan
Born and bred in a Yorkshire mining village, Padraig Whelan makes music as honest, fresh and beautiful as the surroundings he grew up in (we’re guessing – writing this from South London, everything north of Watford sounds idyllic). Elegiac, dreamy…