Ever the eccentric, it almost seems on this occasion as though Russell has set out to collate the least appealing set of words ever to appear on an album cover. Long-term devotees will not be put off, though, and nor…
Brilliant Glaswegians Butcher Boy released this slice of gorgeous indie pop from album React or Die in 2009. Their record dropped through our mailbox from flawless DIY label How Does It Feel to be Loved? And we were instantly captivated.…
We remember when these four were barely out of short trousers, playing teensy tiny gigs in the backrooms of West London pubs and getting confused about shorthand. Now look at them, kicking Michael Bublé off the number one spot in…
Dear River, the fourth album by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo (EB&TRCH) and their first for Linn Records, is that rarest of records: an instant classic. With not a gram of filler, it’s the kind of album that…
What with the searing heat and all that tennis hoo-ha at the weekend, your mind’s more than likely yearning for the dark chill of December: chestnuts roasting in an open microwave, heinous snowman jumpers and slipping over on ice…
If there has been a quiet revolution in folk music in the last maybe three years – and I do not claim for a second that folk music could do a revolution quietly – it’s the re-emergence of close harmony…