FFS favourite Gibson Bull is readying another EP but, conscious that the likes of us are already getting impatient to hear it in full, he’s gone ahead and released the title track. It’s remarkable to hear how much his sound…
The Low Anthem have emerged from their hiatus to announce a new record, upcoming shows and a line-up change. The Rhode Island folksters announced back in September 2011 they were to take a break and have been away from the…
Happy Birthday Brian Wilson. The leader of the Beach Boys and the oldest Wilson brother is 71 today. The reflective and gentle ‘I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’ appears on Pet Sounds. Brian said of the track: “It’s about…
Born on June 19, 1948, Nick Drake would have been 65 today. It’s not an original thought to describe him as the Vincent van Gogh of British music, but it’s too romantic a link not to make. Both led troubled…
You may recognise some of the lyrical themes of ‘War is Over’ from a song sung by a certain John Lennon a long while ago, but this is no bad thing. North Carolina’s husband and wife duo Daniel Levi Goans…
Joni Mitchell joins the New York Times’ chief pop music critic Jon Pareles at the Lumninato Festival in Toronto.