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…
#108 Nick Drake – Northern Sky
#107 Lowland Hum – War is Over
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…
Video | Joni Mitchell talks to New York Times in Toronto
Joni Mitchell joins the New York Times’ chief pop music critic Jon Pareles at the Lumninato Festival in Toronto.
#106 Nick Mulvey – Fever To The Form
If you listen to good radio* you’re likely already familiar with Nick Mulvey’s ‘Fever To The Form’. He’s had plenty of support, notably from Gilles Peterson, and has even made the dizzy heights of the playlist. He has serious pedigree,…
Interview | Catching up with Marko from Husky Rescue
We were lucky enough to first see Husky Rescue in their native Finland last year, playing to a sophisticated crowd in a well-known Helsinki art spot. The audience were reclining on pillows while the band performed in-the-round on a raised,…
#105 The Graphite Set – In Your Eyes
Scotland’s Lily Buchanan, in her guise as The Graphite Set, has released her debut EP These Streets, a set of dark psych-folk tracks that benefit from the fine guitar work of the Smoke Fairies’ Katherine Blamire, as shown off here…