Bhi Bhiman – Walk of Life from Bhi Bhiman on Vimeo. After releasing one of the hidden gems of 2012, Bhi Bhiman is back this week with a covers EP Substitute Preacher. Inspired by the popularity of his take on…
#68 Bhi Bhiman – Walk of Life
News | Somerset House Summer Series goes folk
The Summer Series at Somerset House is back for 2013 with an altogether more FFS-friendly line-up. Eleven open-air concerts will be held during July in the building’s stunning courtyard, a use which beats their winter ice rink hands down, in…
Live | Lissie @ Dingwalls, London
Let me get the negative out of the way right off the bat: this was a gig to forget. And I think no-one would like to forget it more than Lissie. It was unprofessional and downright disappointing. If that’s enough…
Album | Thea Gilmore – Regardless
Thea Gilmore’s return, following the birth of her second child, brings with it a 14th studio album in as many years which finds her on top of her game. Gilmore herself admits the time she took away from music helped…
#67 I Said Yes – Follow On
I Said Yes are a multi-instrumental five-piece from all over the UK, and the EP that ‘Follow On’ is taken from has been four years in the making. Half a decade on from our first encounter with I Said Yes, their…
#66 Jenny Hval – Blood Flight
Stand-out track from Hval’s 2011 album, Viscera, ‘Blood Flight’ is a pulsing, menacing meditation on the body and its senses. Throughout, the vocal alternates between an anguished spoken word tone and freewheeling singing voice, building to a neurotic climax two-thirds…