Annie Dressner sings deftly-told stories with a comforting love of the everyday. East Twenties opens with ‘Heartbreaker’, settling old scores with nostalgia and forgiveness: “But I won’t be back again, no I won’t be back again”. ‘I Can’t Forget’ deals…
EP | Anna Lena & The Orchids – Anna Lena & The Orchids
This self-titled EP from Anna Lena & The Orchids is full of doomy beauty; they cite influences as diverse as PJ Harvey and Grizzly Bear, but ‘See It In Black’ reminds me of Radiohead, in that its creepiness shrouds an…
#36 Flutes – Kilburn
We all know not to judge a book by its cover, and yet we do it anyway. If you were coming into this blind, you might imagine a band named Flutes, singing a song named ‘Kilburn’, might be a group…
#35 The Green Apple Sea – Please Slow Down
The Green Apple Sea – Please Slow Down from medienjargon on Vimeo. Albums from Nurnberg’s The Green Apple Sea never arrive in a hurry – 10 years separated 2000’s debut All Over The Place and LP number three, 2010’s Northern…
#34 The Deep Red Sky – Zombies (Things Don’t Stay The Same)
Zombies (Things Don't Stay The Same) by The Deep Red Sky Drinking whatever is in the same Scottish waters that produced the likes of Frightened Rabbit, the Twilight Sad and Admiral Fallow comes five-piece the Deep Red Sky. Their debut…
Album | The Milk Carton Kids – The Ash & Clay
The Milk Carton Kids are Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale from suburban Los Angeles. They sing pretty and gentle close harmonies woven around their two vintage acoustic guitars with no further accompaniment, and they are very good at it. Pattengale…