Spinning tales steeped in lust, murder and betrayal, Men’s Adventures take their inspiration from “broken hearts, fiction and fantasy” and, suited and booted in get up straight off the set of The Good, The Bad & the Ugly, have recently been spotted bringing…
It seems that these days you only have to give a talented artist a loop pedal and there’s no stopping them. Last year our favourite looper was tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus – this year it’s Swedish chanteuse Linnea Olsson who, with…
Love jazz-inspired folk with a dash of Portishead? Course you do. In which case you need to check out Sophie Hunger who, having conquered her native Switzerland, released The Danger of Light to generally ecstatic reviews last year. Please make…
We stumbled across Worry Dolls playing in a pub in Kilburn and were instantly charmed by their glorious harmonies and idiosyncratic lyrics. From songs about transvestites to dying in a car crash, Worry Dolls’ oeuvre is the work of two…
Four weeks into their trip around the UK, Ric Sanders gives his perspective on the Fairport tour, paying particular attention to Travelodges, boxes of carrots, and wearing carrier bags on your head. And you thought last week’s blog was strange.…
Mark Andrew Hamilton has the notion in Thumbtacks and Glue that what characterises one’s life is a myriad of little things, rather than one or two great experiences, influences or tragedies. He has mentioned the parallel of Gulliver in Lilliput,…