Emmett Kelly is, to all intents and purposes, the only permanent gang member and since a debut album under that name in 2006 has put out only an impossible to find follow-up, a solitary EP and a collaboration with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. The latter, the occasionally fantastic Wondershow of the World, was certainly not time wasted, but The Corner Man is too deeply felt and too thoroughly delivered to be the work of a regular sidekick.
Live | Andrew Bird @ The Roundhouse, London
Not enough people have heard of Andrew Bird. But if you’re one of the people who haven’t, don’t worry yourself about it; you now have an enormous, folky heap of wonderful music to sink into. Bird has a degree in…
HDIF/FFS gig this Thursday in Highbury & Islington
We’re extremely excited to have teamed up with our favourite clubnight How Does It Feel To Be Loved? to co-promote a show this Thursday (22 Nov) at the Buffalo Bar (next to Highbury & Islington tube). Over to Ian from…
Album | Musical Charis – Fool$ Gold
Sacramento’s Musical Charis have created a little gem of a record with Fool$ Gold. Knowing how lovely the band are (not many bands open their own music school for their community!), I was willing for this album to be good.…
Interview and album stream | By The Sea
“We hope it sounds like a series of failed Springsteen anthems played with too many chorus pedals. That is the theme.” Thus spake The Wirral’s most promising newcomers, By The Sea. We don’t really know what it means, but the…
Album | Richard Walters – Regret Less
Richard Walters returns with the fantastic Regret Less. Having already become a feature on American prime-time shows like Grey’s Anatomy, released brilliantly received albums and wowed many an audience with his music, it is surprising but welcome that the Oxford-based…