What more do you expect from two banjo and guitar playing brothers from North Carolina than utter charm? This is exactly the sentiment that the Avett Brothers have created with their latest album The Carpenter. The lilting country harmonies, charming…
Album | Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament – The Violence
Do you sing about yanking on the ankles of the hanging and half dead in the shower much? No, nor do we. Or at least we didn’t until really quite recently; listening to The Violence a few times will have…
Interview | A Quick Word with Neil Halstead
Former Slowdive and Mojave 3 frontman Neil Halstead has just released his third solo album, Palindrome Hunches, recorded over a weekend in a primary school with access secured by way of a bribe for the caretaker. He’s a straightforward, understated…
Interview | Dead, born and all grown up – FFS talks to The Staves
You and everyone you know should have been eagerly awaiting the release of The Staves’ debut album Dead, Born, and Grown, not only because it features inspired harmonies and enough warmth to carry us through the winter months, but because…
Compilation | Sandy Denny – The Notes & The Words
Sandy Denny fans have been able to feast of late. There have been deluxe resissues of Rendezvous and Like An Old Fashioned Waltz, Thea Gilmore’s Don’t Stop Singing which put music to her unreleased lyrics, and this year’s The Lady:…
Live | The Divine Comedy @ The Royal Festival Hall, 8th November 2012
Have you ever been unfortunate enough to break the elastic on your party hat, mid-party? If you have, you’ll remember that the sensation is both physically and emotionally mortifying: you can no longer wear the same hat as everyone else,…