Princess Chelsea (a.k.a. Chelsea Nikkel) has created an album like a gothic fairground: Lil’ Golden Book evokes spells or fairy tales, the scarier end of Disney, and Edward Scissorhands, mashed together with hints of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Deerhoof,…
Album | Martha Wainwright – Come Home to Mama
It’s not often you find you have a strong opinion about every last song on an album, but that’s the case here and there’s a real risk of running out of writing space by the end of track four. Come…
Exclusive | Stream Tamarin’s beautiful debut album Shake the Ghost
We’re very excited to be able to bring you the debut album from Philidelphia indie-folk quintet Tamarin. Tamarin formed when songwriter Alex Malamy spent the summer of 2008 in Tuscany, documenting his thoughts in songs. On returning to New York, he…
EP | Feldspar – The Flat And Paper Sky Vol. 1
Soaring tunes, powerful vocals, lush instrumentation. If that sounds good to you, then so will Feldspar’s debut EP. And it certainly should, because this is a truly exciting debut from a band who should go far. The London five-piece announce…
Album | AC Newman – Shut Down The Streets
AC Newman’s Shut Down The Streets will be welcome listening for those who want to extend the summer past the album’s October release date. The album’s instrumentation is flecked with major key twinkling of banjos, dulcimers and Rhodesy keys that…
Interview | Introducing…Boat To Row
Midlands collective Boat To Row are one of those bands where every member seems to be able to grab the nearest instrument and bash out an uplifting tune. Whether they have guitars, banjos, mandolins or violins to hand, it doesn’t…