Folk too often is, by its very nature, a fairly conservative musical genre. There are enough mavericks to mix it up, of course, but when a band ambles on stage with a guitar, a fiddle and an accordian, you generally…
Interview | Introducing…The Fishermen Three
You may well have seen Simon Beims play somewhere, even if you don’t realise it. Whether he’s been touring with the Jeffrey Lewis Band, Herman Dune, I Was a King, or The Wave Pictures, supporting the likes of the Cribs…
Album | Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog – Draw Dros y Mynydd
Depending on where you stand, lyrics are either mere words to carry a tune or a key element – a story or sentiment necessary to make a listener connect with a song. I’ve known passionate music fans as well as…
Album | Princess Chelsea – Lil’ Golden Book
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…