Cardiff’s H.Hawkline has announced the release of Black Domino Box EP on 20th August, through the excellent Trash Aesthetics. Once a member of Means Heinz with Sweet Baboo and Cate Le Bon – Huw has roped in his former bandmates…
Album | James Yorkston – I Was A Cat From A Book
James Yorkston seems to be releasing music and gigging all the time, but this is actually his first self-penned record since ‘When the Haar Rolls In’ four years ago. From the first note, you realise how much you’ve missed him.…
WIN! | Tickets to Greenbelt festival featuring The Leisure Society and Roddy Woomble
It’s ompetition time, music fans! The nice folk at Greenbelt festival have offered us a pair of tickets to give away to next weekend’s festivities. The line up includes music from The Leisure Society, Roddy Woomble, the Proclaimers, Bellowhead and…
Album | Cate Le Bon – CYRK II
While the national emblem of Wales might be the fierce red dragon, Cate Le Bon’s whimsical undercurrent of 70s laidback folk and Nico-embossed vocals paints a picture that counteracts this association. It was only April this year that Welsh lovely…
Album | Stealing Sheep – Into the Diamond Sun
Liverpudlian girl-trio Stealing Sheep are effortlessly fresh-faced, embracing psychedelic swoops and loops; they create a homespun hippyish vibe in a way that’s honest and fun rather than affectedly occult (I can see them dressing up in kaftans, but not faffing…
Festivals | Friday at the Cambridge Folk Festival
The Cambridge Folk Festival is officially the most chilled out festival we’ve ever been to, and certainly the only one where the entire crowd at the main stage sit down in the chairs they’ve brought themselves. With easy access, friendly…