It is hard to believe that Vanessa Peters is on album number seven, and after the much-acclaimed Christmas album released last year, many have been waiting on tenterhooks to see what Peters has got up her sleeve next. Well, rest-assured,…
News | Mumford & Sons announce details of second album
Mumford & Sons have just released the official details for their second album: something that is to be one of the most hotly anticipated records this year. Titled ‘Babel‘, the album will be released via Gentlemen of the Road/Island Records,…
Album | Moulettes – The Bear’s Revenge
From the opening notes of the frantic opening single, Sing Unto Me, the Moulettes sophomore release The Bear’ Revenge sweeps you up into a world of traditional sounds made suddenly fresh. Georgina Leach’s stunning violin playing, Hannah Miller’s cello, banjos,…
News | Kathryn Williams & The Pond offer to play in fans’ front rooms
Kathryn Williams & The Pond really want you to sign up for their mailing list. To demonstrate just how keen they are, the band are running a special competition, offering a lucky handful of the newly registered the chance to…
Album | Lawrence Arabia – The Sparrow
Lawrence Arabia, the moniker chosen by Kiwi James Milne, returns with a fantastic new album entitled The Sparrow. Previous album Look Like A Fool hinted at a Beck esque approach in his low-fi production effects but underlying this was a…
Album | Firefly Burning – Lightships
Firefly Burning remind me of Dirty Projectors in their musicianship and clear intention to do genre-bending things; sparks of piano, strings, metallic gamelan percussion and choral voices make this album implacably weird. Their experiments don’t always come off; songs self-sabotage…