At long, long last Beth Orton will release a new album in October, with Sugaring Season to be her first studio record in six years, and you can hear the track ‘Something More Beautiful’ below. The album, recorded in Portland,…
Album | Family of the Year – Loma Vista
I’m not a great believer in music being seasonal: after all, a good tune is still a good tune all year round. But there’s no denying that Loma Vista is a summer record. And when the sun’s shining, this is…
Album | Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
Swing Lo Magellan, the sixth studio album by Brooklyn-based Dirty Projectors, provides the latest look into the weird and wonderful musical mind of band leader Dave Longstreth, continuing his exploration for more obscure and eccentric sounds, counterbalanced with a sense…
Interview | Introducing…Melodica Melody and Me
Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. We are Melodica Melody and Me, a four-piece band from South London pioneering the charango and melodica. We play folk music with Latin American influences and sound as fresh as…
News | JD McPherson releases second single
JD McPherson has released his second single from his recent album ‘Signs and Signifiers‘, titled “Your Love (All that I’m Missing)” Being the penultimate song of McPherson’s debut album (and a personal favourite of mine), the song kicks off with…
Festival | No Direction Home 2012
For anyone who like End of the Road, the prospect was tantalising. A festival that had toilets, bands and comedy like End of the Road but also was smaller, by a lake, up North and in June. And we were…