Enfant terrible: the favoured term of writers who seek to envelope youths, of immense promise and questionable mental lucidity, in a cloud of castigation. Or, alternatively, just a stick used by bitter elders, to beat against the reputations of youngsters…
Brian’s Mixtape | Little April Showers
Well, dear friends. Once again I am far from punctual. As you will be aware, April has been a month of relentless rain. While I was good humoured enough at the start, burying myself away and providing you with a…
Album | Sweet Lights – Sweet Lights
After 2011 turned into a huge Kurt Vile/War on Drugs love-in, 2012 gives the third wheel of this Philadelphia musical family his time to shine. Shai Halperin – briefly a member of War on Drugs alongside Vile after inviting Adam…
Singles Round-up | Matt Norris & The Moon, Anja McCloskey, Jack Hayter, Wildeflower, Paper Aeroplanes and more
Matt Norris & The Moon – Roots Below Edinburgh’s Matt Norris & The Moon bring us sweet harmonies, an array of differing strings and horns…I was going to try and get through a paragraph on them without mentioning the words…
Festival Review | Onefest
So festival season is finally upon us. Excited much? Thought so. OneFest is the rechristening of HoneyFest, and takes place on a Wiltshire site enveloped by green hills so smooth they looked like well-rolled icing. With flecks of rain puncturing…
Competition | Win tickets for Jim White gigs across the UK
Southern goth Jim White, now one of Americana’s elder statesmen, released his fifth studio album Where It Hits You earlier this year to a further rash of glowing reviews. In June, he will head across to the UK to play…