If Georgia Ruth needed an angle to stand out from the crowd, she has it in her instrument of choice. Harpists are in short supply these days, with the only other one that springs to mind being Joanna Newsom, and…
Blog | Happy Pancake Day. Here’s the Leisure Society.
We love pancakes almost as much as music. And that’s a lot. Luckily The Leisure Society, who we love almost as much as music and pancakes, have written a song about it, thereby legitimising this post. We knew they were goodies. Listen…
EP | Joyce The Librarian – The Weight of the Line
First things first, Joyce The Librarian is one of my favourite names for a band in a while, and that was before I discovered the Stilgoe & Skillern song of a sex-starved book lender they got it from. And it…
Live | King Creosote & Jon Hopkins @ Shepherds Bush Empire
There are a lot of different reasons for going to see some lovely music. You might want to see a band live because they’re perky enough that you can sing along without being ashamed. You might go in the hope…
Album | Jim White – Where It Hits You
In the circles I generally move in, the name Jim White refers to Sky Sports News’ rabid transfer-window hype-klaxon and professional Scotsman. In contrast to his namesake’s transfer deadline-day rabble-rousing, though, this Jim White is a musically understated southern American…
Live | Michael Kiwanuka @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
There is a very real sense of expectation as queues snake away from the front of the Brudenell Social Club. Expectation not only that inside will be considerably warmer than the freezing winter temperatures of the car park, but that…