Ani DiFranco has been through enough re-inventions and reincarnations over the last two decades to give David Bowie a run for his money.From her debut as a wide-eyed, shaven-headed 20-year-old, through the tortured, angsty mid-90s and into a more mellow…
News | Emmy the Great announces live dates
Fresh from a Christmas that we like to think looked exactly like this, Emmy the Great has announced a string of live appearances. Emmy will play 4 dates in mainland Europe this month, and a one-off London show in…
Listen | Stream new Shins track ‘Simple Song’
Wanna hear the new Shins song that folks have been raving about? The new track ‘Simple Song’ sees the band back on form for their forthcoming album Port of Morrow after frontman James Mercer’s time out to work on his…
Album | Laura Gibson – La Grande
To say Laura Gibson could’ve stepped out of a sepia photograph circa 1880 is also to give to a fair indication of how her music sounds. There’s something curiously anachronistic about her musical sensibilities, a quality that permeates her third…
Album | James Deane – Diamonds & Hearts
On his debut album Diamonds & Hearts, James Deane demonstrates his remarkable abilities as an arranger. The music is simply beautiful, and his masterful way of delivering it adds heaps of warmth and intensity. It seems clear that he is…