When Jim Moray’s last album came out in 2010, I featured it in the new release section of a folk music show I then hosted on student radio. Lively, complex and with all sorts of ideas and stylings from popular…
News | Dan Michaelson to support the Leisure Society on upcoming tour
The Leisure Society announced this week that Dan Michaelson will support them on their forthcoming UK tour. The tour, which begins this month, will see the band play eight dates in the UK and Ireland. Wednesday 15th February @ Norwich,…
EP Review | Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
Michael Kiwanuka stands on the precipice in 2012. The two EPs with which he introduced himself last year, Tell Me A Tale and I’m Getting Ready earned an avalanche of praise, including plenty here, and deservedly so, for few songs…
Album | Dear Reader – Idealistic Animals
Hands up, who amongst us can name a South African band making waves in the indie scene? You? Me? No, didn’t think so. It might feel awfully lonely standing in a crowd of one, where the association of yourself with…
Live | Ani DiFranco @ Brighton Concorde 2
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…