It’s a rainy Tuesday night in Manchester, and Oxford Road is quieter than usual. Perhaps this is because everyone is in the Deaf Institute, falling a little bit in love with Ane Brun. Weaving through the captivated crowd en route…
Album | Dan Michaelson – Sudden Fiction
Lord knows where the Coastguards disappeared to. He had them earlier this year, tumbling out low musical rumblings in the tunnels beneath Charing Cross station. He kept them by his side for the first two albums, the devastatingly sad Saltwater…
Win! | 2 tickets to see The Low Anthem at London’s Roundhouse tomorrow
Remember when the Low Anthem said they were calling it a day? Well they’re not! They’ve decided that it would be much better to release a beautiful limitied edition 10″ of Smart Flesh (Extras) and play a show at the…
Album | Laura Veirs – Tumble Bee
Laura Veirs’ eighth studio album, Tumble Bee, carries the subtitle ‘Sings Folk Songs For Children’. So we at For Folk’s Sake could think of no better idea than asking some kids to review it. We turned to twins William and…
Album | She & Him – A Very She & Him Christmas
A Very She & Him Christmas was one of those projects that, the moment you heard of its existence, was right. A band who trade in understated beauty and unironic nostalgia seem perfect to cut through the histrionics, clichés and…
Album | Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer
The clocks have changed, the frost has arrived, and we’re gearing up for a bumper crop of Christmas albums. Not the most predictable time of year for the UK release of Eleanor Friedberger’s debut album Last Summer, but it’s a…