Meg Baird seems ready to give a solo career a serious go. When the Espers vocalist took time out between the band’s second and third albums to release 2007 debut Dear Companion, it almost had the feel of a one-off…
Live | Bombay Bicycle Club @ Brixton Academy, 19/10/2011
Bombay Bicycle Club gave the crowd at Brixton Academy on Wednesday 19th October a real treat, rattling through the best of their material from the last couple of years as seamlessly as a band that has been together for decades.…
EP | Goodnight Lenin – The Wenceslas Square
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel: Goodnight Lenin wear their influences proudly on their sleeves, like shoulder patches holding a worn out jacket together. It still fits and looks rather cool, but you can’t help wondering if it’s seen…
Album | I’m Kingfisher – Arctic
Previously best known for its musical exports in the field of metal, up-tempo indie-pop and…well, The Cardigans, Sweden now has a second bona fide folk hero to call its own. Like the Tallest Man on Earth, I’m Kingfisher is the…
EP | To Kill A King – My Crooked Saint
Sometimes it just clicks: one song, one listen, and you know a band will grace your favorites list. That’s the experience I had with To Kill a King, the latest Communion artist to tickle my fancy. The Virgin-released My Crooked…
Live | Eliza Carthy @ Colston Hall, Bristol, 13/10/11
If the traditional folk scene is having a good year in 2011, I think it’s fair to say that Eliza Carthy is having a bloody great one. She’s riding on the success of her best album to date, Neptune, and…