Misery and melody- successfully mixing both is arguably the most important part of any indie pop song. Too many sugary harmonies will rot your ears, but lay on too much gloom instead of tune and you’re left with a bad…
Live | Slow Club @ Shepherds Bush Empire
How frustrating it must be to spend all your energy and creativity making a debut album that everybody loves, only to be labelled as something you never wanted to be. Slow Club managed to win hordes of wonderful fans thanks…
Album | Wilco – The Whole Love
Wilco know us too well. They know what questions we’re asking as we slot the Whole Love into the cd player. Chief among them is, as ever, ‘what kind of band are Wilco this time?’. After the killer one-two that…
Singles Round-up | Dent May, Ben Howard, Kyla La Grange, Louise and The Pins, Elephant Stone, Alex Winston, Sparrow & The Workshop
Hello readers! We have a whole bundle of singles to rattle through. To begin at the beginning, Dent May is a very cheerful sort of person. A bit manically happy, but if you like ‘Fun’ and weddings (or fun weddings?)…
Live | Spiers & Boden, Cambridge
Fondly known as one of the hardest working duos in the folk music world, John Spiers and Jon Boden were the hit of this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. Their bombastic 11-piece big band Bellowhead played a storming set in the main…
News | Devon Sproule wins our best album poll
Devon Sproule has won our alternative Mercury best album poll The Schmercury Award for her record I Love You, Go Easy’. 1,524 of you chose the Virginian songwriter’s album who beat second place Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go by…