There really was no chance that Fleet Foxes were not going to deliver a stunner of a tour this year. And there was no chance that we were not going to wax lyrical about it. After being met with almost…
Album: The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy
Are you ready to PARTY?? The Middle East aren’t. The Middle East are ready to sing to you about death and loneliness until you’re rocking gently in a corner and cowering from sunlight. You remember The Middle East, right? You…
Live: The High Llamas @ Purcell Rooms, 22/05/2011
The High Llamas and their blend of summery West Coast psychedelia with a South London twist have been around for donkeys. But if, like us, you’re new to them, where better to start with than a new album and a…
EP: Treetop Flyers – Things Will Change
Things Will Change feels both familiar and refreshing. Familiar because folk, country and rock traditions are discernable throughout, and refreshing because of the exceptional song writing that melds these genres together. Reid Morrison’s voice is soft and rough, harmonised backing…
Dufflefolks and Emily and the Woods play charity gig
Attention Londoners (and near Londoners)! For Folk’s Sake favourites and winners of the Green Man unsigned band competition the Dufflefolks will be headlining a charity show in aid of VSO this Wednesday at the Tooting Tram & Social. And it’s…
Album: Okkervil River – I Am Very Far
Okkervil River’s I Am Very Far has an immediate quality that affirms the album’s title. Reverb and echo give the listener a sense that they are hearing a message that has come from either at a great distance, or that…