With their recent series of collaborative EPs, Lau have earned a reputation for pushing the envelope, so we wanted to do something similar ourselves when it came to a review. Given that the Scots’ records are named a little…
Hi-Def TV
London’s Hi-Def TV (aka Darren Plant) is an unsigned singer songwriter already getting airplay on radio stations such as XFM’s Xposure show – his second EP A Long Year is out now to download. Alice Knapp: Hi-Def TV’s name may…
Album: Bella Hardy – Songs Lost And Stolen
Songs Lost And Stolen is a coming of age album for Derbyshire’s Bella Hardy. Her previous two records stuck to folk standards but here she finds the confidence to give us 12 self-written works. And backed by Scottish-Canadian ‘supergroup’ the…
Communion album news and exclusive photos
Last summer, the folks at Communion took over the Flowerpot in North London to record a series of sessions with artists including Lissie, Angus & Julia Stone, Matthew & the Atlas, Damien Rice, Sarah Blasko and Ryan O’Reilly. And FFS…
Album: The Leisure Society – Into the Murky Water
Let’s make things clear from the outset: the Leisure Society’s second album is a work of wonder. Like its predecessor, The Sleeper, Into The Murky Water is a collection of beautiful songs, masterfully orchestrated, with smart, wry lyrics. Opening with…
Album: Toy Horses – Toy Horses
Bands come together in many different ways, but the idea of a stepson (Adam Franklin) and a stepfather (Tom Williams) is a new one on me. If this is backstory for the modern age, long may it continue because they…