Cardiff’s Gareth Bonello draws on a variety of influences and two languages on this follow-up to his 2008 debut album While You Slept I Went Out Walking. An equally redolent title this time around points to tranquility, just what is…
Belle and Sebastian release new single – announce live dates
Belle & Sebastian got most of us at FFS through our teenage years, so there’ll always be a very special place in our hearts for them. Especially if they keep releasing tunes as good as the one you can listen to…
Singles: Admiral Fallow, Toy Horses & Dry The River
Admiral Fallow – These Barren Years Somehow managing to please both nu-folkies and drive-time rock lovers, Admiral Fallow’s new single sings of life in Scottish schools with all the brashness, insecurities and melancholy that come with such a package. “Line…
Album: Joan as a Policewoman – The Deep Field
The Deep Field is the fourth album from Joan as Police Woman (Joan Wasser); a lady with lots of musical friends, who has sang with the likes of Rufus Wainwright but deserves more than to be always mentioned for who…
Album: Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis – Come On Board
Frankly, by now we should be used to Jeffrey Lewis’ musical left turns. After albums of Crass covers, multimedia sing-songs about the rise of communism and just about the most disparate set of song subjects across a career (falling asleep…
Album: Roddy Woomble: The Impossible Song & Other Songs
During the six years since his debut, Roddy Woomble’s tours and collaborations seem to have helped him grow as a solo artist. The musicianship and production are as fantastic here as on My Secret Is Silence, yet there has been…