Radio-friendly college rock can be a tricky business. It is a broad church, and at its best, Weezer, R.E.M. and Guided by Voices show that an easy way with a chorus and universal lyrics can neatly tap into a range…
Cecille Grey
Nottingham based four piece Cecille Grey have been together for just over a year – already a fixture on the live scene and making a noise on BBC 6Music, the panel moved in to check them out… Tom Moyser: Cecille…
Album: Treefight for Sunlight – Treefight for Sunlight
Having been a keen follower of the Scandinavian music scene for a few years now, I sincerely hoped that Treefight For Sunlight’s self titled debut could hold it’s own against some of the recent output from the region. Thankfully this…
Album: Hannah Peel – The Broken Wave
Since making its first appearance on her Tra Mhor EP, The Almond Tree, which opens Hannah Peel’s excellent debut album The Broken Wave, has acquired some beefy percussion, a swaggering bass line and some Grandaddy-esque beepy synthesiser arpeggios. It’s quite…
Album: The Gentle Good – Tethered for the Storm
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…