Alejandro Rose-Garcia (aka Shakey Graves) announced his newest album ‘Can’t Wake Up’ (out now on Dualtone) with a simple message to his fans – “Next album. New sound. Sell your suspenders.” That tongue-in-cheek statement, though, was a genuine attempt to prepare his followers for a major sonic shift for the Texas songwriter, who got his… Read more »
For almost a decade this unique troubadour has been performing his much loved one man show across the globe. From busking on street corners to playing some of the most prestigious venues and theatres throughout the world. This October see’s him set out on a new adventure. For the fist time in many years, Rosenberg… Read more »
There’s an old-ages discolouring to the music of Old Sea Brigade that belies the tender years of its creator, appearing sepia-drenched and sleight of frame as his country-esque ballads quietly breathe life in to otherwise listless January days. The new, self-titled, EP is proof of this; a quiet set of songs performed with heart-worn luster… Read more »
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and calling Colorado home, Gregory Alan Isakov has been traveling all his life. Songs that hone a masterful quality beyond his years tell a story of miles and landscapes, and the search for a sense of place. Music has been a stabilizing and constant force. “I’ve always had this sense about… Read more »
For a decade, alt-rock phenomenon The Boxer Rebellion have been turning heads globally as a band known and admired for not sticking to the rule-book. “This band can alter your life,” said NME Magazine. The band made music industry history when they became the first unsigned band to ever break the Billboard Top 100 albums… Read more »
As a Glasgow band prone to self-deprecation, Admiral Fallow will probably wince at the plaudits their extraordinary third album, Tiny Rewards, has received. Heartbreakingly beautiful, sonically audacious and lyrically bewitching are words that spring to mind. The quintet, however, would more likely describe Tiny Rewards as a dozen songs from an 18-month experiment to do… Read more »
Describing Arab Strap’s music now almost seems like a pointless exercise: everyone’s familiar with their brand of storytelling and the singular musical vision that backed it up, but that’s exactly the point: Arab Strap blazed a trail for the kind of honest, colloquial songwriting that has become so common nowadays.
Fink has forged a remarkable career over the course of 5 critically acclaimed albums. Signed to legendary British label Ninja Tune, Fink has worked in the studio with the likes of John Legend and Amy Winehouse and enjoyed great live success with the hugely popular “Perfect Darkness” and “Hard Believer” world tours. “Hard Believer” is… Read more »
Listen closely to the end of Keaton Henson’s 2013 album, Birthdays, and you’ll hear the sound of a door clicking shut. Listen even closer to the start of 2016’s Kindly Now, and you’ll hear that same door reopening. In a six-year career in which Henson’s work has been as diverse as it has been prolific, it is this small act… Read more »
Nonesuch Records released Junun – an album from composer/musician Shye Ben Tzur, guitarist Jonny Greenwood, and The Rajasthan Express, a group of Indian musicians – in Nov 2015. Recorded in a makeshift studio inside the 15th century Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India, the album was made with Radiohead’s producer Nigel Godrich. The album comprises Ben Tzur’s… Read more »