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Album of the Week: Anna Burch – If You’re Dreaming
Our ‘Album of the Week’ review of Anna Burch’s ‘If You’re Dreaming’
The long read: Jennah Barry
A long read interview with Jennah Barry about her album ‘Holiday’, out now on Forward Music Group
Album of the Week: Dana Gavanski – Yesterday is Gone
Our album of the week review of Dana Gavanski’s ‘Yesterday is Gone’
Album of the Week: JFDR – New Dreams
‘New Dreams’ is the eighth album Jófríður Ákadóttir (JFDR) has released in eight years. It is only her second full-length under the JFDR moniker, the other six emerging from projects like Pascal Pinon, a folk duo she formed with her twin sister at the age of 14, Samaris, an electronic trio she started at the […]
Album of the Week: Snarls – Burst
Our album of the week review of Snarls’ ‘Burst’
Five Right Now: Chloe Foy
Chloe Foy talks us through five current artists she’s loving right now
Album of the Week: Sour Widows – Sour Widows
Our album of the week review of ‘Sour Widows’
Album of the Week: Lanterns on the Lake – Spook The Herd
Our album of the week review of Lanterns on the Lake’s ‘Spook The Herd’
Album of the Week: Fair Mothers – Separate Lives
Our album of the week review of Fair Mother’s full-length ‘Separate Lives’
Album of the Week: Babehoven – Demonstrating Visible Difference of Height
A review of Babehoven’s new EP ‘Demonstrating Visible Differences of Height’
Five Right Now: The Innocence Mission
The Innocence Mission talk us through their five favourite current artists
January 2020 – 15 Songs
January saw us pull our wellies out of the end-of-year lists mire and set foot on fertile new ground as artists and bands began announcing new creations. Half Waif, Margaret Glaspy, U.S. Girls, Dana Gavanski and Porridge Radio were just a handful of the artists to announce forthcoming albums this month. Our playlist this month […]
Album of the Week: Squirrel Flower – I Was Born Swimming
An album review of Squirrel Flower’s ‘I Was Born Swimming’.
Five Right Now: Alice Boman
Alice Boman’s quietly stirring ‘Dream On’, released earlier this month, confirmed the Swedish songwriter as a talent well worth watching. Boman kindly told us about five current tracks she’s loving right now. Dive in. John Maus – Do Your Best To me there’s something so comforting about this song. And melancholic. When it comes on, […]
Track by track: Alex Chilltown
Since starting Alex Chilltown back in 2014, London’s Josh Esaw has spent the best part of six years perfecting their sound. ‘Eulogies’, out today on Fear of Missing Out Records, is the moment that gestation period comes full circle, the moment where Alex Chilltown become the band they’re meant to be. ‘Eulogies’ is an assortment […]
Album of the Week: Good Good Blood – At Your Mercy
A review of Good Good Blood’s new album ‘At Your Mercy’, out on Fox Food Records & Team Love Records
Album of the Week: The Innocence Mission – See You Tomorrow
A review of The Innocence Mission’s new album ‘See You Tomorrow’.
The long read: Ada Lea
An interview with the musician Ada Lea who is signed to Saddle Creek.
My pet: Katie Malco
After releasing her much-loved EP ‘Tearing Ventricles’ way back in 2013, Scottish songwriter Katie Malco made her long-awaited return last year with a rollicking new single ‘Creatures’ and news that she had signed to 6131 Records. In today’s ‘My Pet’, Malco writes about her cat Morag and all that she’s brought to her life: “I’m […]
Album of the Week: The Just Joans – The Private Memories and Confessions of The Just Joans
Review of The Just Joans album The Private Memories and Confessions of The Just Joans
2019: 40 Songs
2019: Albums of the Year
Track-by-track: Mappe Of
Mappe of talks us through every talk from his sophomore album ‘The Isle of Ailynn’
November 2019 – 15 Songs
Welcome to November 2019 – 15 songs. Our 15 favourite tracks from November. Enjoy listening and reading the accompanying descriptions. If you’re in a real rush, skip to the bottom for the Spotify playlist. We promise we won’t cry. Aoife Nessa Frances – Here In The Dark ‘Here In The Dark’, the second single from Aoife […]
My pet: Cross Record
Emily Cross put out her third full-length under the Cross Record moniker back in August. Though the lead single ‘PYSOL My Castle’ was poppier than anything she’d done before, the self-titled album remained true to her experimental roots.
