Reviews

Review: Conor Oberst – The People’s Key

by Alex 22 February 2011 Reviews

Conor Oberst has, after a three year break, decided to resurrect Bright Eyes for what is likely to be the finale album of this moniker. The People’s Key will be sending Bright Eyes out with a bang if that is the case. Despite some shallow press reviews, I think this is an exceptional album!

Album of the Week: The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh

by Alex 21 February 2011 Album of the Week

Smart Flesh is The Low Anthem’s much anticipated new album release and our Album of the Week. Ever since they took up occupancy in an old dis-used pasta sauce factory to record this album the anticipation has grown with every mention, video or photograph they have released.

Dan Haywood’s New Hawks Interview

by Alex 14 February 2011 Interviews

Dan Haywood’s New Hawks chronicles Haywood’s journey around Northern Scotland, his songs absorb the land, it’s people and wildlife. What may at first appear quirky becomes incredibly well rooted and natural. What took five years to create can never be done again. So we had to speak to him…

Live Review: CW Stoneking & Brownbird Rudy Relic

by Scott Edgar 4 February 2011 Live Reviews

CW Stoneking and band are looking a little more dapper than usual with immaculately Bryllcremed hair and striped boating blazers. In truth he’s more of a preacher than a performer but certainly entirely authentic in his recreation of the downtrodden hobo blues from almost a century ago.

Live Review: Justin Townes Earle & James Walbourne, Belfast

by Scott Edgar 25 January 2011 Live Reviews

At 6’5 Justin Townes Earle is physically as big as his talent and hype hint at. His attitude is brash Nashville no messing but delivered with a hint of New York City suave. It’s impossible not to listen and to find yourself forming little relationships with the protagonists of the pieces.

Live Review: Bella Union Christmas Service @ Union Chapel

by Melanie McGovern 10 January 2011 Live Reviews

What an end to a great year for Bella Union, their issue of John Grant’s Queen of Denmark debut successfully found itself in most magazine and national newspapers’ ‘Albums of 2010′ features, and he too headlined the last uniting of label artists at Union Chapel in the summer.

Album Review: Fernhill – canu rhydd

by Alex 5 January 2011 Reviews

Canu rhydd is a superb new album from fernhill. They are one of most amazing and beautiful sounding folk bands I’ve ever heard. With the spell-binding and beautiful voice of Julie Murphy and the bands unique sound it doesn’t get any better.

Album Review: Abigail Washburn – City of Refuge

by Alex 2 January 2011 Reviews

Abigail Washburn’s latest release titled City of Refuge is a new transformation in her sound that caught me by complete surprise turning out to be one of the most beautiful albums I’ve heard in a long time.

Album Review: Admiral Fallow – Boots Met My Face

by Alex 20 December 2010 Reviews

Admiral Fallow’s latest release, Boots Met My Face is heartfelt, honest & pure as the Scottish snow, it will take approximately sixty seconds for you to stop what you’re doing, pay attention & state “I think I’m going to love this record”

Po’ Girl

by Alex 19 December 2010 Reviews

Hailing originally from Canada , Po’ Girl weave a blend of musical influences, sweetness, grit & soul into their fresh and original sound. The interplay between Allison Russell, Awna Teixeira, Benny Sidelinger, and Mikey “Lightning” August is truly something to behold.

Live Review: Angus and Julia Stone @ Royal Festival Hall, London

by Melanie McGovern 18 December 2010 Live Reviews

The Midsummer Nights Dream stage set up at the Royal Festival Hall, complete with lamps, foliage, a tree strung with fairy lights and a starry backdrop marked the occasion as magical before Australian siblings Angus and Julia Stone, and their Transatlantic band, even set foot on stage.

Live Review: Dark Dark Dark @ The Lexington

by Melanie McGovern 2 December 2010 Live Reviews

With their second recording Wild Go receiving airplay on UK shores Dark Dark Dark’s pitch and note perfect re-creation of their Balkan inspired tracks tapped out a heartfelt oscillation between liveliness and loneliness, with the precision of it all framing their Eastern-folk and pitch dark jazz hybrid.

Introducing: I Draw Slow

by Alex 30 November 2010 Music News

It’s always a pleasant surprise when an artist from way back contacts you out of the blue. I Draw Slow were a regular on the station a few years.

Live Review: Magic Lantern @ Cafe Oto

by Melanie McGovern 30 November 2010 Live Reviews

The candle-lit environs of Dalston’s Cafe Oto felt a particularly apt setting for chamber-folk five-piece The Magic Lantern to host their single launch party. Amongst the flickering tea-lights atop wooden tables, decorated with remnants of Organic beer and homemade cakes, a crowd of friends, family and listeners new and old gathered.

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