This year marks the 20 years of Land of Talk, the swirling, expressive indie-rock project of Montreal's Lizzie Powell. As the associated blurb that sits alongside her newly-announced album, LASTS, it's a venture that has led Powell both to and away from music. The
words & interview by tom johnson photography by adam alonzo "Love yourself, only you can do it. I know the world it can be so strange," Will Taylor sings plaintively on the new, and sixth, full-length album from Hovvdy, the project he's gently blossomed alongside
Is it Autumn yet? It's beginning to feel like it here. Pulling this new mix together I kept writing 'Autumn' instead of 'August', but really I'm still hoping for one last rush of good weather before the dull sets in. I'
Belief in the beginning A conversation with Squirrel Flower words & interview by tom johnson Ella O’Connor Williams is about to turn thirty, and she means to celebrate from way up high. A couple of days ahead of this elevated occasion, she’ll gather with friends in a Chicago
Ruby Gill - Carol / Not Carol Everything in a constant swill between balance and imbalance. A leaf holds on to its branch, and then it's drifting to the dirt; our eyes tell us one thing and suddenly another; no sooner are we here before we're gone. Little
words & interview by tom johnson Attached to a petrol station in Lake Tabourie, a small village in New South Wales, Australia, Tucker Box is a small food stop that serves the equally small community. Though it’s been in business for a number of years now, it has just
Last week, in Scotland at least, it felt like we were suddenly on the cusp of Autumn, a few weeks of August left and the weather suddenly damp and grey, wind whipping up big dark clouds that felt oppressive but kept the fields green, the lochs topped-up for now.
June McDoom In the text that accompanies the first single from June McDoom's album it references dub and shoegaze, a search for restraint amid a sonic wash of influences. Those richly absorbing colours aren't immediately obvious on the the enigmatic 'Without You' but the
Introduction by Tom Johnson Despite having something of a wonky memory, I hold a strange knack for remembering exactly where I was when hearing a specific piece of music. It can and does go back years and years, passed houses I've forgotten the layout of, passed faces whose
"Sometimes between the light and the rain, some souls remain" In the liner notes that accompany Moonshiner Springs, the new album from Suzanne Vallie, the South Dakotan songwriter talks of the fun that was not only mustered but prioritised during its creation. "I did all that pleased
If I had to choose the work of one artist to succinctly ribbon-bow the whole ethos / spirit / mood of GoldFlakePaint over the years it might well be that of Hello Shark. As with Lincoln Halloran's music, which has been rendered beautifully through a handful of Hello Shark
introduction by tom johnson words by will samson Will Samson called his new album Sings Again to reflect exactly that process. Following a couple of subtly beautiful instrumental records, his new ten-song LP placed his voice back out-front of it all. It's a richly personal work,