Chances are, if you reference a tree in your song title then you'll have my unadorned attention before I've heard a single note. That being said, I was already deep in the world of Emily Hines by the time 'Cedar On The River' tenderly
It's been a full 15 years since Local Natives emerged with their colourful, impassioned breed of indie rock, their 2009 debut album Gorilla Manor still one of the most cherished LPs from that fruitful period of time. Still going strong all these years on, the band have remained
Nadia Reid's music holds such a special place in the soundtrack of my life, her 2017 Preservation LP arriving in just the right form and feel to become inextricably bound to a strange and difficult and formative year. Her voice has that ability, a kind of gripping nature,
You only need to look at the two labels that have joined forces to welcome new music from Joni into the world, to capture a sense of the warm resonance, emotive care that ripples through her music. A brand new song released today, 'Avalanches' comes ribbon-bowed by the
Greg Mendez' breakthrough success over the past couple of years as felt as wholesome as it has surprising. Which is meant as no reflection on the quality of the music, more that it's heartening to know that there's still a space in this busy and
There are songs and voices that captivate you with surprise, and there are songs and voices that hold you in their grip for doing exactly what you expect, exactly what you need them to do. When Clara Mann's 'Til I Come Around begins, you hope for a
I can be grateful but still mad, I can be happy but oh so sad. Deep Feeler by Liv Greene Listen on GFP / Bandcamp *
Apologies for dropping off the radar for a little while there. After reaching 100+ posts I needed a little breather and figured most of you would have some catch-up listening to do... I spent the weekend wandering around Copenhagen, colourful Scandinavian buildings against mostly grey Autumnal skies, but strangely warm
As Dog In The Snow, Helen Ganya released some beautiful music from her Brighton home, the Scottish-Thai songwriter finding endlessly evocative ways of marrying sound and sentiment. In 2022 she released the polish the machine LP under her own name and via the Bella Union label, but was in fact
Though he's carved out a widely cherished and acclaimed career, I still think there's a world in which Damien Jurado is held in the very highest echelon's of those singer-songwriters that have outlasted the shift from the 90s independent scene to this ugly new
Since Wld Beasts called it a day back in 2017, both their two lead voices have crafted out solo careers, with Hayden Thorpe releasing under his own name and Tom Fleming sharing now three full-length efforts under his One True Pairing moniker. Led by his distinctive and unruly baritone, Fleming
You know where you are from the first aching note of Bridget Hayden's astonishing new album: steeped in drizzle, high upon a hill, looking out across weather-beaten moorland. That might feel a little too on-the-nose as descriptors go but those elements - the land, the weather - were