Band of Horses are, you sense, the kind of band that have their ups and downs. Over the course of the last decade, they’ve had line-up changes to rival Foo Fighters or The Fall with
Let’s start by establishing some parameters, just so you know where I’m coming from. The Coral are a good band. Fibbers is a good venue. Now let’s expand on that: The Coral have a backlog
Your first instinct on hearing Eliza and the Bear may be to make a connection with Noah and the Whale. After all, they sound like similar propositions – [Name] and the [Animal]. Learning that Eliza
On the surface, Mexrrissey probably strike you as a joke band: eight Mexicans, one of whom is the spitting image of Sacha Baron Cohen (Liber Teran, one of Mexrrissey’s three vocalists), covering songs by Morrissey
Whilst on their recent tour Woman’s Hour kindly agreed to a little Q&A session. Q. What’s the world like where you are today? What have you got planned for when you finish answering my questions?
A full three years on since their fourth album ‘Screaming is Something’, Manchester’s The Travelling Band are back and this time they are not messing about. Album opener ‘Passing Ships’ gives us a glimpse into
Although history has judged Inspiral Carpets to be the Shed 7 of the Madchester scene, there was a time – back when the Man from Delmonte were sharing the bill with Johnny Dangerously in Albert
Cold Specks’ second outing begins as it means to go on: a repetitive, foreboding keyboard pattern, the kind of trumpet noise you’d expect Einar to make during a Sugarcubes gig back in the day and
Things you should know about Kacey Musgraves: she’s an up and coming country music star from the US; her debut album, Same Trailer, Different Park, is chockfull of music and melodies and stories and finely
For most people, David Gray is the guy who did that White Ladders album. The guy who was briefly (and possibly inexplicably) famous. A folkie who flirted with ambient electronica. It’s possible to listen to