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!
The Phantom Band will be touring their album ‘The Wants’ on Chemikal Underground this March. As a double bonus they will be supported by Found who will release their Chemikal Underground debut Factorycraft next month. Watch the mind altering video to ‘Everybody Knows It’s True’ below!
Ewan Robertson, part-time fire fighter and guitarist/vocalist with rising Scottish folk band Breabach, has delivered a debut solo album which demonstrates his fine playing and eclectic mix of musical interests.
Having just won a Brit Award for Best Album Mumford and Son will undoubtedly come under the publicity spotlight even more so than ever before, so there March tour of the Scottish Highlands and Ireland could not have come at a better time as they set out to road test their songs for a new album.
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.
Avant-folk duo Arborea are to release their new album, Red Planet, on 26 April this year. The album will also be released as a limited 500 edition LP….with the first 100 being in Translucent Red. Have a listen to it now!
Elysian Fields performed for LaBlogotheque recently. As is normal with many sessions on LaBlogotheque things never quite go as expected. The arrival of the New York duo was not exactly uneventful. The session, despite a jet-lagged-fatigued couple was still exceptional and beautiful!
We were introduced to Nataniel Rateliff by the good folks at Open House Festival, Belfast. This is his latest session on which he sings Boil And Fight.
Communion will be presenting the new one day Bushstock Festival on Saturday 7th May. They will be showcasing the best new talent alongside more established artists from West London, the UK and beyond!
Tickets for this years Greenman Festival (18-21 August) went on sale this week, even with a partial line-up announcement the build up sounds great with Feet Foxes headlining along with the likes of Bellowhead, The Burns Unit, Villagers, and Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
To be honest, I normally avoid the Brit Awards like the plague…until last night that is….my face was a huge grin when I saw Laura Marling get Best Female Singer and Mumford and Sons, Best Album (Sigh No More).
A short film by Myles O’Reilly following Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh and Kate Ellis to Iceland to meet with band Amiina. The first chapter in a project to develop closer relations between artists living in Ireland and Iceland.
