Formerly the project of Luke Temple, Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic has now expanded into a five-piece, and since signing to record label Secretly Canadian just a year ago they have gone on to tour with the likes of Grizzly Bear and The Walkmen, as well as receiving praise from none other than Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, who stated of their Glastonbury performance, that it was the best thing he’d witnessed all weekend.

Timber Timbre, the moniker of Taylor Kirk, is the rich onomatopoeic term given to what he describes as his “very woody sounding” early recordings. A Canadian musician whose music has been described as “swampy, ragged blues” both “cinematic and spooky” the solo project has now expanded to comprise an additional two members, violinist Mika Posen and Simon Trottier on lap-steel and auto harp. I got to catch up with Kirk and co at their label, Full Time Hobby’s offices for a …

It seems a little while ago now since I left Open House Festival for my journey home…the recovery took a little longer. So for those of you that wish you were back there, or wish you had gone, here are some fun photos of what went on behind the scenes. I’ll be featuring more so make sure you check back. In the meantime you can see what the likes of …

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s recently performed Live @Vibes which was filmed by the good folk at laundromatinee.com. Yes they do sound as good live as they do on the studio! Watch them now:

Josh Ritter and his suit adorned Royal City Band played possibly their biggest show to date at London’s Barbican Theatre on Thursday evening – ‘the only venue’, Ritter joked, ‘to have a tube stop named after it’.

Once upon a time in a country far far away a boy lived, very different from all the others. His name was Eftichis. Everything ran smoothly in his life until one day, many many years ago an incident made him see life from a different perspective. And suddenly, a big secret was revealed.

Midlake agreed to do a session for Sideshow Alley TV, a recently set up video session outfit whom I couldn’t find out much about but I thought this was a great session. So here they are. Midlake performing Small Mountain in an alleyway in Australia. I look forward to seeing more sessions!

We just got a tip off about this new movie: Into the Woods: Pathway (known as ITW:Pathway), which is, to say the least, being deliberately mysterious. Just visit the cryptic website at the end of this post and let us know if you discover anything else….freedom of thought? Suffering? pieces of information? You figure it out. It has that whole Blair Witch feel about it with a cast of big …

We recently had the pleasure of the company of Buck and Shanti Curran, better know as Arborea, who stayed with us for a night during their UK/European tour. They had just performed at the Grain Barge in Bristol with Two Wings (Hanna Tuulikki, Ben Reynolds, Kenneth Wilson, Lucy Duncombe, and Doog) in support. It was an exceptional evening. I’ll mention this more in a separate post.

Feist is releasing a film titled Look at What the Light Did Now. It documents the journey of her Grammy nominated album “The Reminder”. The trailer below will give you an idea of the expanse of what went on behind the album, something I was completely unaware of.

I like to give the occasional heads up on a band that impresses me. I only came across The Meadowlarks this morning. This sums them up with out any need for my embellishments. Beautiful…

This has just been released: Justin Townes Earle has decided to suspend his autumn tour dates in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, and enter a rehabilitation facility.  Earle is strongly committed to confronting his on-going struggle with addiction and thanks his family, friends and fans for their continued support through this difficult time.