As Half Japanese prepare to kick off their European tour they release six new videos from their wildly eccentric and humorous, the energetic ‘Hear The Lions Roar’ – out now on Fire Records.
Sam Airey is to release his long awaited debut album ‘In Darkened Rooms’ on May 26th. Listen to the stunning ‘In the Morning’, a song he wrote at a time when he was reading a lot – Romantic poetry, Dylan Thomas, but also books about science and stardust…
With her new album set to be released on Rough Trade Records on July 7th, watch This is the Kit performing the title track ‘Moonshine Freeze’ a name inspired by childhood game she recalls ‘moonshine, moonshine, moonshine — Freeze!’
Her Crooked Heart is the new name / new music of Rachel Ries. Watch her new video/single Are You Good You Are from her latest EP To Gentlemen (5 May). She’s on tour this month, so don’t miss her.
Drawing on a mass of musical influences from North and South American pop and folk to Gypsy Jazz & classical music, Elias Krell’s ‘As Eli’ is unquestionably one of the summer’s brightest gems.
Heirlooms & Hearsay Nomad Songs is more than a collection of songs, it’s a recording of possibilities, a showcase for what Roxanne de Bastion’s voice is capable of as they dance between modern folk and a more rock-tinged sound.
William Matheny makes his debut with Strange Constellations, a solid collection of roots rock and countrified pop. Read our review and listen to his cover of Jason Molina’s ‘Just Be Simple’, a bonus track on the UK digital edition.
The beauty of ‘An Idea in Everything’ lies in its unhurried and profoundly mundane messages. Challenging art this album may be, but it is high and beautiful and superb, unlike anything I’ve ever heard. A very impressive achievement.
Watch Dan Wilde’s new video for ‘Abusing My Position’, from his 2nd studio album ‘With Fire In Mind.’ Filmed in the Cambridge Museum of Technology, set in the thick of the industrial revolution. Dan is on tour now.
Kentucky native and American Primitive guitarist Mark Fosson has been making music for nearly fifty years now. Solo Guitar, to be released on Drag City, finds him focusing on the austerity of the guitar, plain and simple, to bring out the music.
Isembard’s Wheel’s debut album ‘Common Ground’ offers more of the band’s wild, inventive, visionary “folk and then some”, which proves both highly infectious and highly irresistible.
Idaho’s Hillfolk Noir return with Junkerpunch, a ramshackle rural clatter that is given life by guitar, double bass, banjo and washboard. All beautifully recorded by analogue wizard Mike Coykendall at his Blue room Studio in Portland, Oregon.
