Thomas Blake

A Wake is the latest offering from Two Wings a beautiful album that proves that the venerable Glasgow music scene still has plenty of life and originality left in it.

Bastard Mountain is proof that a confluence of musical minds with a collaborative and improvisational approach can create something that transcends the sum of its parts.

The latest offering from Arch Garrison, the acoustic vehicle of North Sea Radio Orchestra mainstays Craig Fortnam and James Larcombe. It is a clever, understated delight.

Tissø Lake’s ‘The Hollow Wood And Wondrous Cold’ gets a well deserved reissue alongside a new single and excellent companion-piece which showcases this excellent and often overlooked artist.

Saville is a keen gardener, and much of ‘Public Flowers’ is the auditory equivalent of time-lapse footage of an emergent flower: simple, concentrated, dew-speckled and mesmerizingly beautiful.

Thomas heads out on an apocalyptic night to catch Bill Callahan performing in Bristol, an unforgettable evening that was worth braving the stormy weather for.

A Dream Life of Hackney Marshes is the latest release from Walthamstow-based eclectic contemporary ensemble ‘Jetsam’. A companion piece an to Gareth E Rees’ illustrated book ‘Marshland’.

Rachel Newton, Lucy Farrell, Emily Portman and Alasdair Roberts combine to make ‘At Our Next Meeting’ one of the finest collaborative albums of the past few years.

One of the most fun history lessons you are ever likely to hear….courtesy of John Sinclair a Detroit-born poet and activist who has been defying The Man since the mid-sixties.

There’s not a dull moment over the twenty tracks of The Wave Pictures latest: City Forgiveness. A distinctly British way mode of artistic creation…handed down to David Tattersall from Philip Larkin via Morrissey…

There is no-one better placed than Vinita Joshi (Rocket Girl Records) to talk about the ins and outs of running a record label. She’s a busy lady, but FRUK managed to pin her down and get some answers out of her.

Julia Holter demonstrates at The cube in Bristol that she knows how to keep the creative spark going once she has captured it…it is also probably the last time she will play a venue this small.