Albums

Heed the Thunder’s new album, ‘Cokaigne’ exemplifies the taut strangeness and the endless flow of musical ideas that can be found all over this varied and impressive little album.

On xoa, Anaïs Mitchell opts for a loosely autobiographical approach, largely driven by requests by her fans it offers a back to basics collection which hangs together surprisingly well.

For one week only we are previewing Boo Hewerdine’s new release ‘My Name in the Brackets‘. Plus Boo takes us track by track through the album released on 8th December.

Lorcán MacMathuna of Preab Meadar talks us through the dance element of their new album with a brief look at the history of Irish Literature.

Sylvie Simmons puts on a a top performance at London’s 12 Bar Club with support from Raevennan Husbandes. Songs for loners, lovers and losers…a memorable evening.

A feathery air may inform the album’s ambience, but behind it lie deceptively and disarmingly moving literate songs that catch you unawares with the acumen of their images and emotions.

The Holy Court of Baltimore is the fourth self-released album by Chris Kiehne, an album on which his lyrics draw extensively on Shakespeare’s Ophelia.

There’s a whole battalion of bands out there making this sort of retro rock, but the Oregon based quartet The Parson Red Heads are carrying the flag not following it.

With Teddy Thompson as the guiding hand and three generations of the Thompson clan fulfilling their writing brief, the resultant Family album matches the ambition of bringing this extraordinary musical dynasty together.

Having recently reviewed their new album Paul heads to Leytonstone to catch a What’s Cookin’ promotion featuring Reid Jamieson & Carolyn Victoria Mill.

Another fine offering from Parsons Thibaud – the melodies are both simple and sublime, the emotion palpable and the voices, both alone and together, quite soulfully magnificent.

On Mike’s latest work Island imagery and the pull of the ocean are written large across the score sheet; the swell of the tide lifts and drops the senses, the musical vision intrigues.