Songs To Learn and Sing – Feathers and A*Star
Ok, so we’re nearing the years end and scurrying around cyberspace to see which bands, tunes, and albums we may have missed during a pretty darn impressive year for new music! However, how on God’s
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Track Of The Day – Leigh de Vries – ‘Strange’
‘Strange’ is the compelling new tune from industrial shock rocker, Leigh de Vries. With an image that has Alison Goldfrapp looking as dowdy as Peggy Mount at a jumble sale and a strangely hypnotic monotone
Track Of The Day – Wons Phreely – The World Has A Bank Account
Today we have a track from Perth singer/songwriter Wons Phreely who appears to have found salvation through music after being given his first guitar whilst in juvenile detention. Maybe that explains to a degree, why
Floating In Space and Time – Dark Horses Interview – Album Review
Imagine you have been set adrift in space, floating alone in that vast star fretted void as you watch the Earth turn slowly beneath you. You see pulses of light, the shifting patterns of weather
Record Of The Day Awards – A Vote For Von Pip Is A Vote For Decency
We’ve been nominated for the Record of The Day Awards for journalism and PR in the best blog category. So if any of you fancy voting for us this year proceed here http://www.recordoftheday.com/awards/awards-2012.php register and
Track Of The Day (2) – The Joy Formidable – This Ladder Is Ours
I wasn’t planning to post two ‘Tracks of the Day today, after all a boy’s gotta eat! However when this arrived in my mail box, I had no choice, The Joy Formidable roar back in
Track Of The Day (1) – Little Sparrow – The Hunted (A Bear’s Tale)
Occasionally a singer comes along in possession of a voice of such extraordinary beauty allied to songs of unflinching emotional honesty that its effect on the listener can be quite profound. Moreover, like all great
Avec Sans – The Answer – Free Download
Remember Avec Sans, the mysterious duo whose name sounds rather like an avant-garde font and whose music sounds like an ascension to heaven? Remember their incredible electronic reworking of Bon Ivers ‘Perth’ that managed to
Track Of The Day – The Prison Library – Lovesick
North East band The Prison Library’s latest offering “Lovesick” is something a little more than merely a great song full of sweet melodic hooks, driving rhythm and intelligent dark, heartfelt lyrics. It’s also the sound
Track Of The Day – NO CEREMONY/// – FEELSOLOW – Free Download
Oh, do fuck off Manchester, with your achingly cool bands, amazing musical diversity, friendly eateries, and ample free street parking (after 8pm) stop being so darn bloody good and give the rest of the country
Track Of The Day – Big Wave – Only You
Big Wave are on a roll, in the wake of a spectacularly GREAT EP – “The Roots of Love (Come Tumbling Down)’’ and a wonderful free download ‘Dying On The Vine’’ they release their début
“Love is Blindness” – Blindness Interview
“Dangerous, swaggering, dramatic, dark and sexy” is not a description you’d employ to describe the music of Mumford & Sons, but when it comes to writing about London four piece Blindness it should be MANDATORY!