ALBUM REVIEW – LUCIA & THE BEST BOYS: PICKING PETALS

There are few bands in Britain’s alternative scene that embrace reinvention quite like Lucia & The Best Boys. Since first emerging from Glasgow, the quartet have steadily blurred the lines between indie rock, gothic pop, electronic experimentation and theatrical alt-rock, refusing to settle into predictability. Frontwoman Lucia Fairfull remains the constant through every transformation, her […]
On their sophomore record, Wunderhorse deliver proof that every tune they hum turns to gold. Jacob Slater’s sweat-soaked intensity lurches from Cobain to Young just as a moth would flit between two guiding lights. Its gilded grunge sounds fresh from the stage, still honey-eyed and snarling. The album’s lead single and eventual namesake ‘Midas’ comes […]

ALBUM REVIEW – WUNDERHORSE: MIDAS

EP Review: Joe Banfi – Nomads

Joe Banfi’s Nomads is the second EP to come after 2012’s Iron EP and it is evidence of how far he has come since then. Banfi is a relatively new artist, but this is in no way clear – the production (Ian Grimble of Communion) and feel of this EP is outstanding. “Please don’t let […]
Already championed at XFM and 6Music, Northwich’s Joe Banfi has that stark individualism that Communion discovered with the debut releases by both Michael Kiwanuka and Ben Howard. And what immediately proved so distinctive for Kevin Jones and Ben Lovett of Communion, after receiving an unsolicited email from Joe linking them to his demos, is what […]

NEWS: JOE BANFI – LISTEN TO ‘GUTS AND BONES’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT EP

ALBUM: Communion – The Compilation

A Communion is defined as a joining together of minds or spirits, and although this compilation may put the fear of God into non believers with its religious connotations, the album is not a religious outpouring.  Communion is a collection of fantastic folk artists, whose music, whether you are atheist, Jew, gentile or Christian, pulls something spiritual […]