- Airship
- Andrew Bird
- Andy Cutting
- A Winged Victory for the Sullen
- Band of Horses
- Blue Rose Code
- Bon Iver
- Bonnie Prince Billy
- Boo Hewerdine
- BravoBraveBats
- Broken Social Scene
- Chiverin
- Convent Club
- Daniel Bachman
- Death Cab
- Elbow
- Erased Tapes
- experimental
- Fleet Foxes
- Folk
- Frightened Rabbit
- Gig
- Gold Flaked Paint
- Good Weather for an Airstrike
- Grizzly Bear
- GWFAA
- Halves
- Hands in the Dark Records
- HDU
- Heidi Talbot
- Her Name is Calla
- Honour Before Glory
- Hundred Handed
- Idlewild
- James Summerfield
- John Grant
- John McCusker
- Jonathon Meiberg
- J Tillman
- Judie Tzuke
- Justin Vernon
- Kitchens of Distinction
- Kris Drever
- Message to Bears
- Midlake
- Mono
- Mountaineater
- My Sad Captains
- Nils Frahm
- NPR
- Okkervil River
- Olly Knights
- Pink Floyd
- Roddy Woomble
- Scott Matthews
- Sharon van Etten
- Shearwater
- Sigur Ros
- Tamu Massif
- Tessellators
- Thekla
- The National
- There Will Be Fireworks
- The Twilight Sad
- Tom Honey
- Tom McRae
- Tom Mitchell
- Turin Brakes
- Undertheigloo
- video
- villagers
- We Were Promised Jetpacks
- Wise Children
- World of Fox
- Ólafur Arnalds
Archive
Monthly Archives: March 2011
John Grant – St George’s Bristol
In the space of a week or so I have seen (or should that be ‘heard’?) three of my favourite current vocalists: Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Roddy Woomble and now John Grant. Like Mr Garvey, being of a certain ‘stature’ … Continue reading
Elbow – Cardiff Arena
Elbow Villagers Sometimes my pessimism can be proved to be so misplaced. Worries that Elbow’s Build a Rocket Boys might be some post – Mercury sellout were groundless and the sense of mild despair that they were to play the … Continue reading
Roddy Woomble – Impossible Songs and Union Chapel Show
Roddy Woomble Seonaid Aitken Sorren Maclean Jack Cheshire A Roddy Woomble related release is always an object of much expectation for me, be it an Idlewild, McCusker Drever Woomble concoction or this his second proper solo offering. There is something … Continue reading
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Tagged Edwin Morgan, Gig, Jack Cheshire, Roddy Woomble, The Sparrow and the Workshop, video
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Auditorium – Be Brave
Auditorium rather perversely started out as a single person project by Spencer Berger although now out on the road he is augmented by the talents of Chris Littler, Justin Hogan his sister Elizabeth and girlfriend Daya Wolterstorff. These are deceptively slight … Continue reading
Bird Names – Metabolism: A Salute to the Energy of the Sun
Way back when God was a boy (or maybe a girl) I clearly remember buying Gong’s Camembert Electrique album when it was released in the UK in 1974 (at the princely sum of 59p, the price then of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bird Names, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Coco Rosie, Gong, Northern Spy Records
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The Decemberists and Blind Pilot – Bristol
The Decemberists Blind Pilot The slightly inglorious but rather familiar surroundings of the Bristol Academy was the place to finally catch up with two bands who have been on my list for a little while – Blind Pilot and The Decemberists The Lad and I turned … Continue reading
Totally For Free – Brown Recluse, Ruby Coast, White Denim , Robin Pecknold and Chums
Cruising through a few sites, and especially Austin Town Hall, I stumbled across a few for free and gratis downloads of a couple of bands, and being a sucker for something free of course I partook, and just for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Recluse, Fleet Foxes, Robin Pecknold, Ruby Coast, White Denim
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