Here is another taste from Vetiver’s new album Up On High, which is out on the 1st November. Wanted Never Asked is described as “an ode to self-reflection, forgiveness and bird song“, and so it is, and it is a lovely tune for a Friday afternoon too. Enjoy. Continue reading Vetiver – Wanted Never Asked
Uncut’s free cover disc this month is a reinterpreting of seventeen Wilco songs by the likes of Cate Le Bon, Mountain Man, Whitney, Low, Sharon Van Etten and many others. All but one were specially recorded for the CD and there are some cracking versions amongst them. Here is a taste of the offerings from Parquet Courts, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile. … Continue reading Uncut Magazine’s Wilco Covers
Vancouver, BC duo Lightning Dust’s outstanding new album Spectre arrived in stores last Friday, via Western Vinyl. The album was preceded by singles Run Away, Led Astray, A Pretty Picture (featuring Stephen Malkmus on guitar), and Devoted To, and now the band have shared the video for slacker anthem Competitive Depression, which put simply, is yet another fine example of their phenomenal songwriting. Watch it here. … Continue reading Lightning Dust – Competitive Depression
Smoke Fairies have announced the release their first album for four years. Darkness Brings The Wonders Home will be released on January 31st coupled with new tour dates for the band. In the making of the new record, the duo drew inspiration from mysteries both real and imagined: sea monsters, flocks of crows taking flight in extravagant formation, strange creatures dwelling in the mud near … Continue reading Smoke Fairies New Album & Single
Vetiver have shared Swaying, the second single off their upcoming release Up On High. It’s a sweet, jangly banger that songwriter Andy Cabic calls an homage to his early heroes R.E.M. and The Feelies. Enjoy… Continue reading Vetiver – Swaying
Lightning Dust have shared another track, Run Away, from their forthcoming album Spectre, due out on the 4th October, via Western Vinyl. “Run Away explores the hardships of change — when our minds resist it. It’s the battle between logic and emotion,” explains the band, multi-instrumentalist Joshua Wells and singer/guitarist Amber Webber. “A tense and sonically deranged one in which a backward pulse blips into … Continue reading Lightning Dust – Run Away
Vetiver are back with a new album Up On High (out in October) and will be playing live in the UK in December. Have a listen to the acoustically styled, lush folk of To Who Knows Where with its lovely pastoral psych-pop flourishes. Gorgeous stuff. Live Dates 7 Dec 19 – Liverpool @ 81 Renshaw 8 Dec 19 – Manchester @ YES 9 Dec 19 – … Continue reading Vetiver – To Who Knows Where
After a wait of more than 13 years, the wonderful Isobel Campbell is back with details of a new solo album There Is No Other (out on January 31st). It seems she has been fighting legal battles since 2016 to get this record released – thank goodness she didn’t throw in the towel. The first single is the gorgeously gentle psychedelic folk of Ant Life. … Continue reading Isobel Campbell – Ant Life
After not posting any covers for what seems like a good while, we’ve already shared a couple of cracking ones this week from METZ and Whyte Horses, so it seemed appropriate to keep the run going and finish Friday with one more. Something nice and mellow too, as we have Ana Egge’s duet with renowned folk singer-songwriter Iris DeMent for their cover of Diana Jones’ Ballad of … Continue reading More Covers…Ana Egge & Iris DeMent
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