London – For The Company marks the full-length recording debut of the Australian trio, Little May, recently caught on tour by BestNewBands in London. The 13-song collection reprises two songs (“Hide” and “Boardwalks”) from the band’s 2014 EP, though sadly omits my personal favourite, “Dust”. The EP created waves of expectancy, although it served as
London – Little May has performed one-off shows in the UK previously but tonight’s London show was part of the Australian trio’s first UK headline tour. The good news for the band who number Annie Hamilton, Liz Drummond and Hannah Field augmented by touring band mates, Mark Harding (keyboard/synth) and drummer Cat Hunter, was that
London – Secret Someones, the union of Brooklyn-based singer/songwriters Bess Rogers, Hannah Winkler, and Lelia Broussard with the addition of drummer Zach Jones, came about organically through tour sharing as solo acts and joining in on each other’s sets. The new band’s self-titled debut album is a strong endorsement of how well the trio of
London – Depending on where you live Light Up The Dark could be the second album from British songstress Gabrielle Aplin, or the first. Oddly her 2013 debut, “English Rain”, which came on the back of her sweetly sensitive cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s “The Power of Love” for the 2012 John Lewis [department
London – So, just when you thought the world was running out of great tunes, along came Alvvays. There are nine of them on its self-titled 2014 debut album while four new songs worked in to the band’s brisk hour-long set heralded more to come. The Toronto five-piece was in London town to shower affection
London – Departures is the full-length debut from Owl & Mouse, the London-based quintet built around Brisbane songstress and ukulele player, Hannah Botting (sister of Allo Darlin’s bassist, Bill) and also featuring sibling Jen on backing vocals. Augmented by bassist Tom Wade, Emma Winston on keyboards and Dan Mayfield on violin and baritone ukulele, the
London – While it was far from her first demo offering, Lady Lamb began to gain prominence on the back of Mammoth Swoon, a 15-song set of previously unreleased, bedroom and radio tracks, several of which were later reimagined on her 2013 debut studio album, Ripely Pine. The Lady’s 2015 follow-up, After, maintains the surreal
London – Lovers Know is the third album from Laura Burhenn’s solo project, The Mynabirds. The first thing that strikes you about the new record is that it is as divergent as the first two were from each other. Her 2010 epigrammatically titled debut, What We Lose In the Fire We Gain in The Flood,
London – With Blood, Lianne La Havas arrives with the weight of expectation and leaves with a sense that her journey is a continuing one; in that respect like most of us, I guess. On the back of a debut record three years ago that became almost a byword for critical acclaim, the expectation that
Somerset, UK – There are music festivals, and there are music festivals. It hardly matters how many times you’ve been here as nothing quite prepares you for Glastonbury. The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, to give its right and proper title, is now in its 45th year. If you have yet to experience first-hand