Lee Vann – I Sing You Sing EP 3/5 Lee Vann is another artist I have watched develop for some time. Though his music has not always been 100% to my taste, his personal drive has made me take note of him. One thing is for sure, Lee is a talented musician, as he plays every note himself on this self-released debut EP. I can...
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The Kabeedies – Soap 9/10 When I was preparing this album review I realised that I am in my fifth year of writing for various sites – a pretty scary thought! The reason this sprung to mind was that back in 2007 was the first time I wrote about The Kabeedies. It seems strange to think that they have really been...
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I came across talented Northampton singer/songwriter Billy Lockett by chance via Twitter. Social networking is a great tool at times! The son of artist John Luce Lockett – who produced the fantastic painting above – Billy cites artists such as Radiohead and Massive Attack as influences for his musing’s as a...
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First of all, many thanks on my behalf to everyone who has supported our gigs over the last couple of months. I have been really slack on posting up about the nights; a combination of preparing for them and the added pressure of a radio show once a fortnight. Yes, you did hear right, we now have a 2hr show on an FM station in...
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I first heard the amazing talent of Ned Younger on the Communion Flowerpot Sessions album earlier this year. I then caught him live on the Ben Francis Leftwich tour, and as amazing as he is live, on record he captivated me. You don’t have to have clever instrumentation when your lyrics cast a spell like these do. If...
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Tortoise Family Connections – Extraterrestrial Kestral Allsorted Records 5/5 Things that are right under your nose often pass you right on by. This was never going to happen with this group. Way back in August, I received a phone call that went something like this: ‘Hi Mark, where are you, I have a demo you need to...
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Some tracks just come along and smack you full in the face. Such is the case with the lead single from Beth Jeans Houghton’s debut album for Mute, entitled ‘Liliputt’. This wonderful track dropped on the 14th November, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the full longplayer. Beth was much fawned over...
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GRAVY RECORDS PRESENTS::: BATWINGS CATWINGS A/ RADIO B/W EARLY EXIT BRAND NEW SINGLE OUT 7th NOVEMBER 2011 GRVY002 – 7″ VINYL + DOWNLOAD DISTRIBUTED BY SHELLSHOCK A friend of mine came back from SXSW raving about this L.A-based collective. It was one of those times when the band’s name had me shying away from...
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