Elizabeth Le Fey used to be a punk singer and was also formerly known as the White Witch of Oxygen. Since adapting the Globelamp persona, the Olympia, Washington native has signed to Wichita and toured all over the world, including a European jaunt with Mothers. Written in the wake of a painful romantic break-up and…
Guildford’s Boileroom turns 10 years old this year and as part of their celebrations, the team are putting on a huge community, arts and music festival called Always the Sun in Stoke Park. Taking place on 10 and 11 September, the event has a DIY aesthetic running right the way through and the price of…
Our inbox is still full to the brim with great music. Here are five of the best songs we recently received. There’s a variety of genres, so hopefully you’ll enjoy them all as much as us. Anna Meredith – ‘Something Helpful’ Signed to Moshi Moshi Records, this song from electronic artist Anna Meredith combines the…
Basia Bulat is a cult favourite who has gathered fans all over the world due to her autoharp playing and folk-tinged, deeply personal songs. When she unveiled ‘Fool’ on Soundcloud a few weeks ago, it was a surprise to many as she appeared to have gone into a more soulful and ‘60s-inspired place – and…
Signed to Turnstile, highly acclaimed by our friends over at For the Rabbits and compared to both Sharon Van Etten and Cate Le Bon, Martha Ffion is a singer-songwriter from Glasgow that specialises in Americana-tinged indie-folk. Wrapped in atmospheric guitars, there is talk of heartbreak, frustrations and new starts throughout ‘Wallflower’: ‘I know that you…
We didn’t know what to expect when a Norwegian band called Slutface arrived in our inbox. What we got with ‘Kill ‘Em with Kindness’ was a succulent slice of pop that criticises the music press habit of building bands up and then knocking them down as soon as they start to make their mark on…
A singer-songwriter from Orlando who contacted us after reading about Matt McKee, we were intrigued to hear just what Nicholas Roberts’ sound would be like. Opening with the lyrics ‘Good morning, I love you. Don’t leave if I hurt you, I hope you will understand’ over some guitar work that has some distinctly Death…
Jangly guitars in the vein of The Smiths open the new single from Patsy’s Rats. A Portland duo signed to Super Fan 99 Records, there’s a touch of early Cribs in the guitar works before the song evolves into a song that wouldn’t be out of place alongside The Sundays. There are also more contemporary…
‘I can’t play instruments very well’ is a remarkably honest and self-depreciating opening line. And it was all it took for us to fall for ‘Sleep Talk’ by Diet Cig. Throw in some ‘60s-style drums and even more humour as the two-piece move along before delivering the heartbreaking admission ‘And if I told you I…
When we were looking through the list of albums coming out in 2016, one spring release stood out in particular – the new one from Into It. Over It. We’re sure we don’t have to reiterate what huge fans we are of Evan Weiss and his various musical outputs, but this – the third ‘Proper’…
