Anna Calvi – One Breath


Following on from a phenomenal amount of hype and an appearance in the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll, Anna Calvi’s self-titled debut album did not disappoint. With its dark atmospherics, her alluring voice and well-received singles in ‘Desire’, ‘Suzanne and I’ and the astounding ‘Blackout’, she ‘became a favourite with the whole ‘alternative’ music spectrum…

A quick round up


So, in between Reading finishing and the festival season closing with Bestival and then Southseafest, we thought we’d have a look around at some of the bands you may be able to catch as we move fully into the autumn. Everyone’s excited about the new Arctic Monkeys album next week, and Strangers have offered their…