Words by Katherine Priddy As a female folk musician myself, it’s always exciting to hear how other young women in the trade are leaving their mark. It’s also the first time I have come across Wildwood Kin’s music, but upon checking out their website prior to listening to the album I was impressed to see […]
Words by Ed King / Pics by Katja Ogrin – taken at The Glee Club for Birmingham Review On Friday 9th June, Ani DiFranco releases her latest studio album, Binary – out on Righteous Babe Records and Aveline Records. Touring the UK, Ani DiFranco will be performing at the Birmingham Town Hall on 30th June. […]
Words by Ed King / Pic by Hannah & Liv I could spend half this review trying to come up with a suitable genre, but I won’t. Nouns come and nouns go, whilst adjectives jump around and in front of a puzzling need to define. Goth Folk has been used by Aldous Harding herself, apparently, and […]
Words by Ed King / Pics from AFA Records Pronounced ‘half’, on Friday 12th May Miccoli release their ½ EP through AFA Records – five tracks of solid and somewhat indefinable alternative-pop-indie-soul-generally good music. There isn’t an HMV shelf long enough. Coming from Halesowen (a quick civic cheer) Miccoli are three siblings: twin brothers Adriano and […]
Words by Damien Russell / Pic by Ed Taylor Those of you who know Maxïmo Park’s back catalogue will know they are a band who’ve had a little bit of everything over the years: diversity and cohesion, political and emotional, good reception and bad. It would be fair to say that their latest album, Risk to […]
