Even Butterflies Make A Sound
I realise that 2020’s Hyundai Mercury Prize hasn’t yet been awarded, but, let’s face it, next year’s winner is done and dusted. And she hasn’t even finished her debut album yet. I arrived to the party late and became familiar with Arlo Parks only this summer. The mesmerising, hypnotically beautiful single ‘Black Dog’ blew me […]
Dot Allison first found fame with One Dove before enjoying a successful solo career. Andy McCulloch reviews some of his old writings and provides a snapshot of their separate lives, which do in fact have an element of synchronicity. ‘So, I saw that Dot Allison article in The Independent and it made me think of […]
Andy Bell, snapped by Sharia Bell. To celebrate his fiftieth birthday, Andy Bell recently released his psychedelic summer single ‘Love Comes In Waves’. However, his half-century also led him to contemplate his mortality. Video still for ‘Love Comes In Waves’. The seven inch is the harbinger of the new album The View From Halfway Down […]
Sergio Vilas, aka Ian Cheshire, is an electronica artist, DJ, and producer with a back catalogue to die for. He recently performed a vinyl-only DJ set at City Sound Radio. I’m delighted to give you the opportunity to listen to it. It’s fantastic. (The set starts about 1 hour 45 minutes in.) I interviewed him […]