Even Butterflies Make A Sound
Songs of the Folk is a US folk duo currently based in Maldon, Essex. Regrettably, for UK music lovers, they are returning to their home country. Our loss is very much the USA’s gain. Their final UK show will be Chelmsford’s Hot Box this Sunday (15 June). Support comes from Little Lore, a London-based, indie-Americana […]
Florence Sommerville and band kick off the Country Roads country and Americana shows at Acanteen in Chelmsford this Thursday (12 June). Special guest on the night is Manchester artist Louise Conner. Florence, from Orsett in Essex, is touring extensively and is just back from Nashville where she played the iconic Bluebird Café. She releases her […]
These New Puritans, comprising Essex-born twins Jack and George Barnett, make a long-anticipated return with their sixth album Crooked Wing. It’s another timeless masterpiece of anti-pop enchantment and classical melancholy. Simon Heartfield kindly agreed to guest review Crooked Wing. You can purchase your copy here. Crooked Wing review Simon Heartfield Simon is a musician, producer/remixer, […]
Altogether Stranger is the latest work from Omnichord-toting songwriter Lael Neale. This album is her third collaboration with producer Guy Blakeslee. It follows Star Eaters Delight (2023), which found a huge fan in the legend that is Iggy Pop. Neale, Virginia-born but California-resident, said: “In the course of writing this [new] record there was one song I […]
Paul Mitchell has been producing music since the 1990s. He started off making drum and bass under the name P Method. Now, he’s producing deep techno and has released through Stark Futures, Dred Records (Berlin), Mixcult, Abstrakt Dance, and Verdant Recordings. His new EP is out on OHM Series from Copenhagen. When did you hear […]
Ora Cogan, genre-shredding chanteuse and multi-instrumentalist, released Bury Me, a 7” EP, last week. The Canadian is on a major European tour to promote the vinyl released by Prism Tongue. Many terms have been used to describe her always-captivating music since her first release in 2008: smoky psychedelia, gothic country, post-punk, psych-rock, traditional balladry, cinematic. […]
Jo Bartlett and Danny Hagan, who together comprise the much-loved, sorely missed duo It’s Jo and Danny, announced details of the second edition of The Wake, the festival they launched last year. The one-day event is on Saturday, 23 August 2025. As if not busy enough, Jo is also releasing new sounds through her IndieThroughTheLookingGlass […]
Simon Heartfield has long been a fixture in the electronic underground, with a career stretching back to the early 2000s. His new LP, The State of Social Movement, is out this week. About his new release, Simon said: “[I] wanted to combine some dancefloor, electro, and techno elements with more abstract soundscapes.” With that in mind, […]
Not Me But Us have released a gorgeous new EP, Piano Twoness. It marks the one-year anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album, Two. It finds the Italy duo – comprising Naples-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Bruno Bavota and electronic composer and producer Fabrizio Somma (aka K-Conjog) – taking an introspective turn. They have revisited four tracks from the album and […]
Jason McNiff, the internationally heralded songwriter and guitarist, brings his trio to Chelmsford’s Hot Box this Sunday (23 March). Tickets are available here. Furthermore, Jason and fellow Hastings residents, The Lost Revellers, are staging A Razor’s Edge – a celebration of the incredible music, lyrics, and legacy of Bob Dylan in their hometown next week. […]