Music | Feature
Ally Brown (with Dave Kerr): 2. GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST Through no fault of their own, sometimes great bands acquire unhealthy legacies: Nirvana, I'm looking at you particularl...
Music | Live Review
Nick Mitchell: After guesting on Bat For Lashes’ new-ish album, Brooklyn band Yeasayer were an obvious choice of support for this tour. Whether the audience kn...
Nick Mitchell: Just over a year ago we spoke to Yeasayer singer Chris Keating, and, as well as stories of hanging out with Beck and crossing fingers for Barack, he h...
Music | Preview
Ally Brown: Bat For Lashes' wonderful second album Two Suns featured collaborations with Yeasayer and Scott Walker, and now Natasha Khan has persuaded one of thes...
Nick Mitchell: Thursday 28 May - Day One The setting is perfect for Magik Markers’ early evening set at the ATP stage, with the stepped seating providing a s...
Nick Mitchell: The lineage of fiercely independent solo females that leads to Natasha Khan is a long one, but here are a few of our favourites. - KATE BUSH Disenc...
Nick Mitchell: In a music business where female artists are so often forced into pigeonholes – Duffy the doe-eyed kitten, Lily Allen the feisty brat, Kate Nash...
Nick Mitchell: Have you ever returned from a weekend of average live music and draconian licencing laws in an overpopulated, litter-strewn field and asked yourself, ...
Records | Album Review
Jamie Scott: Folk music is not enjoying a renaissance within pop - rather, the two have had a long-established relationship that has simply been developing in the ...
Nick Mitchell: Anyone acquainted with Bat For Lashes’ highly regarded debut Fur and Gold will know that the Brighton singer-songwriter (real name Natasha Khan)...
Paul Neeson: Over two years have passed since Bat for Lashes debut album Fur and Gold was released to rousing approval in the form of a Mercury Prize nomination, a...
Milo McLaughlin: “Nice day for it. You should all move down south...” Perhaps goading the drenched Glasgow Green crowd who paid £40 each for the priv...
Nick Mitchell: Described in an early NME gig review as “a lily livered excuse for a rock band”, it's fair to say Radiohead have surpassed all expectation...
