Review: Tasseomancy – Ulalume
Apparently Tasseomancy is the practice of reading fortunes using tealeaves. It’s not terribly inspiring as a band name, particularly when you learn that the...
Review: Thea Gilmore And Sandy Denny
A posthumous collaborative effort is bound to raise some cynical and apprehensive eyebrows. When Sandy Denny is involved, an artist commonly perceived as a...
Review: Ben Howard – The Ritz, Manchester
Since releasing his debut album Every Kingdom late last year, Ben Howard seems to have gone from to strength, to strength, to strength. He...
Review: Peasant – Bound For Glory
Peasant, the musical alias of American singer-songwriter Damien DeRose, made his name as a solo, home-recording specialist with his bedroom-made debut album Fear Not...
Review: Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is An Animal
It has been almost a year since My Head Is An Animal was released in the Icelandic sextet’s homeland, and since then, with a...
Review: Bon Iver + The Staves – MEN Arena, Manchester
The Manchester Evening News Arena - predominantly home to chart-toppers, bands trying to cash in on a comeback, sticky floors and screaming teenagers -...
Review: Night Beds – Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Since recently releasing his debut album, Country Sleep, Winston Yellen, aka Night Beds, has been reaping the rewards of his highly-praised record. Though this was his...