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Album Review: Treetop Flyers – The Mountain Moves

With their debut single ‘Things Will Change’ – released in early April – Treetop Flyers had already set the pace for their forthcoming debut album. The British five-piece chose to record The Mountain Moves in sunny Malibu, California and it certainly possesses a West Coast, 60s vintage rock …

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Interview: In The Valley Below

In the Valley Below are a two piece vocal group made up of Angela Gail and Jeffrey Jacob based in LA. Their songs are a heady mix of surrealist, swirling vocals, synthesizers and a deep sexy melancholy that infuses their musical outlook. Complicated? Certainly. But also intensely listen-able (you can

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What The Folk?

Lynn Roberts of For Folk’s Sake fills us in on what’s been happening in her genre of expertise over the past month.

Festival season kicked off with the Great Escape last month in Brighton when everyone was talking about Django Django. Coming up this month there are tons of great …

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Interview: Jake Bugg

We spoke to musician-on-the-rise Jake Bugg about being signed to a major label, song writing, and his experiences as a musician so far. 

How did you sign to Mercury?
A year and a half a go now, I met a guy who knew a guy that ended up to be …

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BOTW Album Review: Glen Hansard – Rhythm And Repose

Just one glance at the cover artwork and I assumed we had another Iron & Wine on our hands. Whilst this wouldn’t be a particularly bad thing, Glen’s music is much more instant. Despite its calmness and lack of great depth, there isn’t much patience required to get into it …

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BOTW Interview: Glen Hansard

Yesterday, we gave you a track and video from our BOTW, Glen Hansard. We spoke to him a couple of weeks ago about Irish music culture, the plights of the singer-songwriter and his favourite new music. Read Hansard’s insightful observations below

You grew up in Ireland. Were there any

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BOTW Track and Video: Glen Hansard

Our Band of the Week, Glen Hansard, is good. And we’re not being biased because we really think he’s good – as do the people who vote for the Oscars, don’t you know. That’s right, he’s won an Oscar for his music. If that’s not a mark of quality …

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Introducing Our BOTW: Glen Hansard

So, this week’s Band of the Week isn’t a band. Well done if you spotted that. Anyways, Glen Hansard, an Irish singer-songwriter, is a name that may be unfamiliar to you, but one whose songs you may well recognise.

Hansard starred in the 2006 film, Once, a brilliant …

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Interview – Grande Dame

London’s illustrations community is a tight-knit web of talented creatives who lead the way in the global illustrator sphere (if indeed there is such a thing). But when we encountered the work of Tiff McGinnis (AKA Grande Dame), we were struck by the way she covers so many disciplines from

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Introducing: Jake Bugg

Whilst Planet Notion was out at the wonderful Karima Francis showcase the other night we were told about an up and coming musician called Jake Bugg. We continued to be told that he’s only eighteen (but lists ‘drinking, smoking and music’ as his interests on Facebook – our kinda fella) …

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