Steven Wilkinson (Bibio) is a born and bred West Midlands boy who moved to London to study sonic sounds at the University of London. Drawing inspiration from electronic music such as boards of Canada and Autechre, Bibio has incorporated his own unique recording and love of Folk to create a sound that is unique yet [...]
I was lucky enough to go to the Womad World music festival last weekend. For anyone that hasn’t heard of this event, it is renowned as the most musically varied festival in the World, musicians from the highlands of Northern China, to the deserts of the Sahara gather together in the English countryside and strut [...]
Matt Adey is a songwriter on the London circuit that is attracting a lot of attention. His neat acoustic compositions and powerful voice have gained him a much deserved monthly residency at West London’s popular Troubadour venue. With the night growing in popularity since its inception, Matt is now looking to extend his solo [...]
Dear Reader hail from the South African capital of Johannesburg, a city with a love of house-music and Kwaito, but not as well known for its folk. Dear Reader is changing all that and are beginning to gain quite a following in Germany and the UK putting Jo-Burg on the folk map- good work guys. [...]
The XX studied at the same school as Hot Chip, Burial, and Four Tet. I think this is the first time I’ve actually truly realised the power of teaching. That school clearly has some sort of secret formula that is changing the face of modern music. Well done Elliot high school, (South West London) we [...]
Probably not wanting to confuse themselves with Django Reindhart the World renowned Gypsy Jazz musician, Django Django rock in equal measure and definitely demand an equally prominent place within your I-Pod. In fact take a listen now before you get distracted please.
Django Django is a difficult band to classify. They are unique in the way [...]
Sukie are a four piece indy-pop band formed in Kettering, Northants. In March 2006 Sukie had their first gig supporting Shitdisco. Since then Sukie have supported the Cribs, Captain, Sam Sparro, One Night Only and Look See Proof. Sukies debut single “Pink-A-pade” has seen them win rave reviews in publications such as Fly (magazine), this [...]
Emmy Lee Ross runs a pretty tight schedule at the moment. With Glastonbury winding up she is jet- setting back to her home town of Hong Kong, on to Singapore, then back to the UK, where she plays out the rest of the summer months playing songs from her much anticipated latest album: ‘First Love’.
Emmy [...]