Here’s a bit of 7″ pleasure that no-one with any vaguely folky inclinations should permit to pass them by. The Left Outsides were born in the fallout of the demise of brilliant London psych-folksters The 18th Day of May. Alison and Mark played viola and guitar respectively in that much-lamented band, and have [...]
I think it is fair to say that the gypsy folk schtick is getting a little old now. Not that I don’t love it, just that it has been fucking ages since I saw a band without a fiddle player. I would rather it was an active choice, rather than just a knee-jerk reflex.
Punch & [...]
I really only found these guys because Bart at The Gentle Invasion invited them to play one of his gig nights at Henry’s recently. ‘Who are they, then’, I wondered innocently to myself before wandering off to MySpace, hearing the title track of this album, and dancing a little jig of joy all to myself.
What [...]
I don’t tend to get over-excited about bands until I’ve seen them live, if I can avoid it, so I don’t want to overdo it with these fellows, but the new songs from Sparrow & the Workshop are sounding really rather good.
More importantly* they bring a good dose of variety to the tinny and lovely [...]
Well, apart from pouring cash into the coffers of Song, by Toad Records by the millions, here are two excellent ways to do it:
Firstly, Kevin from mp3hugger.com has an enterprise called Indiecater which puts together a compilation album consisting entirely of songs by independent artists. I haven’t heard of any of the bands, which [...]
Oh, now this lot are a little bit good. They sound like Noah & the Whale might do if they played a gig and Broken Records had been on the stereo as they drove to the venue. There’s bits of Johnny Flynn in there as well. The elements will be familiar to readers of Toad: [...]
