In League With Paton

The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (Bella Union) Many writers are comparing this with Fleet Foxes, if only because both acts are sig...

Apostle of Hustle – Eats Darkness (Arts and Crafts, 2009) With the incorporation of ‘world’ rhythms into western alternative rock currently ...

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware (Domino, 2009) The cover is deep black, with a remarkably striking portrait of the artist in white si...

M Ward - Hold Time (4AD, 2009) Reviewing records is a difficult business sometimes, and as this blog is very much a labour of love, I don’t ...

Various Artists - Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Organisation/4AD, 2009) As the very endearing character JJ from Skins might put it – ‘oh my gi...

Back in late 2006, when I went to see Iron and Wine play with Calexico at London’s Forum, Sam Beam played a song that immediately struck me ...

Magnolia Electric Co. and Guests, The Scala, 25th June 2007 Having praised Immaculate Machine’s embrace of detail and intricacy yesterday, i...

‘La Maison de Mon Reve’ and ‘Noah’s Ark’, the first two albums from beguiling sister duo CocoRosie have been slowly working their way into ...

Lucinda Williams is that most frustrating of singer-songwriters. At her best, she is capable of a sublime artistry of breathtaking directnes...

There's a whole load of stuff I haven't got around to writing about yet, so here's a bit of a catch up in advance of my albums o...

Lots of albums to write about, I've been building up quite a backlog over the last couple of months. I'll try and be brief, but I...

The title of this post is probably a touch misleading, but the remarkable songs of Daniel Johnston are the thread that links two utterly sup...