THIS WEEK: STRAW BEAR Straw Bear are a 5-piece band working, living, breathing and making fine music all over the South East of England. Yet again it was the melody, the tone and the delivery that pulled me in when Straw Bear first came jumping out my speakers via Shell Zenner's wonderful radio show on Amazing Radio. I cooed, I swooned, I did a short…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK:PAUL LITTLEWOOD Paul Littlewood is a music artist from South Yorkshire. Paul makes atmospheric music from the soul via the heart.It has a raw rootsy quality to it,full of wide open spaces & emotional leanings that pull you in like a venus fly trap-linger too long and swoosh-you are his! (more…)
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: LAISH Laish are folk rock heroes from Brighton and we think they're great. Above all - above the dancing folk rock musical interplay, the madcap lyrics and the playful nature of their songs - above all it was Daniel Green's voice that hooked me good, like a salty sea bass. Voices as rich and engaging as this don't sprout from the earth daily.…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK:TALK IN COLOUR Talk in Colour are a quintet from London who make wonderful electronic music with a chewy melodic centre. They released a much acclaimed album last year called ColliderScope and are about to release the single Candles from their upcoming EP on 29th April,with some corking remixes involved too(some free to download).You may also remember them in their former guise as The Shadow Orchestra…
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