Folly of Youth

After their August 2011 debut album mined a rich seam of Everly Brothers pop innocence combined with lofi garage-rock, I pondered where Shi...

“ If you like watching rehearsals, you must be loving this ”. George Thomas and his brother Euan’s afternoon practice session had been lost...

" A haunted evening... with spine-chilling tales " promised the poster. Well there’s little spine-chilling or terrifying about Gol...

Faced with a five track EP and a listening public increasingly gripped by attention deficit disorder, many bands would be tempted to shove t...

Gigs don't always have to be sweaty, rufty-tufty affairs as Jamie Harrison shows this month. His album launch - for the rather fine ...

Mcr Gigs in Music Mixtape: November 2011 Manchester Gigs in Music - November 2011 by Follyofyouth on Mixcloud Or download mixtape [55 min...

Pity the poor opening act. A hot upstairs room at Dulcimer was filled with the hubbub of chat rather than the quiet appreciation of the sol...

When Jacob Romero’s voice is at its most audible on this record (say ‘Good People Are So Sure They Are Always Right’) you could be mistaken ...

If you followed the weekly ‘ Ghost Thursday ’ videos the band released recently you may have noticed that amongst the pet hamsters, mechanic...

Tonight’s support was Sean Flinn and The Royal We who had travelled all the way from Portland, Oregon to accompany Herman Dune on their UK ...

I first spotted this record through the throng at Green Man Festival as Y Niwl finished their set at the Green Man Pub. Initially asking t...

Last time I saw Stealing Sheep was at the Cloud Sounds + Red Deer Xmas Party. Then they had just released ‘ The Mountain Dogs ’ EP on Red D...

Redlip is a collaborative project “ between Northern Ireland’s Flymo Folk purveyor Adam Leonard and Welsh noodler Ash Cooke ”. Familiarity ...

One victim of the August riots was the independent music scene. The burning down of the PIAS distribution centre in Enfield destroyed huge a...

Mcr Gigs in Music Mixtape : October 2011 Manchester Gigs In Music - October 2011 by Follyofyouth on Mixcloud Or download mixtape [61 mins...

“ Stoked from a bruised heart's embers ” says the esteemed Adam Walton about Welsh duo Paper Aeroplanes . Well that’s got my attention....