Whilst a couple of tracks from Hot Club de Paris (MySpace) have always had their place in a few playlists, I had previously found the albums to be rather contradictory, never quite fitting together as a whole. But after finding a new love for the Liverpudlians with their last EP in February, and having recently been given a fantastic Decca 12″  of The Quintet of the Hot Club of France, after which they take their name, I thought now would be a perfect time to have a listen to The …

We’ve been raving about Peggy Sue (MySpace | Facebook) for the last year here on TBW as they have been wowing people across the country with their live shows and next month they follow this up with the release of their debut album “Fossils And Other Phantoms” on Wichita.
Whilst Mumford & Sons and Fanfarlo have found great success over the past year with their grand multi-instrumental soundscapes and crescendos, Peggy Sue offer a more stripped down and more elemental approach to folk. I can hear the evolution of that disparate …

Pigeon-holing bands is getting harder and bands like Milk are not making that job any easier. I’ve seen them described as post rock and noise rock but I’m not sure that covers it it all or even exactly what they are at this stage.
What I do know is that Milk construct abstract walls of sound into crescendos, but what sets them apart is the voice of Claire Robbin that transcends and glows above the noise. Somehow the noise doesnt distract, but instead assaults your senses and opens you up to …

Secondstar (MySpace), namely Liam Carey, has made a record in Teeth that enables you to peer through a window into the past – not to reminisce but to remind. It is haunting folksy blues that engulfs the senses as you gaze into the fire for solace. The epic dirge of “Tied to the Mast” may leave you trembling, but “Great Machine” trips its way through introversion into a celebration of life, or gleeful insanity, or both. Opening track Ravens is probably my favourite, however, as Carey’s chant is joined by …

We try to give everything that is sent to Walrus Towers a proper listen in the spirit of John Peel, but every now and again a band or artist comes across our desks that you know you’ve fallen in love to within the first twenty seconds. Rosie and Me (twitter) did just that. Hailing from Curitiba, Brazil they may describe themselves as simple and unpretentious, but they certainly know how to craft beautifully delicate and innocent folk pop.
“Come Back” is one of the sweetest songs I’ve heard for months with …

When We Were Promised Jetpacks blew their way into my heart, it was with that youthful angst of pounding heavy rhythms and vocals that showed signs of a softer heart. With the release of this EP “The Last Place You’ll Look” they have opened their eyes an become all the more introverted from the experience.
Whilst “This is my house, this is my home” in its original form built and built on despair until a crescendo denoting the rebellion of youth, it has now been turned into the hauntingly beautiful last …