FIRST PUBLISHED AT THE LINE OF BEST FIT Keep this in mind for your Christmas stockings … 8/10 When it was released earlier this year I resisted ‘Sunday At Devil Dirt’, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s well-received, rather tongue-in-cheek take on Americana, their second full-length collaboration. It seemed to me too studied, too contrived somehow, [...]
EP Review: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Alternative, Folk/Acoustic, Music, Pop/Rock
Tags:Acoustic·Americana·baritone·Christmas·country·Folk·Isobel Campbell·Mark Lanegan·pedal steel·Wild West
Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With the Arab Strap
July 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Folk/Acoustic, Indie, Pop/Rock
‘Ease Your Feet In The Sea’ 8/10 On first inspection the Amazon.co.uk review’s favourable comparison to the Smiths and the Velvet Underground seems a little generous. And while the lyrical concerns bear resemblance to those of Morrissey and Stuart Murdoch’s vocals make for a less smokey Nick Drake, Belle & Sebastian don’t quite reach that [...]
Tags:Acoustic·Folk·Glasgow·Indie·Isobel Campbell·Stuart Murdoch