Catfish & the Bottlemen: ‘Homesick’ video and UK tour
Catfish and the Bottlemen are preparing to release their debut single ‘Homesick’ via Communion Records on the 17th of June. The single has been produced by Communion co-founder Ian Grimble and has already attracted attention and radio plays from the likes of Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe. A video to go alongside the single has recently been released and features a rip-roaring performance of ‘Homesick’, watch below: Catfish... Read More
Nick Mulvey: ‘Fever to the Form’ EP and London residency
Nick Mulvey has announced the release of his Fever to the Form EP on the 17th of June on Communion/Fiction Records. The EP has been produced by Dan Carey who has worked with the likes of Bat For Lashes and Lianne La Havas – sounds like a cracking release already! To celebrate the EP release, Nick has announced three London dates at the Slaughtered Lamb, Sebright Arms and The Social which take place over three weeks in June and July. These shows... Read More
Review: Nomads//Joe Banfi
Nomads is Joe Banfi‘s second EP but you’d be forgiven for thinking it was his tenth due to its emotional and instrumental precision and intensity. Nomads encapsulates a lot of complicated themes; isolation, frustration and distance being a handful, and the acuteness with which Banfi articulates his ideas is astounding. Despite having heard title track ‘Nomads’ countless times since first coming across Banfi, the song... Read More
BAND’S EYE VIEW: JOE BANFI
Back in November, when he was on tour with Marcus Foster we gave Joe Banfi a camera to document his time…here’s what he got up to… Read More
Review: Bushstock 04/06/12
Bushstock made its first return to the music festival frontiers this year. The inner city placement of the festival stakes a claim to many advantages over its fieldbound counterparts, one being that we didn’t even have to look towards a portaloo when nature called and weren’t shafted clear of a £20 when it came to buying food. Enough about all that though, what about the music? Read More Read More
Bushstock 2012: Our recommendations
Bushstock is back for seconds this weekend with just as many musical goodies as last year had to offer. As with 2011′s line up, we’ve got a sprint or two between venues to catch our pick of this year’s artists, but, as they say, no pain no gain! Here’s a run through of a small selection of the musicians we’re hoping to see this coming Saturday in no particular order… Read More Read More
Bushstock: More acts announced
Building on the goods they have in store already Communion have added a handful more acts to the bill for 2012′s Bushstock. Joining old favourites such as Matthew and the Atlas will be emerging groups close to the Communion bosom, Burning Beard and Pale Seas (amongst others) and Folk giant Fionn Regan. You can still get tickets on the Bushstock site and keep up to speed on Communion’s facebook page. Read More
Michael Kiwanuka: UK Tour and ‘Home Again’
Communion lovely Michael Kiwanuka has announced details of his debut album Home Again and the corresponding tour he’s embarking on to support its release. Home Again is set for release on the 12th of March through Communion/Polydor Records and looks ready and willing to sooth any springtime blues you may have from what we’ve seen of Michael live and heard on record. To support the release of Home Again, Michael is currently touring the... Read More
Bushstock: First acts of 2012 announced
Summer is coming. And that can only mean one thing. Festivals. Bushstock was an inevitable hoot last year and looking at the first flush of 2012 artists, it’s clear this time around will be no different. It’s great to see familiar names such as Dan Croll, Marcus Foster, Lanterns on the Lake, Pale Seas and Rae Morris mixed in with new ones like Raghu Dixit. Fathoming who is yet to be announced as playing Communion‘s homegrown... Read More
Photos and Review: Bushstock
Everything seemed to good to be true at Bushstock in its debut year. It was only when we rolled up to our hotel at 3am that we discovered despite applying coats of sun cream, we hadn’t escaped the solar glare of the day. That was neither here nor there however as our ears had been bathed in a concoction of music that more than made up for the sting of sunburn. Read More Read More