Interview: Thomas J Speight

Photo: Victoria Schofield Liverpool based Thomas J Speight has been fine tuning his luscious material over the past few years, leading to a dedicated fanbase and a group of fruitful working relationships. The latter is made clear by his recent EP release, The Willow Tree (Young & Lost Club Records), which has been brought to life through the partnership of Thomas’ talents and the secondary presence of subsequent musicians like The Staves.... Read More

Grizzly Bear: UK Autumn dates

  TLS (and everyone’s) favourites Grizzly Bear have announced the UK dates for the promotion of their new record Shields which will be released on September 18th on Warp Records. Blistering lead track of the album, ‘Sleeping Ute’ was splurged all over the internet earlier in the year, strengthening hopes for more of that Grizzly magic. You can listen to ‘Sleeping Ute’ below: Grizzly Bear’s October dates go as... Read More

Bruce Peninsula: ‘Open Flames’ details

One of Canada’s great exports Bruce Peninsula are set to return this year with their second album Open Flames. 2009 saw the release of Mountain Is a Mouth, one of the best albums of the year in our opinion, and we’re hoping Open Flames ups the ante even more so. Originally, a Spring 2011 release date was set for the album, but following Neil Haverty’s diagnosis with Leukimia, Open Flames was put on hold and the group chose... Read More

James Vincent McMorrow: October tour dates

Popular crooner and TLS favourite, James Vincent McMorrow has announced October tour dates that we anticipate will warm your heart and bones in the deep midwinter, sort of. The dates will follow a North American tour during September, Aberdeen’s Lemon Tree venue welcoming McMorrow back to the British stage. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Sun 09 Oct Queens Hall, Edinburgh Mon 10 Oct City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds Tue 11 Oct The Glee Club, Nottingham... Read More