A Woman Becomes a Wolf When She Learns How to Scream, The George Tavern
Words by Beth Jones Photo by Isaac Fisher The George is lit the colour of a bruise and I am standing on the rails running alongside the bar; others stand on benches at the back. People sit around a cleared circle in front of the stage. It’s the kind of crowd that makes me wonder about the threads between everyone, gluey with some frequency I can’t quite touch. The show is A Woman Becomes a Wolf When She Learns How to Scream. Celebrating its two-year anniversary this coming
Nov 4
Where Tradition Bends: Irish Six-Piece Madra Salach Release New Single “I Was Just A Boy”
Words by Ewan Bourne In recent years, there’s been something of an alternative-folk revival, songs that begin with an honest, traditional approach to songwriting, later clothed in an intriguing array of electronic paraphernalia. Take Lankum , Tapir! , or Lisa O’Neill , for example: artists who seem intent on subverting the simplicity that anchors so many folk songs in place, now dancing instead around a new set of melodies with a confidence only strengthened by traditions tha
Oct 30
Pyncher’s Debut EP Feels Like The End Of A Chapter, And The Start Of A New One
Words by Chiara Strazulla Photo by Gabbi Goldman If you try and find a way of describing Manchester’s Pyncher in one word, that word may very well be ‘unstoppable’. It is an accurate description of their sound, which feels relentless, like it is tapping into a bottomless vein of energy, as anyone who’s ever attended one of their live gigs will testify. It is also an accurate description of their trajectory as artists, as they have never rested on one tried and tested formula,
Oct 27
