Almost a year to the day since we met Merrill Garbus ahead of her mind-boggling show at Cargo we meet again at a pub in Tufnell Park, north London. Since then her debut album Bird Brains released on 4AD has topped ‘Best of’ bloggers lists around the world and her highly anticipated follow up, w …
When TOW got an email with ‘Hey Ruth, it’s Wendy James here’ in the subject line, we had one of those ‘I love my job’ moments. The singer who made her name as the in-your-face front woman with Transvision Vamp at the tender age of sixteen, released her first ‘solo’ album at the end of …
Every week TOW plays two songs for the brilliant Tom Robinson on his BBC 6 Music Introducing show… here are our picks from this week’s show: Ghosts You Echo – Erika This isn’t the track we played for Tom, but it’s the best video online of Vicky Wijeratne AKA Ghosts You Echo. TOW has been …
Every week TOW plays two songs for the brilliant Tom Robinson on his BBC 6 Music Introducing show… here are our picks from this week’s show: 1) The Angry Years – Dress Yourself As Someone Dead Juliette Jackson is the singer fronting this three-piece who say that, whilst being inspired by These New Puritans, early …
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Shunda K’s album The Most Wanted was our album of the week on French Radio London this week, because it ROCKS. You can listen again to the show here. TOW’s Ruth Barnes met up with the lady herself whilst she was in London in summer 2010 – read all about it here: “Now I know …
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Every week TOW plays two songs for the brilliant Tom Robinson on his BBC 6 Music Introducing show… here are our picks from this week’s show:1) Mittens – Deer Park Mirage This is the title track from Madrid-based Spanish indiepoppers Mittens’ debut album released in May of last year. Gotta love that Spanish lilt when …
New Jersey native Sharon Van Etten’s album Epic was one of TOW’s albums of the year in 2010. Every song as sad and as powerful and as heartbroken as the one before, with a strength and gutsiness that makes the hairs on your neck all-prickly. Sharon says her songs are sad, because she is happy …
The Other Woman’s Ruth Barnes speaks to Watford singer-songwriter Kyla La Grange about her upcoming debut single Walk Through Walls/ Courage. From open mic nights at university to connecting with a generous producer through Myspace, it’s a modern musical success story. However, the weight of the world hangs heavy on her shoulders: “My default mode …
Every week TOW plays two songs for the brilliant Tom Robinson on his BBC 6 Music Introducing show… here are our picks from this week’s show: Linda Mirada – Solo TOW has to thank Francisco Javier for emailing over some fantastic new artists hailing from his home country of Spain. Linda Mirada was one …
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Pick 1 – Alice Gun – Not Made For This World Alice Gun – Not Made For This World (Single Edit) by ambiguousrecords Alice Gun releases her first full length album on March 18th, Blood and Bones, on Ambiguous Records. TOW has been watching and listening to Alice for a few years now, from …