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CocoRosie – Tales Of A GrassWidow

CocoRosie have long divided opinion – and, love them or loathe them, much of that opinion rests on what you think of their vocals. To some, the Björk by-way-of Joanna Newsom style is a bit too much... 

Philharmonia Orchestra/Davis @ Royal Festival Hall, London

Susan Bullock(Photo: Anne Marie Le Ble) There was a jubilant atmosphere at the Southbank Centre. Across the afternoon Opera Forge performed excerpts from Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and Siegfried in the... 

Fair Ohs – Jungle Cats

When their first album Everything Is Dancing was released back in 2010, Fair Ohs were labelled in some quarters as a punk Vampire Weekend; the Afro-pop elements of their sound singled out for the slightly... 

Leigh Franklin – On Saturday Night

Leigh Franklin’s life story could almost be subtitled ‘paying your dues’. Hailing from Christchurch in New Zealand, she’s spent the last 15 years or so gigging round her native... 

The Postal Service @ Brixton Academy, London

The pre-gig queue of unfortunates busted by the Met’s finest outside the Brixton Academy augured oddly well for Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello. The Postal Service’s core members hooked a legion of...