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Interview with The Wave Pictures, May 2017
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Interview with The Wave Pictures, May 2017

Staying true to yourself, no matter how little you earn, no matter how much scorn you face – is that not the true aim of an artist? To do what you love and keep doing it despite the wind blowing cold into your face? The Wave Pictures from Wymeswold in the UK (i.e. Franic and David hail from there) (Jonny Helm (drums), Dave Tattersall (guitar & vocals) and Franic Rozycki (bass)) do just that and do it in heaps and with joy. Find out in this interview with The Wave Pictures, May 2017. Since 1998

· Alice Peters-Burns · 12 min Bamboo Diner In The Rain blues
Interview with The Veils
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Interview with The Veils

Interview with The Veils at Muziekgieterij, Maastricht, Netherlands, April 20th 2017 Following the release of their album “Total Depravity” (Network) The Veils are touring. You can be sure to catch them at a place near you and please do as their already rounded and exciting latest album and of course the songs of the four predecessors sound on stage like…an even more grumbling, cathartic, very dark, heart-stopping and heart-touching affair! At the Muziekgieterij The Veils delivered (just like

· Alice Peters-Burns · 14 min Finn Andrews Indie

Elkhorn, Envy The West, Happy Sadness, somesurprises

Music – what would we do without it? As always I am thankful for all those musicians out there who present us with their hard work, their innermost thoughts and the beautiful results. Today I would like to draw your attention to new releases by Elkhorn, Envy The West, Happy Sadness, somesurprises. Elkhorn Jesse Sheppard (12 string acoustic) and Drew Gardner (electric guitar) will release their first album “The Black River” on April 14th as lush 175g vinyl with UV spot gloss sleeve and in dig

· Alice Peters-Burns · 4 min Elkhorn Envy The West

Introducing Lemonade Kid, Oblong, Lusterlit

Three very different artists on the blog with new releases today or rather tonight – but all of them involved in music with the sheer joy and dedication that you would expect from any musicians but would not find so often in the fodder that is fed to us in the charts. Please make yourself acquainted with Lemonade Kid, Oblong and Lusterlit. Lemonade Kid Lemonade Kid hail from gorgeous Shrewsbury in the UK. Fresh from the press is their new EP “Program Electricity” after a busy last year inclu

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min Indie Lemonade Kid

Waiting for spring to come

Is this blog hibernating? Not at all (too many cups of tea). The author of the blog is patiently waiting for spring in the northern hemisphere. In the world of music spring has already come – tours being announced, new releases galore and the festival line-ups as good as wrapped. Let me pick out a few: Last year’s Little Waves Festival in Genk/Belgium I attended and it was absolutely beautiful. This year’s (April 8th) now promises to be a stunner too. Mind you, it is already sold out, so why

· Alice Peters-Burns · 3 min Black Needle Noise Hand Habits

The Trouble With Templeton, Richard Osborn & New Apostles

On Offbeat’s turntable in January you’ll find a bit of everything. What the songs have in common is that they provide heart and soul with much needed warmth. Offbeat Music Blog introduces new releases to you: The Trouble With Templeton, Richard Osborn & New Apostles. The Trouble With Templeton – Someday, Buddy (Bella Union) The trouble with The Trouble With Templeton‘s release “Someday, Buddy” (Bella Union) was that it was released pre-Christmas during the usual end of year lull. So it went

· Alice Peters-Burns · 3 min Indie music
Album review: First Tiger - Dedicated
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Album review: First Tiger - Dedicated

Happy New Year to you all! I know – what is it but a fracture of time that divides the new from the old in some parts of the world only. And yet, the greeting is expected and willingly given by me to all those who are more than deserving of a happy new year and who will contribute to make it one for those surrounding them – which is a great start. As always, music will play a big part in the life of those who read this. So here it comes: The first album review: First Tiger – Dedicated. “Ded

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min blog Dedicated
An interview with Bic Runga

An interview with Bic Runga

Regard this as a little holidays present from Offbeat Music Blog: An interview with Bic Runga! The first time I heard one of Bic Runga’s songs was way back on a compilation of the “Other voices” festival in Dingle, Ireland. Subsequently, “Beautiful Collision”, her second album, became a favourite. That was fourteen years ago. In the meantime Bic Runga has released another three albums and just now “Close Your Eyes” (Wild Combinations), out digitally November 18th and in physical format it will b

· Alice Peters-Burns · 14 min Bic Runga Close Your Eyes
Kristin Hersh: Wyatt At The Coyote Palace

Kristin Hersh: Wyatt At The Coyote Palace

This year has seen and heard a lot of brilliant new releases (not to mention the loss of many artists that will leave a hole for generations to come). Amongst these new releases was the return of artists that have been around since my teenagehood and boys oh boys, did they shine and sparkle and sound fresh. Kristin Hersh is one of them. Her latest release is the awesome, all encompassing Kristin Hersh: Wyatt At The Coyote Palace. Even though, Kristin has never been away, maybe just not so much i

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min album and book Indie
Steve Gunn & The Outliners Interview November 2016
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Steve Gunn & The Outliners Interview November 2016

Dear blog reader, I can almost feel you doubling back in sheer horror at the length of this post. Wait now, something good is coming or would you think that after two nasty viruses hitting the Offbeat household, three concerts and four interviews in a week, day jobs, radio shows and this being absolute Doomsday for mankind and the U.S. specifically, I’d be sitting here, typing until my fingers bleed? Naaaaw, it won’t be just me blathering – Steve Gunn will tell us about himself in his own words

· Alice Peters-Burns · 14 min Eyes On The Lines Indie
Heather Woods Broderick Interview

Heather Woods Broderick Interview

Offbeat Music Blog presents to you what was a long time coming: A Heather Woods Broderick Interview! Heather Woods Broderick hails from Maine/USA and you must have come across her work at some stage! A multi-instrumentalist herself and sister to Peter Broderick, she played in Efterklang, Horse Feathers and Loch Lomond, as well as being in the backing bands of Laura Gibson, Sharon van Etten and now Lisa Hannigan. Last year she released her wonderful album “Glider”. (And I will be forever gratef

· Alice Peters-Burns · 4 min Efterklang Glider
Lisa Hannigan Interview November 2016

Lisa Hannigan Interview November 2016

Lisa Hannigan released her third album “At Swim” to much critical acclaim a couple of weeks ago. Currently she presents her new and some old songs on tour in Europe after having played in the US. She will also be supporting Agnes Obel on her tour in Europe. Offbeat had the opportunity to talk to Lisa and presents you a fresh Lisa Hannigan Interview November 2016. Lisa played only a handful of gigs in Germany and so the intimate venue Studio 672 in Cologne was sold out. Heather Woods Broderick

· Alice Peters-Burns · 8 min At Swim Cologne