Meilyr Jones

Meilyr Jones releases "Be Soft" video (watch), playing SXSW and other dates

Welsh musician and former Race Horses frontman Meilyr Jones released his solo debut, titled 2013, last year, a lovely record of literate, baroque pop. The album closes with the orchestral “Be Soft”…

SXSW adds lots more artists to 2017 lineup + Nile Rodgers as Keynote Speaker

Cherry Glazerr, Temples, S U R V I V E, Beach Slang, No Joy, PWR BTTM, Ultimate Painting, Weaves, Modern English, Omni & more added to 2017 lineup.

Rough Trade Shops list their Top 100 LPs of 2016

Can you guess #1? It’s not Bowie or Radiohead…

End of the Road 2016 pics Pt 2: Joanna Newsom, Bat for Lashes, King Gizzard, GOAT, Teenage Fanclub & more

We posted pics from the first two days of festival End of the Road and now here’s a set from the final two days (September 2 & 3) of this, one of the more bucolic fests around, which held at Larmer Tree Gardens in the south of England. Acts during those last two days included […]

Meilyr Jones shares "Strange/Emotional" video, played London with Girl Ray @ Moth Club (pics)

Former Race Horses frontman Meilyr Jones recently released his excellent debut solo album, 2013, and he’s just put out a video for one of the poppier/rockier songs on the album, “Strange/Emotional.” (Much of the record is baroque pop more akin to Jacques Brel or Scott Walker, via Wales.)…

Meilyr Jones (ex Race Horses) releasing solo debut -- watch the video for "Featured Artist"

Some of you may remember Welsh band Race Horses who put out two albums of idiosyncratic pop in the early part of this decade. The band split a couple years back, and now frontman Meilyr Jones is set to release his solo debut, titled 2013, on March 18 via Moshi Moshi…

End of the Road fest in pics: War on Drugs, Laura Marling, Tame Impala, Torres, Sleaford Mods, Saint Etienne & more

The 2015 End of the Road Festival happened September 4 – 6 at Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, England. The lush, pastoral setting — it is apparently not uncommon to see a peacock wandering around — makes for a unique setting, and this year’s lineup included The War on Drugs, Laura Marling, Tame Impala, Future Islands, Torres, Ex Hex, Django Django, Natalie Prass, METZ, Saint Etienne, Sleaford Mods, Mac DeMarco, HInds and many more…