The Other Woman & The Local present...

I'm very excited to be putting on three fantastic bands in association with The Local. On April 27th - London experimental quartet Collectress headline, with a new album to plug, then using electronics, harp, cello and more there's TOW favourites Talk in Colour and taking a break from TV soundtracks and Levi's ad campaigns we also have Megan Wyler on the bill - all will perform at The Ace Hotel in London's Shoreditch. I'll be deejaying - it's FREE.

Festival Pass on Amazing Radio

Over the next 6 weeks I'm hosting a new show on Amazing Radio with agent and promoter Howard Monk (The Local) - Festival Pass.

We're getting under the skin of our favourite festivals and asking the organisers how they do it, but more importantly how do YOU get to play on the bill. Do you need an agent? Do they actually listen to every last submission they receive?

As well as giving away tickets to Camp Bestival, Meltdown, Field Day, Barn on the Farm and The Great Escape - we're also running a competition where you and your band could play at How The Light Gets In.

All you need to do to enter is upload a killer track to your Amazing Tunes profile like this:

Artist Name - Track Titles (Festival Pass) ... and you'll be in the running.

Intl Women's Day with Little Boots - listen again

Our guest on The Other Woman to celebrate International Women’s Day was Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots. The electronic musician and On Repeat Records founder has been on a whirlwind trajectory from Brit’s Critics Choice nominee (and major label deal) to true independence. Little Boots has railed against the misogyny she experienced in the industry and is now fiercely independent and outspoken about what women in the great grinding mainstream machine go through. With an excellent ear for an electro-pop hit, she’s playing us some of her latest favourites and we’re getting to the bottom of it all…

listen to ‘Intl Women's Day - Little Boots Special’ on Audioboo

Sephine Llo in session

The gorgeous Sephine Llo is in session on this week's The Other Woman on Amazing Radio – the sound engineer turned awesome songwriter and musician is facing 2014 full steam ahead with her new EP Flame, out on Tape Club Records, and has an album set for later this summer. With an interest in weird and wonderful instruments which aid the song writing process, her songs are intricate and very beautiful. Listen to the session tracks below:

Listen again with Howard Monk

This week we chat to Howard Monk who runs brilliant live music nights and manages talent as The Local. He bigs up some artists he’s loving right now including The Other Woman favourite Sophie Jamieson, New Zealander Tiny Ruins, Rachael Dadd (a new single!) and introduces us to Catalan singer and musician Clara Sanabras. We’ve got new music from Marissa Nadler, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Smoke Fairies… it doesn’t get better than that! You can listen again to the show here.

Lilies on Mars interview

This week we meet duo Lilies on Mars in an East London pub. The girls are over here from Italy playing some shows and we’re loving their new single Dream of Bees (especially the Julia Kent remix which gets a spin too).

We also dig into our session archive and play one from San Francisco’s Jessica Pratt who recently graced Simon Raymonde‘s show with her presence. There’s also music from Bristol’s Rachael Dadd and London rockers The Drink… listen again here!

Latest show listen again with The Anchoress

Who is THIS?

Well, this is a fabulous promo shot of The Anchoress. You might remember piano chanteuse and Lady Gaga cover queen Catherine AD (she covered Telephone and transformed it), well she’s revamped her image and her sound and relaunched as The Anchoress. It’s pop-tastic and we love it.

This week we’re also featuring some of Simon Raymonde’s gorgeous session tracks with Sumie (Yukimi from Little Dragon’s sister) and there’s a new single from the inimitable gypsy ska crowd Gabby Young And Other Animals.

Listen again here!