Single Review - Pop Levi; Never Never Love (Counter Records) |
Good pop music is a tricky thing to pull off successfully; great pop music is an even rarer thing, yet Pop Levi appears to have a knack for writing and producing irrepressibly catchy pop songs that wi...
Posted by Octopus Music on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:08:00 PST |
Single Review - The Black Ghosts; I Want Nothing (Southern Fried) |
Simon Lord and Theo Keating's manifesto as Black Ghost is a straight forward one - electronic pop with plenty of soul and, where necessary, a bit of griminess. So it is with "I Want Nothing", a skinny...
Posted by Octopus Music on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:06:00 PST |
Single Review - Moguai; Kick Out The Jams (iO Music) |
Skimmed from his forthcoming mix CD "I am X", "Kick Out The Jams" is Andre Tegeler's Moguai guise in full electro-clash heaven, bringing out the familiar riffs, beats and neon in hyper style. The orig...
Posted by Octopus Music on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:04:00 PST |
Album Review - Soul Phiction; Do You Understand (Sonar Kollektiv) |
Michel Baumann is a busy guy. The man behind the Jackmate moniker, and the Philpot & Phil E labels, he also finds time to release consistently good material for Playhouse, Perlon, DIY, Mule, and m...
Posted by Octopus Music on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:02:00 PST |
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Rory McKee/ Eureka Machines/ Ginger @ The Music Box - Manchester 27.02.08 |
The night started off quietly enough in this dim basement club to the soothing tones of Rory McKee, an emphatic Irish lad with a soothing voice who offered up a simple start to the nights events with ...
Posted by Octopus Music on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:14:00 PST |
Lucy and the Caterpillar/ Semi Finalists/ Lightspeed Champion @ The Roadhouse 17.02.08 |
Holed up in Manchester’s premier gig-hosting sweatbox, The Roadhouse, appeared some of the brightest little known bands to grace our fair city in some time. First up was Lucy and the Caterpillar...
Posted by Octopus Music on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:13:00 PST |
Young Husband/ David Dondero/ David Bazan @ Night & Day 05.02.08 |
Over in the hushed halls of the Night & Day, in my opinion one of the finest Dutch themed bars/ gig venues in the Manchester area, there was a quiet evening of acoustica scheduled. At the mention ...
Posted by Octopus Music on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:12:00 PST |
Blessed by a Broken Heart @ Camden Underworld 06.02.08 |
It’s all flesh tunnels and surface piercings tonight at Camden’s Underworld. Montreal based Christian Metal headliners, Blessed by a Broken Heart haven’t really pulled a big enough c...
Posted by Octopus Music on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:11:00 PST |
Stone Gods @ Camden Underworld 29.01.08 |
From the ashes of the UK’s cheesiest recent Rock band rises Stone Gods. Comprising former Darkness bassist Richie Edwards on frontman duties, with bandmates Dan Hawkins on guitar and Ed Graham o...
Posted by Octopus Music on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:11:00 PST |
