Broken Records- If The News Makes You Sad, Don’t Watch It - Single Review |
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Maybe not the earth-moving experience expected, but a solid debut single nonetheless
With their combination of high profile support slots and regular gigging around the capital, Broken Recor...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:31:00 GMT |
Laki Mera - Clutter Album Review |
This is the soundtrack to a thousand dying parties, minus the troublesome heavy-eyedness
Clutter, the debut LP of Glasgow's Laki Mera, is an album loaded with paradoxes: The muddled, at times formless...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:28:00 GMT |
Josh Ritter @ The Liquid Room |
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A full bodied hoedown punctuated by affable anecdotes and affecting solo endeavours
Josh Ritter's decision to tour his more rambunctious new album The Historical Conquests Of... with a...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:27:00 GMT |
Growing Old Disgracefully, The Return of the B-52s |
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Written by Finbarr Bermingham
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Along with REM, they put Athens, Georgia on the map and had a part in the rise of College Rock. With a new album on the way...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:26:00 GMT |
The Boggs standard: A Word with Jason Friedman |
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Written by Finbarr Bermingham
Friday, 28 March 2008
Jason Friedman is, for all intents and purposes, The Boggs. He writes the songs, he designs the artwo...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:24:00 GMT |
Vincent Vincent & The Villains - Gospel Bombs Album Review |
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A refreshingly well-groomed antithesis to the dishevelled indieness dominating the UK soundscape, but where do they go from here?
No matter how many technological leaps forward we make, musi...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:27:00 GMT |
MGMT Oracular Spectacular Album Review |
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The competition for best debut album of 2008 has thus far been fierce, but with Oracular Spectacular MGMT have tossed their hat into the ring in extravagant style
With our first foray into the...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:56:00 GMT |
MGMT @ The Beat Club, Glasgow, 29th Feb |
Neither oracular or spectacular, but on their Scottish bow, certainly a job well done
The use of the acronym in band nomenclature has a chequered history. For every successful deployment as a less ver...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:10:00 GMT |
Youthmovies: "Definitely Not Enya" Feature March 08 |
Hold up, the silly genre name game is back! This month Finbarr Bermingham catches up with Foals alum Andrew Mears of rising 'hop prog emo jazz' stars in the making Youthmovies to find out whether the ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:54:00 GMT |
White Hinterland - Phylactery Factory Album Review |
A lyrical prowess and groove worthy of Van MorrisonLike everyone, Casey Dienel divides her time between two worlds: waking and sleeping. Unlike most of us though, the creative and undisputed dominant ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:49:00 GMT |
