Cygnets – Bleak Anthems
It is the second half where the album really takes off. From ‘Let’s Make A Video’ onwards the synths take a back seat and the band really benefit from it. Continue reading
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Glastonbury Festival 2012 Cancelled Due To Toilet Shortage
Festival organiser Michael Eavis says that demand and cost for toilets during the year was too great as the UK is also hosting the Olympics in 2012. Continue reading
White Stripes Single Sells for £11,000 ($17,000)
A rare White Stripes single has sold for £11,000 ($17,000). The deal was made through Jack White’s Third Man Records. Continue reading
Goner Records: Garage Punk At Its Best
With the late Jay Reatard among the first on its roster the label has grown steadily over the years and stayed true to its garage punk and Memphis roots. Continue reading
The Walkmen – Lisbon
With Lisbon US band The Walkmen have delivered a perfect follow up to their last album You and Me, which topped our Top Ten Albums list for 2008. Continue reading
Blue Water White Death
This collaboration between Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg got a roasting from Pitchfork, so what did we make of it? Continue reading
Caleb Followill Sinks To New Low With Cobain Comparison
To compare an inability to deal with an ego and be surrounded by fawning wretches that love tired old seventies rock with being suicidal is shameful Continue reading
Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love
The polished edge producer Tony Hoffer gave them on Life Pursuit remains, but there are similarities with earlier work as well. Its not just pop hit after hit. Continue reading
Of Montreal: Koko, London, 6 Oct, 2010
During “Bunny Ain’t no Kind of Rider” frontman Kevin Barnes was chased around the stage by two scary silver dancers with blank faces and wings. Continue reading
StringerBessant: Orange Box,Yeovil, 1 Oct 2010.
My knowledge of Reef is limited to their big hit ‘Place Your Hands’. What was on display tonight was a world away. Continue reading