I used to think Beach House were just another one of those dreamy, meloncholic bands. Soft vocals over key boards and simple guitar. Good but nothing special. That was until I heard their third album, Teen Dream, which elevates them… Continue reading
With 2006’s album The Trials of Van Occupanther, Texan band Midlake perfectly recreated that sunny, kaftan wearing feeling of the early 1970s. All Fleetwood Mac and Eagles, songs such as ‘Roscoe’ and ‘Bandits’ could easily have come from the era.… Continue reading
Los Campesinos are among the most divisive of bands. A bunch of shouty students, spouting immature teen angst to some, one of the most innovative British bands around for others. Their latest Romance is Boring is a pretty good case… Continue reading
When Stephin Merritt released 69 Love Songs he made one big mistake, he’d produced an album so good that he was unlikely to ever better it. In the subsequent years he has released some interesting, although not always successful, side… Continue reading
This first full length album by classical music graduate turned folkster Joe Steer, who goes by the name Broadcast 2000, is sure to appeal to those that enjoyed The Sleeper, last year’s critically acclaimed album from The Leisure Society. Released… Continue reading
Field Music’s third album, Field Music (Measure), marks a comeback of sorts for the Sunderland four-piece, coming after a two-year hiatus for the band’s two driving forces, brothers Peter and David Brewis. During their break they have been busying themselves… Continue reading
Yeasayer’s track ‘Tightrope’ was a highlight of last year’s excellent Dark Was The Night compilation. As with the band’s first album All Hour Cymbals, the track expertly combined indie-cool with more experimental, electronic music with stunning effect. Sadly Odd Blood… Continue reading
When the end of the world comes, as pollution lays waste to the Earth, Shearwater’s leader singer Jonathan Meiburg will be on a nuclear waste ravaged tropical island somewhere screaming bloody murder in his haunting baritone at the corporations and… Continue reading
Whilst First Aid Kit’s debut album title may reference Steve Abini’s Chicago noiseniks, the sound couldn’t be more different. The Söderberg sister’s focussing in the main on soft instrumentation and soaring vocal harmony, with no distortion, drum machines or buzz-saw… Continue reading
Almost three years after their patchy but in places brilliant last album Asleep At Heaven’s Gate Californian band Rogue Wave return with a far more consistent, upbeat slice of summery indie-pop. Permalight has been a long time in the making… Continue reading