US label Sub Pop is offering a free download sampler of 22 tracks from some of its most famous artists both past and present. The label has signed a digital licensing agreement with Amazon and to mark the deal has… Continue reading
If there were ever a music award for the best album by a softly -spoken, world-weary singer-songwriter, searching for meaning in a confused world Bon Ivor’s For Emma, Forever Ago would have been 2008’s clear winner. Not only did the… Continue reading
David Byrne may well be the coolest 56 year old in music, he is also a proper showman. He emerged onto the stage accompanied by his band all dressed in white from head to toe. He displayed a mix of… Continue reading
The Walkmen kicked off their set at a crowded Concorde 2 in Brighton with ‘Donde Esta La Playa’ from their current album You & Me. The bulk of the set was drawn from this album, intersepersed with songs from their… Continue reading
Since breaking up Hefner after 2001’s Dead Media album frontman Darren Hayman has been ploughing an increasingly lonely furrow of bedsit indie music. His latest incarnation, backed by The Secondary Modern, follows up their debut with this folk opera (Hayman’s… Continue reading