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Metric - Fantasies

Metric - Fantasies

Review of Metric’s album ‘Fantasies’ released through Metric Music International.Four years is a long time in music, so long in fact that it would be easy to forget about an artist with only a marginal...

Review posted on 8th April 2009

Jeffrey Lewis - Em Are I

Jeffrey Lewis - Em Are I

Review of Jeffrey Lewis and The Junkyard's album 'Em Are I released through Rough Trade. As difficult to believe as it may be, particularly for those still discovering his emancipated worldly wise genius, ''Em Are...

Review posted on 2nd April 2009

A Place To Bury Strangers - Missing You

A Place To Bury Strangers - Missing You

Review of A Place To Bury Strangers single 'Missing You' released through Rocket Girl.There's not a lot left to say about Brooklyn's A Place To Bury Strangers that hasn't already been written on numerous occasions,...

Review posted on 30th March 2009

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices

Review of We Were Promised Jetpacks single 'Quiet Little Voices' released through Fat Cat Records.Already something of a household name in underground circles, Scots four-piece We Were Promised Jetpacks have a lot to live up...

Review posted on 30th March 2009

Condo Fucks - Fuckbook

Condo Fucks - Fuckbook

Review of Condo Fuck’s album ‘Fuckbook’ released through Matador. Having pretty much created and defined the lo-fi aesthetic to modern music ever since their conception in 1984, Yo La Tengo can be forgiven for trying...

Review posted on 20th March 2009

The Brighton Port Authority - I Think We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

The Brighton Port Authority - I Think We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

Review of The BPA's album 'I Think We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat' released through Southern Fried Records.With a musical career spanning nearly three decades and a celebrity persona that has taken many different guises...

Review posted on 20th March 2009

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Review of Camera Obscura's album 'My Maudlin Career' released through 4AD.When Glaswegian folk-poppers Camera Obscura signed to independent stalwarts 4AD earlier this year, a few eyebrows were raised, possibly in shock, but also as a...

Review posted on 19th March 2009

Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand

Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand

Review of Black Lips' album '200 Million Thousand' released through Vice.Every once in a while the clarion call grows louder for a revival of sorts. Already this decade, we've experienced the second coming of metal,...

Review posted on 13th March 2009

The Rakes - 1989

The Rakes - 1989

Review of The Rakes single '1989' released through V2/Co-operative.As one of the few survivors of the whole post-Libertines Rhythm Factory scene, The Rakes always seemed the ones most likely to continue making records long after...

Review posted on 11th March 2009

Flashguns - Locarno

Flashguns - Locarno

Review of Flashguns' single 'Locarno' released through Blue Flowers Records.London-via-Brighton combo Flashguns are one of those outfits that prefer to keep things simple. While several aspiring teenage musicians spend their formative years in bands trying...

Review posted on 11th March 2009

Sad Day For Puppets - Marble Gods/Big Waves

Sad Day For Puppets - Marble Gods/Big Waves

Review of Sad Day For Puppets' double A-side single 'Marble Gods/Big Waves' released through Sonic Cathedral. The Swedish guitar underground has thrown up some magical gems in recent times with the likes of Jeniferever and...

Review posted on 11th March 2009

The Maccabees - No Kind Words

The Maccabees - No Kind Words

Review of The Maccabees' single 'No Kind Words' released through Fiction. Jaunty pop tykes The Maccabees may have spent their formative years reminiscing about swimming pools at their favourite leisure centre or cigarette burns...

Review posted on 17th February 2009

Grammatics - Grammatics

Grammatics - Grammatics

Review of Grammatics' self-titled album released through Dance To The Radio. The fact that Grammatics emanate from the embers of emo also-rans Colour Of Fire will probably come as a surprise to some; certainly the...

Review posted on 16th February 2009

Oh - Sugar Mous

Oh - Sugar Mous

Review of Oh, Atoms single 'Sugar Mouse' released through Columbia. They always say that the front cover of a book can be quite deceiving, and that analogy can be applied to music too. Take Oh,...

Review posted on 16th February 2009

Bloc Party - One Month Off

Bloc Party - One Month Off

Review of Bloc Party's single 'One Month Off' released through Wichita.Difficult second and third albums aside, one thing Bloc Party can never be faulted for is refusing to conform to any kind of expectations that...

Review posted on 11th February 2009

School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

Review of School Of Seven Bells' album 'Alpinisms' released through Full Time Hobby.When Benjamin Curtis walked out on his brother and previous band The Secret Machines in the early part of 2007 many commentators at...

Review posted on 11th February 2009

Sebastien Grainger - Who Do We Care For?

Sebastien Grainger - Who Do We Care For?

Review of Sebastien Grainger's single 'Who Do We Care For?' released through Saddle Creek. As one half of the long-departed but never forgotten Death From Above 1979, Sebastien Grainger was always the most likely soul...

Review posted on 9th February 2009

The Do - On My Shoulder

The Do - On My Shoulder

Review of The Do's single On My Shoulder. Naming your band after the first and last notes on the musical scale ('Do Re Mi..') may be a novel approach to putting yourselves on the map,...

Review posted on 9th February 2009

Asobi Seksu - Hush

Asobi Seksu - Hush

Review of Asobi Seksu's album 'Hush' released through One Little Indian. As with their risqu' moniker that some commentators upon translation would immediately link with some dreadful porn metal outfit a la Rock Bitch, Asobi...

Review posted on 22nd January 2009

John McCusker - Under One Sky

John McCusker - Under One Sky

Review of John Mccusker & Various Artists album 'Under One Sky' released through Navigator Records.Back in 2007, acclaimed Scottish folk musician and producer John McCusker came up with the idea of what he considered to...

Review posted on 20th January 2009

Crystal Stilts - Departure

Crystal Stilts - Departure

Review of Crystal Stilts single 'Departure' released through Angular Records.Another day, and yet another example of New York's seemingly untouchable underground music scene emerges from its never-ending conveyor belt.Brooklyn-reared five-piece Crystal Stilts aren't new in...

Review posted on 19th January 2009

Karima Francis - Chasing The Morning Light

Karima Francis - Chasing The Morning Light

Review of Karima Francis' single 'Chasing The Morning Light' released through Kitchenware. The term 'singer/songwriter' has been a misguided one for a few years now. Blame it on the Blunts, Powters and Tunstalls of this...

Review posted on 19th January 2009

Screaming Lights - GMN

Screaming Lights - GMN

Review of Screaming Lights' single 'GMN' released through Anti. Barely a minute into 'GMN' and already the suspicions are piling up like last night's washing-up.Squiggly early 90s rave keyboards a la Pendulum: CHECK.Big, blustering guitar-led...

Review posted on 19th January 2009

The Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline

The Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline

Review of The Airborne Toxic Event's single 'Gasoline' released through Majordomo Records.One of the most scathing pieces of writing to grace the web last year was Pitchfork's review of The Airborne Toxic Event's self-titled debut...

Review posted on 8th January 2009

Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike

Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike

Review of Sky Larkin's debut album 'The Golden Spike' released through Wichita. Leeds three-piece Sky Larkin seem to have been on the radar for quite a while now. As with many bands from what is...

Review posted on 8th January 2009

The Kinks - Picture Book

The Kinks - Picture Book

Review of The Kink's album Picture Book released through Sanctuary.Long before either Noel or Liam Gallagher were a twinkle in their mother's eye, the first case of sibling rivalry had already taken British pop by...

Review posted on 15th December 2008

Tame Impala - Tame Impala

Tame Impala - Tame Impala

Review of Tame Impala's self-titled EP released through Modula. Australia has often been seen as something of an anomaly when it comes to producing exciting new music, or maybe that should say "credible"? AC/DC aside,...

Review posted on 9th December 2008

Herman Dune - Next Year In Zion

Herman Dune - Next Year In Zion

Review of Herman Dune's album 'Next Year In Zion' released through City Slang. Equal parts French and Swiss but based in New York duo Herman Dune have been making intelligent, slightly whimsical and entirely off...

Review posted on 8th December 2008

Vivian Girls - Nottingham Bodega Social

Vivian Girls - Nottingham Bodega Social

Vivian Girls live review from Nottingham Bodega Social on December 4th 2008. Looking around the room at people wrapped up more for an outdoor vacation somewhere like Alaska or at least on the blustery sea...

Review posted on 5th December 2008

Primal Scream - Nottingham Rock City

Primal Scream - Nottingham Rock City

Primal Scream review live at Nottingham Rock City on Thursday 27th November 2008.For a band with such a dearth of material spanning over two decades and a reputation for living on the wild side of...

Review posted on 28th November 2008

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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]

Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.

WYSE talks to us about her

WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]

With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...

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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a

Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]

Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]

Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...

Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and

Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]

Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...

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