Collaborative Music Blogging Project
Efterklang & Vincent Moon present An Island (and invite you to do the same!) Last year Efterklang collaborated with filmmaker Vincent Moon for their film project An Island, the film will be shown before each show on their European tour (see below for dates). In addition, the band and Mr Moon have announced details of ‘public-private’ screenings…
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Before the door closes on another year, I thought I would kick holiday lethargy into touch by sharing with you, dearest reader a few audio nuggets out in 2011. Downeaster – The Alternative Sauce EP – 01.01.11 Bringing a new year in with three crisp, powerpop tunes; London’s Downeaster describe their sound as ” the…
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Hello folks, It’s Christmas Eve eve, and I’m sort of reviving the old fashioned tradition of the festive round robin. Don’t worry though, I’m not going to go into detail about travels to foreign lands or how well my gardening efforts are going (not bad, just in case you were curious). My presence on these…
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Sitting down to write this, I think of the Maxϊmo Park lyric “Write a review, well how objective can I be?” a question that often crosses the mind of a reviewer. This thought is even more pressing when tasked with reviewing a band I’ve been a fan of for more than half a decade.
As a relative newcomer to the Efterklang fold, I’m unsure what to expect from their live set. I’m certainly a fan on record and trusted friends have assured me they are a band worth seeing. They weren’t wrong, from the minute they step out onto the stage the band are captivating. Casper Clausen makes the…
Continue reading Efterklang, Shepherd’s Bush Empire 21.05.10
Alas I have no camera! Here is Ólöf Arnaulds performing the awesome ‘Crazy Car’ on KEXP radio, Seattle The Icelandic songstress narrowly avoids the wrath of the elements in her homeland to make her debut London appearance. The rather lovely Café Oto is a suitably boho haunt for Ólöf Arnaulds first foray into performing in…
Continue reading Ólöf Arnaulds + David Thor Jonsson @ Café Oto, Dalston, London 15.04.10
Sunday night in Islington’s Union Chapel, and we are gathered to watch retiring 60s chaunteuse Vashti Bunyan; and what appropriately lovely surrounds we’re in too. Despite her shyness, Vashti Bunyan is a gracious, self deprecating hostess whose voice is enough to still the sternest of critics. Not that I am one, as I sit…
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Thao Ngyuen is a Virginian-born, San Francisco based musician who, aged twelve used to play guitar at the laundrette her mum worked at. Several years later, she has travelled the world with her band The Get Down Stay Down and has acted as a mentor for young women at a music camp. She kindly agreed to…
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Yes, you’ve probably heard that Atari Teenage Riot are back, and will bring the noise this spring. They will release a new single Activate through their own Digital Hardcore label on May 17th. Download the Builder remix ahead of the single release. ATR will be creating glorious, noisy havoc at The Electric Ballroom, Camden on Thursday…
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So the Monday blues are out of the way, and spring is virtually tapping on the door: hurray! Here are some sweet audio and video delights doing the digital rounds this week. Gorrilaz are streaming their new album Plastic Beach a week ahead of its release, and they take over Gaurdian Music for a week.…
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