Collaborative Music Blogging Project
Image courtesy of Justine Louise Photography Much has been made of the sound issues at today’s event, but I’ve yet to go to a large scale outdoor show or festival where this hasn’t been a problem. While sound levels certainly dipped in and out, it didn’t seem to stop Arcade Fire delivering on…
Continue reading Arcade Fire + Mumford & Sons, Beirut and The Vaccines @ Hyde Park, London 30.06.11
Two days from the longest day of the year, but all I see outside is grey. Time to pull the blinds, put on headphones and retreat into song. Lia Ices – Daphne [Grown Unknown, 2011] Caribou – Bees [ The Milk of Human Kindness, 2005] American Analog Set – The Only One [Know By Heart,…
Continue reading June Mini-Mix
Another gig in the refurbished Dalston drinking hole; another hipster crowd. This time people are gathered to *ahem* lose themselves to the sound of Mazes. The blog/BBC 6 Music friendly London and Manchester band are playing the back-room venue to launch their new single ‘Summer Hits’. Having heard a handful of songs from their debut…
Continue reading Mazes @ Shacklewell Arms, Dalston. 15.06.11
Thursday night in Dalston and I head down to a residential side road to recently reopened Shacklewell Arms; a reputedly once sketchy local boozer-turned into a bustling pub/music venue. It’s one of those nights and one of those places where everyone here could be (and in most cases, probably are) in bands. Despite the aching…
Continue reading Ungdomskulen (supporting Civil Civic) @ Shacklewell Arms, Dalston, 9.06.11
Hot off the news wire: Beirut release their first album in four years with ‘The Rip Tide’ on 29th August (UK) and 30th August (US). ‘The Rip Tide’ marks a dramatic and intimate shift from ‘The Flying Club Cup’ (2007) and his ‘stop-off in Mexico’ by way of the ‘March of the Zapotec’ EP (2009).…
Continue reading Beirut new album announced
Youthful Canadian four piece Braids are band that like to let their music do the talking. They met a few years ago while still at high school and have moved across their homeland perfecting their sound. And what a sound it is: big shoegaze-infused dream pop fills the room. It sounds surprisingly lush in…
Continue reading Braids @ Lexington, London, 24.05.11
Album: Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Label: Matador Released: 23.05.11 Writing about the solo record of someone you have long-admired objectively is never an easy task. There is always the possibility of being a bit too fawning and fan-ish (mind you, this is fanzine) or criticise more heavily as the weight of expectation is on it.…
Continue reading Album Review: Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts released 23.05.11
Tonight is an evening of contrasts, we’re here in one of the last surviving old rock and roll venues and yet the stage is bedecked with a grand piano and an impressive array of noodling devices. By which I mean pedals and miscellaneous kit that emits strange and wondrous noises. It’s a curious juxtaposition…
Continue reading Hauschka and Samuli Kosminen @ 100 Club, London 10.05.11
Oklahoma quintet Other Lives have made a stream of ‘For 12’ from their forthcoming second album ‘Tamer Animals’ available. Kid Vinyl recommends… Other Lives – For 12 http://otherlives.com/ http://www.myspace.com/otherlives
It’s the night before the royal wedding, London is awash with bunting and the subjects of our little island are hurtling themselves into four day weekend reverie. I decide I need a little respite from the patriotism and head to the Ja Ja Ja night for some Icelandic indie pop instead, in the shape of…
Continue reading Feldberg @ Lexington, London, 28.04.11
