“How far would you go to see your favourite band Nicey?” “The end of the earth Smashey.” “Quite literally, mate. Let’s rock” Andrew Dowdall goes on an expedition to catch Wilco showcase their new record in Spain.
June, 2009
Songkick v2.0 launches: Live music fans rejoice!
Our friends over at Songkick jumping for joy this morning as the 12 month slog of compiling and creating a mammouth IMDB style database of concerts is finally live to the general public.
On Song :: Sad Day For Puppets
We’ve been enjoying Sad Day for Puppets lush shoegazing sounds for a number of weeks now. So, with the release of their album, what better time to get them to do our On Song feature.
Malcolm Middleton – Waxing Gibbous
Malcolm Middleton is breaking up… with himself… So, could this be the break-up album to end all break-up albums? Alex Wisgard reviews.
New Neil Finn doc features members of Wilco, Radiohead plus Johnny Marr
A documenary about Neil Finn’s recent collaborator friendly 7 Worlds Collide project have surfaced on YouTube!
Nathan Fake – Hard Islands
Nathan Fake’s second album moves away from the blurry shoegaze influence of his debut towards a thumping techhouse, which is cut unfortunately short at little more than 33 minutes long.
Willkommen Week :: Sons Of Noel and Adrian [Live Session]
Brought to us by Arctic Circle, the guys behind the Willkommen evening that TLOBF are proudly sponsoring, enjoy ‘Kernow’, ‘Inside Olympia’ and a rousing rendition of ‘The Wreck Is Not A Boat’.
Eyes – Night Eyes
Over the course of 16 tracks, the Detroit trio manage to maintain a ‘deranged children let-loose in the studio’ aura with remarkable consistency. Angus Finlayson reviews the debut album from Eyes.
White Lies announce winter tour with Asobi Seksu and Violens
White Lies have announced a new tour for this winter. The band will head out on the road at the end of 2009 for a string of dates, with support from Asobi Seksu and Violens.
Loney dear announce new London date. Line-up = Mega.
It’s always an exciting time when Emil & co come to the UK but this show is extra special because a) it’s at the Union Chapel and b) support for the show comes from fellow Swedes Wildbirds & Peacedrums. Hell yes.
Various Artists – Awaydays Original Soundtrack
Kevin Sampson’s cult novel about football casuals and youth gang mentality comes with a well conceived late 70s post-punk friendly soundtrack album.
TLOBF Interview :: The Tupolev Ghost meet Wintermute
The reverse fixture of last week’s interview – this time the guys from The Tupolev Ghost interview Dan from Wintermute. Chaos ensues…
Phoenix – Koko, London 01/06/09
Phoenix manage to woo former non-believer Ama Chana as they assault the capital with their euphoric Gaelic charm in support of brand new album ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’.
Willkommen Week :: Audio Interview with The Leisure Society
To coincide with perhaps the most exciting show TLOBF have been involved with so far we are running a special Willkommen Week featuring exclusive content from all the bands playing at the Union Chapel on 12th June.
The Low Anthem – Oh My God Charlie Darwin
A North American folk blues artist on the Bella Union label – sounds right up TLOBF’s street… Actually, stylistically it’s not as straightforward as that.
Introducing :: Internet Forever
“Good at songs, bad at fidelity”. Sounds like a perfect tag line for the wonderous indie-pop of Internet Forever… find out more inside!
