Yes – you can see the amazing lineup of Loney dear, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Whispertown 2000 perform at London’s Union Chapel on 10th September for a special price!
August, 2009
Tortoise – The Garage, London 25/08/09
Tortoise visit the dizzy heights of the Garage in North London and despite some technical difficulties eventually take the place to pieces – brick by brick.
Ask Bella Union/Simon Raymonde ANYTHING and win a prize!
To crown the Bella Union vs. TLOBF week of 7th-13th September, we’re giving YOU chance to ask the man behind the label – Simon Raymonde – anything you like! There’s a prize for the best question too!
Douglas McCombs & David Daniell – Sycamore
Sycamore is a huge record – McCombs and Daniell combine to create room-filling swells of sound at once obviously made from guitars, yet rising beyond the medium to scrape at something else.
Japandroids – Post Nothing
Japandroids debut makes you feel like you’re nineteen again, with all the hopes, fears and excitement that being nineteen entails – this is an adrenaline hit to the head.
Animal Collective – Brixton Academy, London, 20/08/09
Better than the last time they played London, Animal Collective are a frustrating live act who jerk between moments of greatness and slices of dirgy nothingness.
Things To Make and Do announce all-dayer at Brixton’s Windmill
Things To Make And Do, the London label / promoters, have announced an all day event at the Windmill in Brixton to mark the end of the Summer.
A Fistful of Fandango = indoor festival with impressive line-up
The guys behind Club Fandango have announced A Fistful of Fandango 3 – the indoor festival taking place at the 229 Venue on London’s Great Portland Street.
Bleeding Heart Narrative & Gosia Winter – Wire and String
Wire and String is an almost supernatural record that takes those most authentic of instruments and dismantles them into bits of code and reassembles them in a way that can only be described as ethereal.
The Antlers get UK release, short tour
The Antlers debut album, which is getting raved about in the U.S. at the moment, is getting a UK release in November, plus they’re playing a series of UK dates next month.
Nya Vågen #4
The ONLY place to hear about all the latest from Sweden’s underground music scene. Victor Svedberg offers up some amazing aural treats in this months column.
Múm – Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know
Icelandic naifs return with a new record – Matt Poacher wonders if he’ll be put to sleep by their warm liquid lullabies or driven mad by an overdose of twee…
TLOBF :: Now Playing
In a new series of regular monthly columns, our team of brilliant writers will be divulging what it is that’s been tweaking their musical interest of late…
Memory Tapes – Seek Magic
A man full of pseudonyms, Dayve Hawk has finally settled on Memory Tapes for the release of Seek Magic – an album full of electro-goodness says Alex Wisgard.
Massive Attack Announce New EP with Special Contributors
Massive Attack have announced the release of their first new material in three years – an EP of four new tracks due for release in October – featuring a whole host of guest contributors.
Six Organs of Admittance – Luminous Night
Luminous Light is another step of crafty perfection that has become synonymous with Six Organs. Another triumph for Ben Chasny as he crafts his landscape of palatial dream.
