Elements of blues, country and folk all interspersed with sparse electronics and atmosphere. Califone return with new album ‘All My Friends Are Funeral Singers’. Marc Higgins reviews.
October, 2009
Them Crooked Vultures finalise album release
We’ve not had MUCH to go on, but the time of waiting has almost finished. Details have been announced of the release of the Them Crooked Vultures album.
Rolo Tomassi begin work on album number two!
One year on from the release of their impressive debut album Hysterics, Rolo Tomassi have escaped to Los Angeles to record their second album with US producer Diplo.
[Video] El Perro Del Mar: ‘Change Of Heart’
The first single to be lifted from the US release of ‘Love Is Not Pop’ is the glorious ‘Change Of Heart’. Inside, director Filip Nilsson guides us through the inspiration behind the video.
Idlewild – O2 Academy, Oxford, 18/10/09
On an October evening in Oxford, Idlewild are greated to a boisterous crowd and respond accordingly, belting out a greatest hits set that would put similar aged bands to shame.
Oh! Canada presents:: The Wilderness Of Manitoba
Ro Cemm gets excited, again, about a Canadian band… but this time the Wilderness of Manitoba might just have completely bowled him over…
Get Back Guinozzi! – Carpet Madness
French/British 5-piece Get Back Guinozzi!, based around the creative core of duo Eglantine Gouzy and Fred Landini are every bit as quirky and off-the-wall as the names that they have chosen for their band and album might suggest.
The Guardian newspaper give away Fever Ray Live album this weekend
With this Saturday’s newspaper, The Guardian are proving that their Music Monthly isn’t a pile of rubbish and are giving away a free Fever Ray live album to download!
Curly Hair – Ivy League EP
An endearing and promising record full of delicate vocals, catchy instrumental set-ups and bursts of nostalgia. Not to mention a large, imminent bout of anticipation for what is to come next.
Dirty Three announce Southbank Show!
The Dirty Three have announced a live date at the Southbank in December!
Spacemen 3 – Perfect Prescription
‘Perfect Prescription’ gets the re-release treatment. The album fused Spacemen 3′s already euphoric, dense sound into an epic monument of what guitar music can be and how it can transcend.
HEALTH – Harley Hotel & Bar, Sheffield 05/10/09
Throughout the night, HEATH construct their songs on a foundation of unprecedented surprise, onto which glass-necked guitar riffs are built up and up into a mesmerising frenzy. Glenn Bloxham-Mundy gets floored by HEALTH at their live best.
Yeasayer announce new label and new album!
Out of nowhere comes details of a new home AND a new album from New York’s Yeasayer.
Funeral For a Friend – Your History Is Mine: 2002-2009
Is it Christmas already? The first of the stocking-filling-Record-Execs-wallet-filling cash-ins have arrived and it’s Funeral For A Friend with their Maiden/Emo fuelled ROCK who are up first.
Soap&Skin – Purcell Rooms, London 20/10/09
On record, 19-year old Austrian wunderkind Anja Plaschg delivers an experience that is at turns beautiful and brutal – qualities her performance tonight accentuates to the utmost.
Stagecoach – We Got Tazers! EP
We Got Tazers! definitely finds Stagecoach continuing to hone their songcraft down to a fine art, and managing to match the charm of bands like The Lemonheads, with none of the accompanying substance abuse.
