The Tailors have released a video for a track from the new album, released today!
November, 2009
The Joy Formidable announce 2010 dates
The Joy Formidable, one of the most intense and impressive live acts around, have announced a massive UK tour for next year.
[Video] IKONS – Slow Light
SRVC have unveiled their latest signing: IKONS. You can watch their haunting the video for their launch track ‘Slow Light’ inside!
Cluster / Tortoise – Royal Festival Hall, London 22/11/09
The closing night of this year’s London Jazz Festival sees two legendary exponents of electronic, experimental and post-rock combine to wondrous effect. Dan Marner was there.
God Help The Girl – 100 Club, London 21/11/09
Only a fool would have expected otherwise, of course, but tonight’s God Help The Girl show was so utterly twee it made Adam Elmahdi want to buy a polka-dot dress and dance to The Shirelles in his bedroom.
Ace Bushy Striptease – Toadstool Ellipsis On The Grass / Daniel Ershov…
Ace Bushy Striptease are conceptually perfect. They all sing, they all dance, and they make old-fashioned lo-fi guitar pop the way your grandfather used to like it back when him and your granny were still courting.
Mew’s Jonas Bjerre reveals side project
Jonas Bjerre, the lead singer with Mew, has just announced the debut release of his side project Apparatjik.
Horseback – The Invisible Mountain
The Invisible Mountain, Horseback’s second official release, is something akin to deconstructed stoner rock music – deconstructed stone music. It’s a great slab of sludgy doom metal and graceful drones and just quietly, maybe one of the year’s best…
The Tailors – Come Dig Me Up
Endearing, beautiful and unashamedly pretty. The Tailors return with their second album ‘Come Dig Me Up’ – a record about hope, love and dinosaurs. Emily Sergent reviews.
Spiral Stairs – The Real Feel
Can Spiral Stairs ever move out of the shadow of it’s former glories? Tom Whyman thinks it’s a tough ask…
TLOBF.COM runner up in Record Of The Day Awards
Just a quick post to thank all of our supporters for voting for us at The Record Of The Day Awards last night. We came an honorable second place, and wouldn’t have gotten there without you guys voting – so muchos gracias.
Amy Millan – Masters of the Burial
At first listen, ‘Masters of The Burial’ may come off as bland and uninspired but the devil’s in Millan’s details – scratch the surface and there’s a veritable treasure trove of heartbreak and lost love.
Royal Bangs – Let It Beep
Fueled on vodka mixed with Redbull mixed with Sega Megadrives – with its foot firmly on the accelerator for the duration – ‘Let It Beep’ is a thrill a minute.
The Raincoats – The Raincoats
You already know what reviews do. And you already know what this album is about anyway, Kurt Cobain Palmolive blah blah blah, so instead, here’s a short story Tom Whyman wrote about raincoats.
Saint Etienne – Fox Base Beta
Richard X has got his mitts on Saint Etienne’s 1991 album. And the results are the cherry on top of the Fox Base cake. Catriona Boyle reviews.
Josh T Pearson makes rare London appearance at End Of The Road Xmas Party!
There are so many Christmas parties and shows being announced it’s hard to keep up. This one however, is more than worthy of your attention. Full lineup and ticket details inside.
