Commuting nightmares, slight guest list miss-haps and a mad last minute dash to get a better seat…all irrelevant considering Brand New played an unmissable blisteringly ferocious yet stunningly sentimental and awe-inspiring set.
January, 2010
Chris Olley – A Streetcar Named Disaster
The former leader with droning art-rockers Six By Seven goes solo with battered amp, pedals and Mellotron for company. Simon Tyers reports mixed results.
The Tallest Man On Earth signs to Dead Oceans, announces The Wild Hunt
Dead Oceans announce the release of “The Wild Hunt” – the follow up to the massive word of mouth success of “Shallow Grave”. Download a new song inside…
Caribou announce details of “Swim”, April release date
April 19th sees the long-awaited release of Swim, the new album by Dan Snaith’s alter ego Caribou. For those eager for a taster (who isn’t??!) the opening track ‘Odessa’ is being given away over on Caribou’s official website.
The National confirm new album details
Their new album will be released THIS YEAR, and the band have confirmed a one-off show at the Royal Albert Hall for May…
Pavement confirm Greatest Hits tracklist
The new Pavement Greatest Hits album now has a confirmed tracklisting!
Beach House – Teen Dream
In the sad yet commonplace ‘one listen’ culture we’ve found ourselves living in, the depth hidden amongst Teen Dream will have many people missing out; returning to this record garners it a strength as you uncover the layers of shimmering nuances and secret delights you have missed the first time round. Highly recommended.
Everybody Was In The French Resistance… Now! – Fixin’ The Charts, Volume 1
On paper, this seemed like a wonderful thing. Eddie Argos, eloquent and witty front man and lyricist of lo-fi heroes Art Brut gets together with girlfriend Dyan Valdes of L.A. rockers the Blood Arm to produce an album’s worth of “answer songs”: responses or rebukes to famous songs already made by other artists.
AyeTunes :: Inside the Scottish Music Scene
In the first of what’s to become a regular column, Billy Hamilton – co-editor of The Scotsman’s Under the Radar new music site – delves deep into Scotland’s tartan-toned landscape.
Baroness – The Blue Record
Whilst The Blue Record might have dropped a couple of months ago, it’s so good, it’s worth reviewing any time…
‘Free’ Concert Downloads from Wilco in Support of Haiti Appeal
November London Forum show available in return for a charity donation.
Ja Ja Ja :: Simon Raymonde
Now that the dust has just about settled after last nights Ja Ja Ja it’s a good time to reveal that the line-up for February has been finalized with the curator revealed as Simon Raymonde of Bella Union. Ja Ja Ja caught up with Simon for a quick chat about what Nordic music means to him….
Autechre Oversteps with latest album
Autechre will release their new album Oversteps in March via Warp Records.
4AD get busy, sign Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance have started working on a new album and have signed to 4AD!
Spoon – Transference
There is a warmth that permeates through these songs, giving the album a lasting and fresh vitality that, when all is said and done, is unmistakably Spoon.
Imaginary Softwoods – S/T
Recorded by Emeralds’s John Elliott in 2007, originally released on cassette in 2008, and now re-released on extremely limited vinyl, Imaginary Softwoods is a concatenation of amorphous, atonal and arrhythmic pieces of ambient drone that shift from metallic dissonance through to soft analogue idling.
