Röyksopp are set to release the counterpart to last year’s ace Junior album.
June, 2010
Elizabeth Cook – Welder
Reinventing Country? Elizabeth Cook tries to great effect on her latest according to Tiffany Daniels.
Broken Bells – Royal Festival Hall, London 21/06/2010
On the final night of this year’s Meltdown Festival, Ash Akhtar witnesses Broken Bells European live debut… Was it worth the wait?
[Photos] Sonar Festival – Barcelona, Spain 19/06/10 [Day 3]
Photos from the final day of Sonar; including sets from Roxy Music, The Chemical Brothers and Jonsi mixed in amongst some quite wonderful candid shots.
Blondes – Touched
Do Blondes have more fun? They do if they are interstellar explorers in search of digital euphoria, that’s for sure.
SOTD #89 // Aloha Tigers: ‘Oh, The Glory Of It All’
Sometimes a song comes along that you just connect with instantly. A song that has a certain haunting quality that causes you to become completely immersed and wrapped up in it. ‘Oh, The Glory Of It All’ by Bloomington, Illinois based duo Aloha Tigers is one such song.
Shoes And Socks Off ready new album, full band tour and 10 videos
The amazingly prolific Tobias Hayes is back under his Shoes and Socks Off guise.
Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
Astro Coast bristles with the conviction that only youth brings, and it heralds the arrival of Surfer Blood as yet another in a growing line of innovative American bands that the music world will have to reckon with as they try and rewrite the rules of rock ‘n roll yet again.
TLOBF Interview // Pulled Apart By Horses
Pulled Apart By Horses take their first ever headlining tour onto its London stop, and Mike Copus popped by to have a chat with drummer Lee Vincent, before getting crushed by a few hundred sweaty rock fans.
Treecreeper – Juniper
If this were some kind of post-rock or dream pop release where slow builds and ethereal lulls are mainstream, then nothing need be said. Instead, Treecreeper chooses to place the slowly developing melodic construct squarely within a genre that’s never seen it.
Sleigh Bells get their Treats ready for August
Sleigh Bells, one of the most hyped bands I’ve heard for some time, are set to release their debut album in the UK, Treats, on Columbia/Mom+Pop Music on 9th August (that’s my birthday!). TRACKLISTING: Tell Em Kids Riot Rhythm Infinity Guitars Run The Heart Rachel Rill Rill Crown On The Ground Straight As AB Machines [...]
Errors go co-headlining with Twilight Sad
Errors have announced they’re to go on a lovely co-headlining tour with The Twilight Sad for this Autumn.
Godflesh to headline Supersonic Festival
Godflesh, proclaimed fathers of industrial metal, have been announced as headliners of this year’s Supersonic Festival
Frightened Rabbit announce Winter tour
Frightened Rabbit have scheduled a string of winter UK dates to take place in November and December later this year.
