If you manage to live a life that is somehow befitting of having Redondo Beach’s ‘She Loves Her’ playing in the background, then consider yourself extremely lucky. Utterly sexy, it’s halfway between music for soft-porn and the best thing you’ve ever heard.
July, 2010
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Wild Nothing w/ Porcelain Raft – Deaf Institute, Manchester 29/07/10
The transition from hype act to successful mid-level act has been a short one, but it doesn’t take a huge leap of the imagination to see Wild Nothing selling out shows a lot larger than this is the near future.
Truck 13 // Day 2 – Hill Farm, Steventon 25/07/10
The second and final part of our Truck 13 Festival coverage which sees Andy Johnson take in Keyboard Choir, Fucked Up and Teenage Fanclub. In between being asked to buy booze for under-age children, that is.
TLOBF Interview // For a Minor Reflection
“We’d like to be remembered for good feelings. Would be great if people could remember how they felt at our concerts. It’s all about good feelings and memories.” Vasilis Panagiotopoulos heads to Iceland to interview For A Minor Reflection.
Darker My Love – Alive As You Are
It now seems as if the band are mired in a full-blown identity crisis, bouncing from one genre to the next, just hoping to find one style that finally fits them right.
Mitchell Museum – The Peters Port Memorial Service
Right from the off, the “Scottish Beach Boys” tag applied to Mitchell Museum starts to make sense on The Peters Port Memorial Service
The Walkmen get new home, ready album
The Walkmen have announced details of their sixth studio album, including a new UK home on Bella Union records. Lisbon will be released on the 11th October this year, and is the follow-up to the ace You & Me. The album was recorded in two instalments – the first at NY’s Gigantic Studios with You [...]
[Guest Column] Lail Arad // Young & Breaking #8
Lail Arad, in her latest column, discusses the influences behind her track ‘Everyone is Moving to Berlin’…
High Voltage Festival // Day 2 – Victoria Park, London 25/07/2010
Rich Etteridge reviews the second day of the High Voltage Festival, finding it lacking in denim and mullets for his, particular, taste…
Calibro 35 – Ritornano Quelli Di…
Take a ride into the soundtracks of 1970s classic Italian cinema with super-tight band Calibro 35 and you won’t regret it.
Alba Lua – Ballad of Joseph Merrick E.P.
Alba Lua tread dangerous ground invoking the lazy symbolism inherent in the story of Joseph Merrick, but on the strength of their tunes they get away with it.
TLOBF Interview // Ólafur Arnalds
In the midst of rehearsals for his landmark performance at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, we caught up with Ólafur Arnalds to chat about his new album, Iceland, and his past as a drummer in a hardcore band.
The Secret Garden Party – Huntingdon, 22-25 July 2010
A quick look around at the hoards of pirates, one-time transvestites and gimp suits, I knew I was among friends. As with most things in life, festivals make more sense in fancy dress. Even if the dress you’re wearing isn’t intentionally fancy.
[Photos] Lauren Pritchard – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London 21/07/10
Sebastien Dehesdin ventured down to Hoxton last week to shoot London based (via Madison County, L.A and Bevery Hills) newbie singer-songwriter Lauren Pritchard.
SOTD #110 // Jens Lekman: ‘The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love’
A new song by Jens Lekman is a big event in our world – and ‘The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love’ is indeed a big song. While it’s archetypal Lekman through and through – there’s a very real and noticeable development from Night Falls Over Kortadela that hints at where the next record might go.
[Photos] Lissie – ICA, London, 28/07/2010
Steve Asenjo was at Lissie’s London show, to find her getting some extra help in the shape of Ellie Goulding during the encore…
