Christopher Willits – jack of trades, master of some.
August, 2010
Broken Records announce new album
Broken Records have announced a new album. Let Me Come Home will be release on 25th October. Jamie Sutherland has this to say about the inspiration behind their second album: “An idea started to form about the direction of the new record based on several films and albums that I became gradually obsessed with at [...]
TLOBF Interview // Villagers
Hot on the heels of his Mercury Music Prize nomination, Jude Clarke got a chance to fire some questions at Conor O’Brien aka Villagers, about said nomination, lyrical inspiration and festivals.
TLOBF Interview // Malefice
Malefice, the UK kings of groove-swaddled melodic metal, are generally to be found close to the meat… their first love… heavy music. John Skibeat spotted them happily rooting around the backstage area of Sonisphere and grabbed guitarist Alex Vuskans for a chat.
AC Acoustics – Understanding Music
A tenth anniversary reissue for the third album by a Glaswegian band whose command of guitar noise with subtleties sounds intriguingly current.
Arab Strap – The Week Never Starts Around Here / Philophobia
This cunted circus never ends! Thank god.
Fifth Fleeting Fanfares festival for free?
On Sunday the 5th of September the fifth Fleeting Fanfares festival will take place at The Old Queens Head, Essex Road, London, N1 8LN. Doors open at 3pm and entry is free!
The Smoke Fairies – Enterprise, London 11/08/2010
The Smoke Fairies warmed up for their upcoming album, Through Low Light And Trees, with a tiny and intimate show in Camden.
Scout Niblett to play Cafe Oto in November
Steve Albini’s favourite songstress Scout Niblett has announced a date at London’s Cafe Oto. Playing on Tuesday 30th November, tickets are £10 in advance, £12 on the door. Having been on a roll with her last couple of albums, now’s a good chance to catch her peculiar and wonderful live performance in an intimate setting. [...]
Dungen announce UK dates
Everyone’s favourite Swedish prog-rock stars Dungen have announced a series of UK dates this November. They’re releasing a new album on 20th September called Skit I Allt via Subliminal Sounds. November 13 Dublin, Whelans, Ireland 14 Birmingham, The Academy 15 Manchester, The Roadhouse 16 London, Islington, The Academy
Fuzzy Lights – Twin Feathers // Track By Track
Fuzzy Lights guide us through their impressive second album, Twin Feathers, on the week of its release.
Sleigh Bells – The Lexington, London 09/08/2010
Style-over-substance, maybe, and a one-trick pony to boot but in terms of enjoyment elicited, Sleigh Bells are unimpeachable.
[Premier] John Grant: ‘Chicken Bones’
It’s an honour to premier another video from the amazing John Grant; this time it’s ‘Chicken Bones’ taken from his TLOBF recommended album Queen of Denmark.
Chris Abrahams – Play Scar
Play Scar finds the Necks pianist Chris Abrahams going beyond what he does with that band, creating an album brimming with musical wonder. Rich Hughes reviews.
David Rotheray – The Life of Birds
The Life of Birds is stupendously perfect, utterly complete and gorgeously concise in its love for folk, birds and music in general. Tiffany Daniels reviews David Rotheray’s latest.
Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
Belle and Sebastian have confirmed details of a new album, called Write About Love. Stuart Murdoch also wrote on the band’s blog: The new record is called Belle and Sebastian Write About Love. While I was doing the art, I got Kim from the ace Glasgow band, Zoey Van Goey, to write this in chalk [...]
