If Wet Wet Wet ever made a concept album about the Wild West, it might sound a lot like Hope St. One to avoid, says Andrew Hannah.
March, 2011
Scanners – Submarine
Awash with glorious hooks and emotive crescendos, with each instrument suitably put through its paces to create a spatial and rich layered tracks. Rich Etteridge reviews.
SXSW: A Photo Journal, Day 3 – Still Corners, James Blake and Yuck
Day 3 of our exclusive SXSW photo feature sees three of our hottest tips for 2011 leading the British charge over in Austin, Texas.
Jens Lekman pays tribute to Kirsten Dunst, reveals brand new song
Last night saw cult Swedish wunderkind Jens Lekman headline Read and Shout Festival, held at the intimate South London venue Nettlefold Hall. Previewing a handful of new songs, watch the footage inside.
Bearsuit – The Phantom Forest
If this were a debut, we’d all be waving our arms and roaring the triumphant scream of an advancing platoon. Bearsuit have been around for over a decade; and The Phantom Forest could spell the start of a mutiny propelled by impatience.
SXSW: A Photo Journal, Day 2 – The Strokes, Cults and Austra
Julian Casablancas and a pit of fifty photographers head up day 2 of our exclusive SXSW photo feature.
Beat Connection announce debut UK tour, open for Niki and The Dove
Signed to Moshi Moshi subsidary Tender Age, the Seattle based duo are set to release their debut mini-album Surf Noir on on April 11. With it, they’ve announced a handful of UK tour dates in which they’ll support current TLOBF mega-crush Niki and The Dove and chill-wave papa Toro Y Moi.
Diplo – Riddimentary: Diplo selects Greensleeves
Confident you can tell your U-Roy from your I-Roy? Only just venturing beyond the best-known reggae references? Either way, Riddimentary will offer some serious thrills.
What does it all mean? Just A Number 05272011 feel ‘The Pain’
Everything about Just A Number 05272011 embodies the ethos behind the current trend of glacial pop currently emerging out of Scandinavia. It’s as thrilling as it is intriguing and perhaps the most exhilerating pop song of 2011 so far.
Perfume Genius to tour Europe in May
Perfume Genius has announced a string of UK and European dates for the spring, in support of last years universally acclaimed debut album Learning.
Braids – Lemonade [SXSW Special] // Song Of The Day #218
Lemonade, the forthcoming single from Braids, builds slowly with looped guitars and Reich-ian vocals. It is curious and engrossing, and it is today’s Song Of The Day.
Premier: Trophy Wife debut ‘Discovery’ during Abbey Road session
A slow burning, quietly atmospheric number with a prog underbelly – perhaps slightly indebted to Pink Floyd. It takes a u-turn halfway through and mutates into a brooding powerhouse finale, somehow maintining restraint and grace. Impressive stuff.
Lykke Li, Best Coast and Joanna Newsom confirmed for End Of The Road
Joanna Newsom has confirmed that her only festival appearance in the UK this year will be at this September’s End of the Road Festival. She joins Beirut and Mogwai as the third headliner at the 6th edition of the award winning festival. Other acts confirmed today: Lykke Li, Best Coast, Emmy the Great and Drum Eyes.
Juxtaposing odes to pie with poems about slugs: TLOBF meets Baby Dee
Sharon Kean caught up with the singer and instrumentalist while she was in the UK to perform with Marc Almond, to find out more about the musician who until lately was better known for her work with fellow New York based artists, Antony and the Johnsons and Andrew WK.
Cornershop ft Bubbley Kaur – Cornershop And The Double ‘O’ Groove Of
Cornershop go against the grain of their 90’s contemporaries and make exciting and original music rather than rehash their past. A brim-full of what? asks David Newbury
Algodón Egipcio – La Lucha Constante
Dynamic pop, with an undercurrent of maturity and grace. A beautifully scripted album, and one that really allows you get to know the man behind the moniker. The latest release from the consistently worthwhile Lefse Records.
