Radio 1 DJ and all round music enthusiast Huw Stephens talks vinyl, Record Store Day and the importance of supporting your local indie store.
April, 2011
The Weeknd – House Of Balloons
The Weeknd offers an inviting reminder that dark matters are engaging and synonymous with a swagger that draws on peers of yesteryear as well as the present. Highly recommended.
PS I Love You – Meet Me At The Muster Station
PS I Love You tap into a chaotic breed of rock’n'roll; born of frustration and full of frenetic DIY energy. Full of swagger and spunk, Meet Me At Muster Station is pure unadulterated fun says Matthew Haddrill.
Erland & The Carnival – Springtime
Erland & The Carnival reveal video for ‘Springtime’, a dark and brooding folk song with an electronic heart beat
Gorillaz – The Fall
Damon Albarn has achieved a lot of things in his lifetime; whether it be turning British music on its head with Blur, or creating super commercial pop through his Jamie Hewlett created cartoon alter ego, Albarn certainly knows how to bring his thoughts to life.
Alela Diane – Alela Diane & Wild Divine
With a new band and slicker production, ‘Alela Diane & Wild Divine’ weaves tales of love, death and homecoming that will leave you with a lump in your throat and an itch for the open road.
Bruce Peninsula’s Fire Sale
Bruce Peninsula announce Bruce Trail Fire Sale project in the run up to the release of their new album in September.
TLOBF Introducing // CYMBALS
Despite being less than a year old, CYMBALS have a debut album due out on Tough Love. Jen Long interrupted a date to talk to them about green Turkish yoghurt.
The Strokes – Angles
The glossy, polished sound that the group reaches for on their uneven new batch of songs are decidedly steeped in synthetic 80s influences, mostly abandoning the slackerish twist on Post-punk that coloured their impressive early work.
Record Store Day: TLOBF meets Cascine
Just as excited about gawking over this year’s exclusive Record Store Day releases as we are, Cascine’s Sandra Croft and Jeff Bratton took the time to talk to TLOBF about their unique label aesthetic and the importance of independent record stores.
Lykke Li – Sadness is a Blessing (Gold Panda Remix)
Gold Panda’s remix of Lykke Li’s ‘Sadness is a Blessing’ is a heartbreaking study in the sublimity of sadness, propelled by a feverish heart beat, and sung like an animal cry.
Efrim Manuel Menuck – Our Lady of Parc Extension… // Song Of The Day #236
‘Our Lady’ is a simple folk song, covered in layers of analogue noise and signal bending.
TLOBF Interview // Alexander
With a debut solo LP impending on Rough Trade, Alexander Ebert of Ima Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros spares a moment to answer TLOBF’s questions.
Ebo Taylor – Peace On Earth
‘Peace On Earth’ is taken from ‘Life Stories’, a retrospective of Ghanaian guitarist Ebo Taylor’s extraordinary career.
Larkin Poe – Fall / Winter
The country five-piece’s latest discs deliver a capable and intermittently enjoyable end to an EP series overburdened by heavy hearts, writes Chris Jones.
The Antlers – Parentheses
Have a listen to the first taster from The Antlers forthcoming album ‘Burst Apart.’
