Kyte’s debut album is a disappointing and frustrating listen from a band that clearly have much potential.
ReviewsAuthor Andrew Grillo
Jóhann Jóhannsson – In the Endless Pause There Came The Sound of Bees
The Icelandic neo-classical indie movement is now somewhat established thanks to the deserved success of Sigur Ros, Amiina and Olafur Arnolds amongst others. Jóhann Jóhannsson also fits quite tidily into a group of artists that essential make classical music for sensitive indie kids.
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
Much has been written about Laura Marling’s personal life, but on her second album, she lets the music do the talking.
TLOBF Interview :: The Ruby Suns
On the back of excellent new album Fight Softly and ahead of an extensive tour of Europe and North America, Andrew Grillo managed to squeeze in the time for a few questions with Ryan McPhun of The Ruby Suns.
The Besnard Lakes – …Are The Roaring Night
Canadian Husband and Wife led collective The Besnard Lakes return with a dense, cinematic and dark new album recorded on equipment rumoured to have been used by Led Zeppelin on their Physical Graffiti sessions.
First Aid Kit – The Jericho Tavern, Oxford, 03/03/2010
They might have had some technical mishaps this evening, but Andrew Grillo still sees a band that are capable of putting an audience in awe.
The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly
While previous albums have been dominated by a sense of awe and wonder at the natural world, Fight Softly certainly seems a less innocent and more knowing record. Andrew Grillo reviews.
Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago
Evolution, God and ecology; simply put: ‘The Golden Archipelago’ is a crowning achievement by a genuinely underrated band.
First Aid Kit – The Big Black and The Blue
The Big Black and The Blue mines 70s rustic American and the pastoral, harmony heavy folk of more recent acts to prove itself retro, but no less interesting for it.
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
Unlike most Hollywood stars turning their hands to pop music, Charlotte Gainsbourg has all the skills, with a little help from Beck, to produce an impressive and varied album in IRM.
Laura Veirs – July Flame
A sign of an experienced songwriter who is now at the peak of their craft. Andrew Grillo reviews the latest from Laura Veirs.
Sparrow and The Workshop – Into The Wild
Throughout Into the Wild Sparrow and The Workshop manage to evoke hundreds of bands and songs without sounding like anyone but themselves.
