Ditching their previous sounds for something more pop-like, Mixtape & Cellmates return with their latest.
ReviewsAuthor Amy Pay
Emanuel and The Fear – Listen
Listen presents Emanuel and the Fear as a loud, unpredictable orchestra of skilled and varying musicians crafting anything-but-ordinary songs.
Lostprophets – The Betrayal
Amy Pay believes that The Betrayal is an addictive and heartfelt album, showing Lostprophets at the top of their game.
Lightspeed Champion – Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
Musically, Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You is a fine example of how to prolong success after a well-acclaimed debut release. Sadly, Hynes fails to move forward lyrically in the same way. Amy Pay reviews.
Various Artists – Love and Disaster 1 EP
Unlike other compilations that tend to focus on a specific genre, this EP offers a diverse variety of some of the interesting, eager and inspiring talent that is out there.
Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
Only Revolutions feels like an album that’s set out to prove that there is more to Biffy Clyro than straightforward rock. Amy Pay reviews.
Not Advised – Fight For This EP
It’s all too easy to label British pop-punk/ emo bands in skinny jeans as whiney, guyliner-scrawled, Americanised twenty-somethings with a need to vent their bottled up teen angst. However Not Advised are better than this generalisation…
TLOBF Interview :: Cherbourg
Amy Pay interviewed folk band Cherbourg. Random but true, the dance moves of the late, great James Brown were unintentionally discussed. Needless to say, the usual music related banter also featured.
Cherbourg – Last Chapter of Dreaming EP
Compared to Beirut and the Arcade Fire in some quarters, Amy Pay wonders why, as this four-piece offers something a little more stripped back than those over blown acts.
TLOBF Interview :: Florence and the Machine
Amy Pay gets a chance to interview one of the acts hotly tipped for 2009…
Introducing: So So Modern
Before their gig in Cardiff last week, New Zealand’s masters of bleeps and beeps, So So Modern, chatted to TLOBF about their mammoth recent tour, coordinating outfits and possible plans to be radiation therapists and child educators.
Manic Street Preachers – Newport Centre, Wales 21/08/08
Packing in a pitch-perfect set, featuring both old material and tracks from their more recent albums, the Welsh heroes served up a sumptuous smorgasbord of musical treats at their Reading warm-up show.
