Cloud Nothings return with their third album, Attack on Memory. But does it erase all traces of what’s gone before it?
Author Catriona Boyle
“The start of us realising what it’s about” : The Line of Best Fit speaks to The Maccabees
Catriona Boyle finds out how The Maccabees’ latest record came about, and how the band have been “getting to grips” with finding their sound.
Photos: The Low Anthem – The Roundhouse, London 16/11/11
Quiet, bordering on reverential, tonight’s gig is a lovely example of when an audience loves a band, and the band loves them right back, writes Catriona Boyle.
Alex Clare – The Lateness of the Hour
A handsome, middle-class, 20-something young man with a touch of enigma about him? Doing dubstep? With a somewhat ‘brave and interesting’ cover version? Stop me if you’ve heard this before….
Roddy Woomble – The Impossible Song and Other Songs
The Impossible Song and Other Songs is perhaps not the album many may have been expecting. And whilst it still has one foot firmly in the folk camp, the other foot is travelling a lot further than the Isle of Mull.
Gold Panda w/ Seams & Minotaur Shock – XOYO, London 02/03/11
Love it or hate it, XOYO is the venue du jour at the moment, and tonight it plays host to splicer-and-dicer du jour, Gold Panda. Catriona Boyle was there.
The Head and The Heart – The Lexington, London 24/01/11
With the ink still wet on their deal with Heavenly Records, The Head and The Heart seem more than a little excited to just be on London soil, let alone playing to an almost uncomfortably full Lexington.
Slow Club – Union Chapel, 23/12/10
Catriona Boyle reports from Slow Club’s Christmas show at Union Chapel and find a more subdued affair than last year.
Ox Scapula – Hands Out
Ox Scapula make no apologies for living up to their “loud, klangy, horrible, awkward, punk” sound, and they’ve nailed it perfectly. Catriona Boyle reviews their debut.
Terror Danjah – Undeniable
One of the finest grime producers injects a bit of life back into the scene.
Heidi Talbot – The Last Star
One of modern folk’s brightest star presents a journey through contemporary and traditional, with a little help from her friends.
Heidi Talbot, John McCusker & Boo Hewerdine – King’s Place, London 01/10/2010
Ah, folk. The audience are real ale drinking, unexplainable foot stamping, strange yodelling noise making and sensibly dressed. The musicians are slightly incestuous, or are married to or been in a band with each other, and not exactly rock and roll. That doesn’t stop Catriona Boyle enjoying herself though.
Richard Thompson – Dream Attic
After his barnstorming turn curating and performing at this year’s Meltdown on the South Bank, the return of Richard Thompson, one of the UK’s most prolific folk artists, is eagerly awaited.
Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy – Gift
A new incarnaction of Britain’s folk dynasty, deftly blending old and new.
Kele – Village Underground, London 06/07/2010
From the still-smouldering ashes of indie giants Bloc Party it is lead singer Kele Okereke who has emerged most phoenix like, according to Catriona Boyle at this week’s live show.
Kylie – Aphrodite
Upon the release of Kylie Minogue’s eleventh album, one fan writes an open letter about just what Kylie means to her.
