With circulation figures for our beloved music titles taking a turn for the worse, Charley Caines asks the question – Is the party really over for the music mag?
About Charley Caines
Fatboy Slim Live at Beach Boutique 2008
This year Beach Boutique saw the likes of Beardyman, Layo and Bushwhacker and The Whip take to the stage with Brighton’s finest resident DJ Fatboy Slim.
The Week That Was – The Week That Was
Peter Brewis, once of Field Music, gets a chance to go solo with this concept album under the banner of The Week That Was. Charley Caines reviews.
Cold War Kids – Loyalty To Loyalty
The bluesy Californian quartet are back with their long awaited album, which promises ample mounts of wailing and a dash of blues soaked misery. But was it worth the wait?
The Dodos – Visiter
Yes, we know its been out for a while, but we’re still going to talk about how great The Dodos are… well, Charley Caines is anyway.
Radiohead – Victoria Park, London, 25/06/08
Charley Caines witnesses one of Radiohead’s finest live moments; their Wednesday night at London’s Victoria Park.
Black Kids – London ULU, 18/06/08
Charley Caines, the latest TLOBF recruit, bares witness to a raucous night of music that allows Black Kids to break free of the hype.
HEADLINES
- Best Coast announce UK headline tour, new album due in Spring
- Timber Timbre announced as support for Laura Marling tour
- Clarence Clemons’ nephew Jake Clemons joins the E Street Band
- Barack Obama drops campaign mixtape
- Cate Le Bon announces UK tour
- Kanye West and Jay-Z rumoured to be appearing in Shoreditch today
- The Flaming Lips, Friends and Tom Vek amongst those confirmed for The Parklife Weekender 2012
- Hot Chip, Mount Kimbie, Metronomy and more to play Sónar 2012
- Josh T. Pearson, Beth Jeans Houghton and Gilles Peterson added to The Apple Cart line-up
- Sigur Rós, The xx, The Horrors and more added to Bestival line-up
Videos
Latest Reviews
- Field Music – Plumb
- Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
- Coolrunnings – Dracula Is Only The Beginning
- Tennis – Young And Old
- Maribel – Reveries
- Woodpigeon – For Paolo
- Amanda Mair – Amanda Mair
- Karen Dalton – 1966
- Gotye – Making Mirrors
- Suzanne Ciani – Lixiviation
- James Levy and the Blood Red Rose – Pray To Be Free
- Thomas Truax – Monthly Journal
- Of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks









