An absolute smorgasbord of aural delights: impeccably produced and meticulously assembled, with a sheer audacity and verve that borders on – but crucially never become – the ridiculous.
Author Danny Wadeson
Rough Trade Shops – Electronic 11
Rough Trade Shops collect together a fresh, eclectic mix of electronica that is sure to expand your horizons to strange new worlds – but they might not be tourist friendly.
Jenny O – Home EP
Like a wam fireplace, ‘Home’ is a warming and transfixing EP to curl up with, and just in time for Autumn too. Danny Wadeson reviews.
Grouplove – Never Trust A Happy Song
Grouplove set TLOBF’s world alight with initial single ‘Colours’. But does the full length debut from the serendipitous quintet make good on that promise?
L-Vis 1990 – Neon Dreams
L-Vis 1990 (aka James Connolly) is one half of label/club night Night Slugs. His debut album ‘Neon Dreams’ aims to establish a name for himself by bringing things back to Chicago House basics – with just a little help from his friends.
Raffertie – Visual Acuity EP
With his new ‘Visual Acuity’ EP, Raffertie has rejoined the party, and in case you were worried; he’s most definitely not brought any dubstep with him.
Bing Ji Ling – Shadow To Shine
As a prelude to the summer (or spring at least…) it hits the spot are, chances are, it’ll last you until the winter too. A great album, if you can look past your initial cool-filer skepticism.
Goose – Synrise
Like the way Goose have replaced a single letter in their album title to make something glorious and organic sound mechanical and synthetic, so too is their sophomore missing that one key ingredient to transform their 45 minute offering from the latter to the former.
Wot Gorilla – New Arrival
Wot Gorilla are certainly carrying the math-rock torch, but are they illuminating anything new with it?
TLOBF Introducing // Not Squares
Belfast’s Not Squares took a strange route to becoming a dance band, and are all the better for it. Their sound is by turns anarchic, willfully madcap, heavily percussive and, by their own admission, still yet to hit their stride.
French Horn Rebellion – The Infinite Music Of French Horn Rebellion
From the instrumental, brooding interludes to the dance-floor bangers, this debut represents a late contender for album of the year says Danny Wadeson.
I Blame Coco – The Constant
A vanity project by the daughter of Sting, or something more substantial? Danny Wadeson finds out.
TLOBF Interview // The Joy Formidable
With three US tours and a number of European, Australian, and UK tours already under their collective belt, The Joy Formidable are one of those bands; doing what they do best, to people who dig their music, on their own terms.
Russ Chimes – Midnight Club EP
Russ Chimes has produced an EP with a cohesive narrative and, despite the disco-friendly bombast of three really excellent tunes, a sense of restraint as well. A classy debut EP according to Danny Wadeson.
CFCF – The River EP
There certainly is plenty of potential on The River EP, Danny Wadeson just just hopes CFCF’s next work breaks the banks a little more.
The Good The Bad – From 001 to 017
Danish based The Good The Bad make it very simple to encapsulate their sound: Wild West rock ‘n’ roll.
