Originally published as an early doors piece last year, heres your chance to revisit the review for ‘Blood Bank’ which went on general release this week via Jagjaguwar.
Author Emily Moore
Loney Dear – Old Blue Last 08/12/08 [Photos]
Photos from Mondays TLOBF Xmas Party. Run in conjunction with Something In Construction records.. We had sets from Adam Donen and The Drought, Martin Carr and Loney Dear.
David Byrne – Tower Theater & BC Camplight – Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia 08/11/08
Philadelphia is cresting a tidal wave of euphoria. From the World Series win to the presidential election, things are going well. Plus David Byrne is in town. Emily Moore was lucky enough to be there too.
Studio Dispatches Part III: Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo fill us in on their Halloween adventures in Connecticut and New York. Oh, and the progress of that pesky first album.
Studio Dispatches: Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo are currently in a Connecticut studio recording their first album, the band keep us up to date with exclusive weekly dispatches from the studio.
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Emily Moore paints a portrait of 1970s and 1980s New York underground, where disco, pop and the avant-garde collided with explosive force and at which Arthur Russell was at the centre.
Bon Iver – Shepherds Bush Empire, London 11/09/08
A sell-out crowd for what was Bon Iver’s biggest headlining concert to date. Emily Moore was there to witness what was a truly magical evening.
TLOBF Interview :: The War On Drugs
On the eve of their first European tour, TLOBF caught up with WoD’s front man Adam Granduciel, who’s sweetly boffiny, scarily focused and as puppyishly excited about the tour as we are.
Micah P. Hinson – Bush Hall, London 16/07/08
Live, Micah P. Hinson sounds very unlike his records, while at the same time sounding exactly as you’d expect. Without the gorgeously layered strings, organ, vocals and feedback you’ll hear on his albums, his performance is a stark affair.
Primavera Sound 2008, Barcelona 29th May – 1st June ’08
TLOBF does Primavera 2008. And yet again it remains challenging, innovative and unfailingly brilliant.
TLOBF Interview :: Bon Iver
The reputation of Bon Iver, precedes him like a particularly florid trumpet fanfare. In this indepth and hugely insightful interview with Emily Moore he reveals himself to be a thoughtful, funny, humble soul.
Turner Cody – First Light
Emily Moore reviews the second album from sometime Herman Dune bassist Turner Cody, enjoying his take on weird alt-folk.
TLOBF Loves… Family Machine
Emily Moore finds the charms of Oxford’s Family Machine hard to beat during our current batch of April showers.
An interview with Merz
TLOBF’s latest scribe, Emily Moore, catches up with Merz, the purveyor of twisted electro-folk.
