Unapologetically walking the tightrope of being gloriously addictive and mind-numbingly repetitive – The Subways return with…. more of the same. Yes, The Subways are still doing exactly what it says on the tin, a fact that will probably be their downfall.
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Japanese Voyeurs – Yolk
A mixed bag from this much lauded bunch of London grunge revivalists. But have they done enough in debut album Yolk to win the sceptical John Skibeat over?
Explosions In The Sky – Take Care Take Care Take Care
Texan post-rock titans Explosions In The Sky return with their long awaited sixth long-player Take Care Take Care Take Care. Their finest moment to date? John Skibeat thinks it could well be. TLOBF Recommended.
Funeral For A Friend – Welcome Home Armageddon
There’s no doubting there are instant big-hitters here but what marks this album out as a giant step up is the switch of anaemic filler for angry, slow-growers.
AXXONN – Let’s Get It Straight
The kind of thrill ride that leaves you stuffed full of adrenaline, gasping for breath and with a mile-wide smile on your kisser. AXXONN throws everything into the mix – kitchen sink the lot. the results are varied yet ultimately thrilling writes John Skibeat.
Ultraphallus – Sowberry Hagan
An exhilarating thrill-ride into the unknown that makes our hearts beat faster and gives us a feeling of light-headedness as neurones fire us into something approaching happiness.
Twin Atlantic – The Haymakers, Cambridge 25/01/11
Is this the last time that new Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic play in a venue as small as The Haymakers? John Skibeat heads along to find out.
TLOBF Interview // Wino
Slumped so deep into a sofa, Wino seems almost past the point of no return, yet he rouses enough of himself to reflect on his recent achievements, a mere scratch on the surface of his long association with what many would pigeon-hole as doom or stoner rock.
Shrinebuilder – Scala, London 02/12/10
Nothing less than a volcanic eruption could stop Shrinebuilder visiting these shores last Spring, so to finally hear the crowd roar as Dale Crover, Al Cisneros, Scott Kelly and Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich, legends all, mount the stage is enough to cause several grown men’s lips to momentarily quiver.
Lords Of Falconry – Lords Of Falconry
Avid ornithologist John Skibeat takes flight with the Lords Of Falconry.
Winnebago Deal – Career Suicide
With four years since their last album Winnebago Deal return with a fierce slab of stripped-back second wave punk.
Quest For Fire – Lights From Paradise
Toronto’s Quest For Fire switch from their self-titled debut’s tendency towards the sharply aggressive, raw punk end of stonerdom to where they are now, on Lights From Paradise, ekeing out passively-shifting, immersive psych that steadily swells and abates.
Label Profile #5 // Good Fight Music
“We’ve built a company that is in a unique position to rise to the challenges of the evolving music industry. We’ve been on the front lines as digital has become the medium of choice for music marketing and commerce, and we’ve grown with it, embraced the opportunities it’s presented.”
65daysofstatic – Heavy Sky
Emerging from the debris of the recording sessions for latest album We Were Exploding Anyway, comes this craftily-compiled EP featuring six brand new tracks, because surely nothing is too good to throw away
Mt. Desolation – Mt. Desolation
Mt. Desolation is the deceptively morbid moniker for the new vehicle featuring Keane’s songwriter-in-chief/pianist, Tim Rice-Oxley, and their bassist/percussionist, Jesse Quin.
Spirits Of The Dead – Spirits Of The Dead
Norway’s Spirits Of The Dead have clearly combined their love of 60s rhythms and 70s psychedelics with a fiercely contemporary take on blissed-out, wonderfully progressive rock that echoes bands like Wolfmother, Porcupine Tree and Dead Meadow. Employing echoing vocals, vibrantly upbeat drum patterns and heavily-fuzzed guitars, they twist and turn their way through a debut [...]
