With the recent re-issue of The Radio Dept. back catalogue on heavyweight 180g vinyl, The Line Of Best Fit take a look back at the three albums that have shaped and carved an undeniable arc in modern alternate pop culture. What follows is a wonderful insight into one of Sweden’s best kept secrets.
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Festival Diary: Truck 2011
The 14th edition of Truck festival takes Buzz Stas into the mild mannered, sun soaked Oxford countryside for a little bit of Gruff Rhys, Trophy Wife, Chad Valley, Caitlin Rose and Truck larger-blurred boogieing.
Hometown glory: Givers show TLOBF around Lafayette
Givers have just finished their first jaunt around the UK – so we thought they might like to show us around their home town of Lafayette.
Oh! Canada Road Trip! Part 5: Vancouver, BC
Oh! Canada hits the road again this summer- first stop: Vancouver’s Birthday Party with The New Pornographers, Neko Case, Dan Mangan and more.
Distinct Psychic Atmospheres: No Joy
As No Joy embark on an extensive tour of Europe, Stephen Smith takes a closer look at their album Ghost Blonde and the distinctive sense of distance throughout its ten tracks.
The Future’s Bright, the Future’s….Odd?
Ready (or more likely) not, Odd Future are coming. And we’d best be prepared.
The Great Escape 2011: 26½ things learned from Sufjan Stevens at the Brighton Dome
The reinvented chamber-pop wunderkind’s madly action-packed new show takes “throwing ideas at a problem” to barely charted strata, with many fans hailing it as their best gig ever. But what’s the news? Charlie Ivens investigates.
Aldrei fór ég suður festival 2011 – Best of the Bands
Charlie Ivens takes a closer look at some of the bands who played at Iceland’s remotest festival last month.
Camden Crawl: Day 1 – Visions of Trees, Becoming Real, Those Dancing Days
Those Dancing Days head up the first day of our exclusive Camden Crawl photo coverage.
Tallinn Music Week
16 stages, 147 artists from 10 countries and more than 7,500 fans and 190 international delegates. Vasilis Panagiotopoulos looks back at Tallinn Music Week and examines its role as a musical hub between the Baltics, the Nordic region and Russia.
Tad Lancucki: An unsung hero, dearly missed
Our writer Adam Elmadhi pays tribute to a hero of the London gig-going scene, who passed away earlier this month.
Helioscope re-visited: Vessels talk through their new b-sides and remix collection
Having just released their eagerly awaited new album Helioscope, Leeds based post-rock titans Vessels sent us their thoughts on the albums bonus content – a series of rare b-sides and remixes from the likes of Rolo Tomassi, Worriedaboutsatan and Octopus Project.
