Just because you operate the world’s most influential independent music website doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to put on a decent festival. Pitchfork give it a damn good try though…
Bowerbirds
Bowerbirds – Upper Air
‘Upper Air’ is of a similar quality to Bowerbirds first album ‘Hymns For A Dark Horse’, but reached by a slightly different path, the lyrics focus on relationships and love and being astounded by nature.
Bowerbirds – The Borderline, London 26/05/09
Beards, Opera and Smack…just your average Tuesday night out in central London then. TLOBF discovers all this and more as North Carolina’s Bowerbirds play a one off show to showcase their upcoming “Upper Air” album
Sonic Youth, MBV, Aphex Twin and Bloc Party annouced as headliners of Primavera
Check out the lineup for this years Primavera Festival. Full details in the official press blurb inside.
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.
Bowerbirds – Hymns For A Dark Horse
When listening to Hymns For A Dark Horse you get the feeling that these songs are physical objects as much as they are ephemeral waves of vibrations, a holistic set of songs that glimmer brilliantly.
Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans and Secretly Canadian roundup
Jagjaguwar and Dead Oceans, the consistently fine spin off labels from Secretly Canadian have oodles of interested signings and new releases coming up – so, in a condensed form, heres everything in one bite sized-ish post. Here goes…
