Full of colour and character, GBG are infectiously poppy, quirky and breezy, with a strong French slant. Sample this delightful band inside, with their cover of the Junior Mervin classic ‘Police & Thieves’.
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Stórsveit Nix Noltes – Royal Family / Divorce
Made up of between 9 and 12 Icelandic musicians, Stórsveit Nix Noltes are an Eastern European folk music arkestra with a punk-rock aesthetic. John Brainlove reviews the latest from the FatCat stable.
The Rank Deluxe – You Decide
There are moments where You Decide does work, but for all its social awareness and attempts at guitar heroics, this is a below average rock record with no real stand-out songs.
Frightened Rabbit – Scala, London 15/04/09
Frightened Rabbit are a ramshackle, dishevelled, waywardly talented band making raw, honest music into which people seem to be able insert themselves wholly, carelessly. This might just be the end of a triumphant chapter…
PJ Harvey & John Parish, Tom Brosseau – Corn Exchange, Brighton, 15/04/09
Double Denim troubadour plays the role of the quiet American while PJ Harvey and John Parish play the part of the bored English people on a rainy night by the sea.
Brakes – Touchdown
They used to be referred to as Brighton’s supergroup, but now onto their third album Simon Tyers asks: are they just a super group? (Sorry.)
Introducing: We Were Promised Jetpacks
Rich Hughes goes a bit mad for We Were Promised Jetpacks – one of the best new bands he’s heard in AGES… find out why inside…
Frightened Rabbit – Quietly Now
‘Quietly Now’ is testament to the band’s integrity and power, and to the indestructibility of these raw, potent songs that they’ve to all intents and purposes, managed to get away with the always tricky to pull off ‘live album’.
The Balky Mule – The Length of The Rail
Packed with pretty melodies and lyrical grace and style, it’s these elements that deserve your recognition far more than the random aural fireworks which punctuate the songs contained in The Length Of The Rail.
Introducing: The Balky Mule
The Balky Mule is the sound of one man experimenting with his own musical surroundings. Seemingly throwing every instrument lying around into an organic lo-fi melting pot of sweet pop ditties and wyrd folk.
Tom Brosseau Announces ‘Posthumous Success’, released May 11th
‘Posthumous Success’, Tom Brosseau’s first new album of studio material in two years and his third FatCat full-length release (8th in total), is due for release May 11th. Details, mp3 and video all inside.
Brakes – Cambridge Junction 06/02/09 [Photos]
On a cold, icy and difficult night for public transport, Brakes headlined an all-ages gig in Cambridge. As it was the first TLOBF meet of 2009, curry and beer were consumed to both celebrate and keep the cold at bay.
