The marriage of ageless simplicity and avant-garde modernity that Amidon and the Bedroom Community manage on I See The Sign is simply stunning. It’s creators are aware of where invention and understatement are best placed – the result is 42 transcendent minutes.

Owen Pallett – Union Chapel, London 25/01/10
Easily the best gig of the year so far, Owen Pallett is a must-see act, especially at the perfect venue, Union Chapel.

Shhh! An All Day Celebration Of Quiet Music – Cecil Sharp House, London 23/01/10
Whilst “quiet music” to some may be synonymous with “boring folk gubbins,” the organisers of Shhh! set out to dispel this notion with, to my mind, a reasonable degree of success.

ATP vs The Fans Strike Back – Minehead, 8th-10th May 2009
We give you All Tomorrow’s Parties from two perspectives. Boy and girl. Adam Elmahdi and Kate Price give a detailed look at last weekends “The Fans Strike Back” event.

ATP vs The Fans Strike Back. The Brainlove Chronicles.
Before we run our extensive review of last weekends ATP shenanigans, we asked John Brainlove’s to jot down some thoughts about the weekends happenings. Look out for a full review, plus a bumper photo feature coming very soon!!

Grizzly Bear collaborator Nico Muhly announces special London show
If you enjoy the music of Peter Broderick, Max Richter, Steve Reich or Johann Johannsson you will almost certainly want to check out Nico Muhly when he performs in the grandiouse setting of London’s Union Chapel on 8th May.
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