Chris Marling sings the praises of the best thing from Doncaster since… well… Doncaster itself. Prepare for more indie-dance tunes than you can shake a stick at.
Features TLOBF Loves
TLOBF Loves… Family Machine
Emily Moore finds the charms of Oxford’s Family Machine hard to beat during our current batch of April showers.
TLOBF Loves… Cats In Paris
Maybe not as scary as the dream they took their name from, John Brainlove sings the virtues of the glorious imagination that fuels Cats In Paris’ music.
TLOBF Loves… The Botticellis
Kyle Lemmon embraces the surf pop of The Botticellis who’s debut was 4 years in the making, but well worth the wait.
TLOBF Loves… The Accidental
Rich Hughes marvels at the folk-tinged wonder of The Accidental, a collective of artists from Tunng, Truck Records and The Bicycle Thieves.
TLOBF Loves… The Veils
Jude Clarke praises the beautiful, yet intense, music of The Veils. The brain child of Finn Andrews.
TLOBF Loves… Toumani Diabaté
Ro Cemm sings the praises of Toumani Diabaté, one in a long line of Malian musicians or griots reknowned for their musicianship and vocal skills.
TLOBF Loves… Benjamin Blower
An artist who explores how divorced man is from God, free from value and identity, and slaves to consumerism is this week’s tip from TLOBF.
TLOBF Loves… Fanfarlo
We sent Simon Gurney a Fanfarlo CD over Christmas and he told us it was the best present he’d had. He really, really loves them. Find out why inside.
TLOBF Loves… Holy Fuck
Somewhere between rave, post-rock, electro and prog, Holy Fuck’s repetitive beats a-gogo and exuberant experimentation certainly made 2007 a special musical year for Jude Clarke.
TLOBF Loves… The Acorn
Another Canadian band worth looking out for. Except this time they’re offer something a little different to the usual Arcade Fire and BSS clones.
TLOBF Loves… Baroness
Baroness are the most exciting, individually expressive and original thing to have hit John Skibeat’s lugholes in a long, long time. Click to find out why…
