It’s a filthy night in Cambridge – wind is howling, rain is battering and the Portland Arms is packed. This is how it should be – get out of the Autumnal weather by witnessing some music and sinking a few ales. Much better than trying to do anything else.

Tubelord – Tezcatlipōca
Tubelord return, albeit fleetingly, with the Aztec-inspired Tezcatlipōca. Despite its briefness, it’s a sign of good things to come.

Tall Ships join Tubelord on UK adventure
With their second EP nearly complete, Tall Ships have announced that they’re to join Tubelord on their UK tour. We had the debut Tall Ships release streaming on TLOBF a month or so back, and mighty fine it was to. Now you’ve got the chance to catch two of the UK’s most promising acts live, [...]
TLOBF :: Ones to Watch 2009
Our “Ones to Watch” for 2009 – we take our pick from the best new stuff to come at your ears in the next 12 months.
Big Scary Monsters label announce Christmas Tour!
The annual Big Scary Monsters Christmas Tour is back! Bigger, better and more exciting than ever before. An indie institution, the last 5 years have seen more festive joy than Miracle On 34th Street and more carnage than a Home Alone film.
Hear all new Blakfish demos, download Big Scary Monsters sampler
Fighting with bouncers, run-ins with the police, exploding vans, drinking til they puke, puking til they drink again – it’s only rock n roll but Blakfish like it.
Tubelord w/Blakish @ Café Saki, Manchester 31/08/08
So, with Johnny Foreigner and Cats In Paris having now both gone on to deliver utterly fantastic albums, Tom Whyman needs something fresh and new to gibber about. So luckily Tubelord have emerged into his field of consciousness to take their place as this country’s leading upcoming band.
HEADLINES
- Best Coast announce UK headline tour, new album due in Spring
- Timber Timbre announced as support for Laura Marling tour
- Clarence Clemons’ nephew Jake Clemons joins the E Street Band
- Barack Obama drops campaign mixtape
- Cate Le Bon announces UK tour
- Kanye West and Jay-Z rumoured to be appearing in Shoreditch today
- The Flaming Lips, Friends and Tom Vek amongst those confirmed for The Parklife Weekender 2012
- Hot Chip, Mount Kimbie, Metronomy and more to play Sónar 2012
- Josh T. Pearson, Beth Jeans Houghton and Gilles Peterson added to The Apple Cart line-up
- Sigur Rós, The xx, The Horrors and more added to Bestival line-up
Videos
Latest Reviews
- Field Music – Plumb
- Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
- Coolrunnings – Dracula Is Only The Beginning
- Tennis – Young And Old
- Maribel – Reveries
- Woodpigeon – For Paolo
- Amanda Mair – Amanda Mair
- Karen Dalton – 1966
- Gotye – Making Mirrors
- Suzanne Ciani – Lixiviation
- James Levy and the Blood Red Rose – Pray To Be Free
- Thomas Truax – Monthly Journal
- Of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks











