Earlier this month saw the release of brand new material from London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys in the form of “Dies in 55”, a gorgeous and utterly otherworldly pop song that sounds like nothing else around – like carnival music beamed in from another dimension, warped and rhapsodic. Now, with a much anticipated debut full-length […]
Mariachi El Bronx, the alter ego of acclaimed Los Angeles-based punk outfit The Bronx, kick off their Vans Off the Wall European tour headlining in Dublin tomorrow. To celebrate they have given Roy Orbison’s ‘Only The Lonely’ the Mariachi El Bronx treatment and are giving it away for free! Following the release of their well-received […]
Producer, DJ, and remixer Tim “Love” Lee (a.k.a. Fully Bearded) released his new album recently, titled Fully Bearded: 15 Years of Tummy Touch Records in Dub. The album commemorates the first 15 years of Tummy Touch Records, the label founded by Lee. It features his dub mixes of tracks by past and present artists on […]
After a big year in which Caveman gained instant praise for their live shows and recorded songs alike, their 10-track debut album CoCo Beware is self-released on CD and vinyl today via their own label Magic Man! Records / ORG Music. The New York Times reviewed the debut here, saying:“The deliberate soft focus lends depth […]
– LLOYDS HOTEL, MANCHESTER – Lesson one on how to light up a place – get The Hymek Manoeuvre playing live. The last time I saw them they were playing at Beech Road Music Festival to upwards of 4000 people, spreading their feel good sounds from a large stage across a full field of mainly […]
Victories At Sea are an experimental 3 piece from the Midlands, citing influences as wide and diverse as Slowdive, Boards of Canada, and M83 through to more unadulterated alternatives such as Echo and The Bunnymen, New Order and mid 80’s Cure. By using various electronics and drum loops live, their traditional set up is enveloped […]
– THE GOOD FUN ISSUE – Kitsuné’s head-honcho and the brain behind its renowned compilation series, Gildas Loaëc, is letting us discover it for the first time on headphones because his young sons are sleeping next door. However the energy is more present than ever in the spontaneous musical outbursts gathered in this new edition […]
Givers released their debut album ‘In Light’ last Monday, via Glassnote/Island Records and to mark the release they’ve made available a remix of their current single ‘Meantime’, by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. Bombay Bicycle Club have also remixed the tune, which follows their debut single ‘Up Up Up’. Givers was formed by Taylor Guarisco (singer & […]
Danny Drive Thru, both DJ and Producer, has been having quite a busy 2011, with his music featuring on the Nihon Kizuna fundraiser compilation alongside the likes of Kode 9, Onra and Slugabed, as well as the recent Finest Ego collection of UK and Irish producers, which saw him in the company of such contemporaries in the beat scene as […]
Ahead of their eagerly anticipated debut full-length UK release, ‘Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen’ (set for January 2012 on Moshi Moshi Records), Norway’s CASIOKIDS have announced their brand new single ‘Det Haster!’ will be out on October 24th. Backed with a remix by Of Montreal, the single precedes a November UK tour. The original track ‘Det Haster!’ […]
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GIGS OF 2024
ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2024
LIVE REVIEW - CUMGIRL8: YES BASEMENT - 10/12/2024
LIVE REVIEW - IDLES: MANCHESTER APOLLO - 06/12/24
ALBUM ROUNDUP DECEMBER 2024
LIVE REVIEW: THE UNTHANKS - LYTHAM LOWTHER PAVILION: 04/12/24
ALBUM REVIEW - BEN FOLDS: SLEIGHER
ALBUM REVIEW: THE GO-BETWEENS – G STANDS FOR GO-BETWEENS: VOLUME 3 2000-2006
LIVE REVIEW: FONTAINES D.C. - MANCHESTER AVIVA STUDIOS: 29/11/24
INTERVIEW - THE KOWLOONS
