Archive for category: Reviews

Lou Reed covers Lennon. Morrissey, Patti and Iggy play on a memorable night at Hop Farm

Lou Reed covers Lennon. Morrissey, Patti and Iggy play on a memorable night at Hop Farm

21 / July 3, 2011 12:40 pm

Saturday night was brought to an outstanding finale by a handful of the most significant musical icons of the 20th century at the Hop Farm festival, Kent. The event, organized by Vince Power, was described by Morrissey as “the most civilized [...]

The Black Ships set sail in London

The Black Ships set sail in London

2 / June 5, 2011 12:04 pm

Kicking off the summer with a debut show (June 2nd), The Black Ships, founded by guitarist Nick McCabe and bassist Si Jones (The Verve), string arranger and violinist Davide Rossi (Goldfrapp) and drummer Mig Schillace (Portishead), stormed the King’s College [...]

Singles Roundup – May

4 / May 5, 2011 5:55 pm

Sun Araw – Houston Abros Monofonus Press Review by Will Gore The heavy weighted yet ethereal pulse of Cameron Stallone’s solo project (conceived in Long Beach, California) continues in this release to provoke an acid trip aesthetic of lucid and [...]

Panda Bear – Tomboy

Panda Bear – Tomboy

8 / April 17, 2011 5:26 pm

Panda Bear – Tomboy Pawtracks Review by Echo Magazine The appropriately named Noah Lennox, who goes under the guise Panda Bear, has finally released his latest dose of hypnoidal anthems on LP. If Tomboy is his ark then Lennox has [...]

Erland & The Carnival – Nightingale

Erland & The Carnival – Nightingale

2 / April 16, 2011 4:09 pm

Erland & The Carnival – Nightingale / Label [Full Time Hobby] –The Good, The Bad & The Queen’s mannered approach to songwriting, with sullen glimpses of eighties life in its lyrics and song titles, is somewhat reflected in the kaleidoscopic [...]

Sarabeth Tucek – Get Well Soon

Sarabeth Tucek – Get Well Soon

1 / April 16, 2011 4:06 pm

Sarabeth Tucek – Get Well Soon / Label [Sonic Cathedral] Review by Rod Kitson –Art and tragedy are inextricably linked, perhaps more so than in any other in the immediate medium of song. The grief of losing a close friend [...]

Mudmowth & Metabeats – Sledgehammer Kisses

Mudmowth & Metabeats – Sledgehammer Kisses

2 / April 16, 2011 4:02 pm

Mudmowth & Metabeats – Sledgehammer Kisses / Label [Associated Minds] –Sledgehammer Kisses is a mini-LP of broken-home poems created by the collaborating force of emcee Mudmowth and producer Metabeat. With the duo coming from South Wales one would expect to [...]

The Oscillation – Veils

The Oscillation – Veils

3 / April 16, 2011 3:59 pm

The Oscillation – Veils / Label [All Time Low Productions] –Within three years of the release of their debut album Out of Phase,The Oscillation have constructed a new LP of extraterrestrial material which reaches out into the murky depths of [...]