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Modvs : Mayfield EP

15/05/2014

Proof that techno doesn't have to choose between being conceptual/atmospheric and forceful...

Bis versus Cradle of Filth

14/05/2014

The quality and hooks build themselves up with subtle but sinister precision....

Conan : The Lost Interview

12/05/2014

'You can play everything louder at a show than you can on an iPod' Conan's guitarist and vocalist on priorities....

Loitered Lens : Clutch

11/05/2014

Chungering brute-heavy guitar chops, full-throttle riffage, support from labelmates Lionize. Clutch at the Forum. Photos....

A picture of The Business by Nick Henderson

Tour Diaries : The Business

09/05/2014

He may look like something that got left out for recyling behind the Crass commune, but this guy can play...

The 45s Carlisle / Bitter Strings [Live at The Garage]

09/05/2014

A complete sticky lather. ...

The Sonics : Koko [Live]

08/05/2014

Instrumentally and vocally The Sonics still have it and boy oh boy, do they give it to you. ...

Rush Vinyl Competition

06/05/2014

Sign up to our newsletter for the chance to win Rush's legendary debut on limited edition vinyl with loads of extras....

Haken [Live, The Garage]

06/05/2014

Despite the obvious virtuosity of the whole band there was relatively little in the way of soloing; the strength of their music is in the composition. ...

Loitered Lens : Bruce Foxton’s From The Jam

04/05/2014

Entertainment, Going Underground, Beat Surrender and an outstanding version of Town Called Malice all fixed a look of pure ecstasy onto the audiences middle-aged faces, and a glint of nostalgia in...

Felix Kubin : Interview

02/05/2014

I don't want to be a pop underground star when I'm sixty on stage. I love the genre of pop but it's just one of many genres....

Make Better Music 72 : Music Theory

30/04/2014

Music theory is way of labelling sounds and ideas in a way that highlights the relationships between them...

Sendai : A Smaller Divide

28/04/2014

There's a very interesting and productive tension between chaos and order and light and dark running through the album....

Loitered Lens : Amund Maruud

27/04/2014

Imagine the King, frenzied and fuelled up on booze and bop pills whilst performing the main dance sequence of Jailhouse Rock - that was the show that blurred before us...

Sleepy Sun : Corsica Studios [Live]

25/04/2014

With each album Sleepy Sun are moving further away from their garage-folk roots and further into straight ahead psych-pop. Moreover, they’re just getting better at being musicians. ...

Tori Amos : Unrepentant Geraldines

24/04/2014

Striking a balance between vivid imagery and staying the right side of the absurdity barrier. Her lyrics might be colourful, but they are never lurid....

Polar Bear : XOYO

22/04/2014

This was jazz, but it was jazz with the raw energy and ferocious intensity of a rock show....

D S C R D : Interview

21/04/2014

Some people react more poetically, have nice abstract or artistic concepts, create an imaginary world or whatever. We do not have any of this....

Loitered Lens: The Spitfires

20/04/2014

Photos of The Spitfires, A Watford based 3 piece who have been together since September 2012...

Kelis : Food

19/04/2014

An album that keeps its powder dry, thrills and teases, and on vocal performances such as 'Biscuits n' Gravy', enthrals. Kelis, Food. Review...

Gallon Drunk [Interview]

18/04/2014

In the late afternoon, on the last day of winter, James Johnston and Trebuchet’s Kailas caught up to talk over the reinvigoration of Gallon Drunk and the ghosts of the past....

Riverside : O2 Islington

17/04/2014

An ideal band for the many people still missing Porcupine Tree, but on the basis of performances like this, they're far, far more than that....

Sebastian Bach : Give ‘Em Hell

15/04/2014

Compared to previous Sebastian Bach albums, there is an increase in vocal harmonies, and some of the effects used give a sense of an alternative or electronic sound at times....

Loitered Lens : Birdeatsbaby

13/04/2014

Dark cabaret supremos Birdeatsbaby played a dramatic set at their Hope & Anchor single launch party....

T.O.M.B Versus Pilgrim Versus The Unholy

11/04/2014

All of a sudden, what had been sinister, suggestive and harsh starts sounding instead like some bloke making funny 'WURRRRGH!' and clanging noises in a recording studio. ...

HRH Prog 2 Festival

09/04/2014

There were complaints from some quarters that it was an inconvenient location. But it was an equal opportunity inconvenience; it takes just as long wherever you're coming from. HRH Prog 2...

A picture from a Bernard Parmegiani recital

The Music of Bernard Parmegiani at LCMF

08/04/2014

While in Paris Parmegiani's work is usually presented in state of the art, state-subsidised spaces, here it manifests in multi-storey car parks and former carpet factories, both in formerly abject...

Loitered Lens : HRH Prog

06/04/2014

A selection of photos from HRH Prog festival gives a hint of how things went down at the North Wales shindig...

Teebs : Estara

04/04/2014

Mandowa stamps his musical signature onto the record, weaving a living, breathing album of songs with none of the icy clinical detachment that might be expected of a producer's album....