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Pitch black, brutal, noisy, cinematic, psychedelic (OvO)

11/12/2013

I have to say Ronin is a big effort, but Abisso was one of biggest efforts I've ever made. There's a lot of work behind this loose sound. Ovo...

David Lynch : Remixes

10/12/2013

Sitting alongside brand new tracks and previously unreleased instrumental versions are a slew of stunning remixes from the varied likes of Bastille, Hot Since 82, Venetian Snares and Bjorn Yttling...

A picture of The Pixies by Nick Henderson

Loitered Lens : The Pixies

08/12/2013

The Pixies, taking the Lady Bracknell approach to band relations. Nick Henderson catches the band (and a glimpse of a Kim) at the Hammersmith Apollo....

Valerie June : Islington Assembly Hall

06/12/2013

She picked and plucked guitar, uke’ and banjo; stamped her strappy shoed feet, and embodied the soul, folk, blues, gospel, and bluegrass spirits of the past hundred years. Valerie June, live....

Jon Stevens & Richard Fortus [Dead Daisies]

04/12/2013

Interview with INXS and GNR Alumni Jon Stevens and Richard Fortus on their REAL band The Dead Daisies...

Loitered Lens : Fé

03/12/2013

Photos of Fé, live at the Borderline, London...

A picture of the Ben Miller Band by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : The Ben Miller Band

01/12/2013

Quite simply an absolute must see band. The only thing missing was moonshine in a mason jar at the merch stall. Plus: Gimli squeezes out a crusty one....

OvO : Abisso

29/11/2013

Abisso is not a happy place, it’s an amoral rather than immoral landscape of survival and death. It also sounds a bit like glam rock and Goblin. ...

Max Richter – Memoryhouse revisited

28/11/2013

Vinyl release of Max Richter's memoryhouse and a rare Barbican performance on Jan 24 of this masterwork. ...

I think it sounds a bit commercial but that wasn’t done on purpose (Phil Collen)

28/11/2013

'In Def Leppard, I’m a guitar player and here I’m a singer. I’m playing a completely different instrument.' Phil Collen of Man Raze (and Def Leppard) explains his most recent project....

Hank Ray : I Walked With A Holy Ghost Cowboy

26/11/2013

The sound of someone blowing large smoke rings up the ass of Psychobilly and it’ll truly make you happier than a dead pig in the sunshine....

Mlada Fronta : Every Thing

26/11/2013

Every Thing really does do what it says on the tin: the set includes every track, every remix, every video and even digital versions of all the artwork, press and live photos from the last two...

Loitered Lens : Reef

24/11/2013

'like Rival Sons with a tad more originality and minus the bullshit. Oh and they packed out Koko on a school night' Photos of Reef at KOKO....

A picture of Aeons of Satan's Reign by Satan's Wrath

Satan’s Wrath versus Obliteration [Review]

22/11/2013

Since awesome cover art is 50% of the metal experience, perhaps we should call this one a draw? ...

Sawlin & Subjected [Interview]

21/11/2013

We do this kind of music to do something, what you don't expect. More experimental and trippy stuff. Sawlin & Subjected talk to Trebuchet's Codex Europa. ...

Pelican : Forever Becoming

19/11/2013

Huge yetis pound and penis dragons as Vikings traverse heavy seas towards dimension holes guarded by bong-sucking Freudian anachronisms. Pelican deliver the music, you add the narrative....

A picture of Torres by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : Torres

17/11/2013

Photos of Torres, playing at The Borderline, London. 13 November 2013...

Mutation : Error 500

15/11/2013

Containing personnel from The Wildhearts, Napalm Death and The Cardiacs, this brings together the various elements in a way that borders on magical. ...

Veronica Falls : Tufnell Park Dome [Live]

12/11/2013

Showing no great deviation from the sound of their second record, but also that they’re far from out of ideas, Veronica Falls light up Tufnell Park Dome...

Weekend Nachos : Still

11/11/2013

Weekend Nachos are pretty sick people, perhaps even dangerous...

Loitered Lens : Touchstone

10/11/2013

Oceans of Time ought to cement Touchstone’s growing reputation as one of the most exciting bands in the scene....

Peru Maravilloso [Album]

08/11/2013

If the material is jaunty and lacking in nose-flutes it is because this is a reflection of Peruvian popular music in the 60s/70s, not some anthropological/musicological quest for an imposed...

Palms [Album]

06/11/2013

The emphasis on tight contrapuntal instrumentation elevates Palms as one of THE records of 2013....

A picture of The Presence LDN by Kailas Elmer

Loitered Lens : The Presence LDN

03/11/2013

Do it out in the street and they’d lock you up. Do it up on a stage and everybody gets into it. I guess that’s the weird magic of the thing – going nuts in a public place. The Presence LDN,...

Band Diaries : Vienna Ditto

01/11/2013

It’s a queasy, greasy, sleazy sort of sound that inspired a load of complaints from the upstairs neighbour, but he’s an idiot....

A picture of the Jesu Album Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

Jesu : Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

30/10/2013

Is the success of 'The Great Leveller' enough to elevate this release? More of an EP with filler than an album, so arguably not....

Top Ten Rappers Who Produce

28/10/2013

The rap game is hard to break into. Ask any "lyricist" trying to make it in the music business today - it's much harder to be successful as a rapper than it was 20 years ago. ...