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We’re masochists (Imperial Teen)

22/10/2013

'We're not in a gay band, we're just in a band. On the other hand we're not NOT in a gay band, I just think 'who cares?'' Imperial Teen interview....

Lux Lives – Long Live Lux Interior

21/10/2013

We raise a large glass in honour of Lux coming into this world and into our lives. Long live Lux Interior. One very important message from the scriptures of Interior is to love life, live with a...

Drugstore : The Best of Drugstore

16/10/2013

Maybe it's musical Marmite, inspiring only deep devotion or outright contempt. Drugstore are not static enough to pin a genre upon....

Obelyskkh : Hymn to Pan

15/10/2013

What we have here is a doom sound with strong prog and alt rock influences. Also, fucking squirrels. ...

These Hidden Hands [Album]

12/10/2013

Here the nostalgia isn't simplistically or naively wistful, but darker and tenser....

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The Temperance Movement [Live]

10/10/2013

'Understated bluesy soloing rather than pyrotechnic shredding'. Trebuchet catches The Temperance Movement live....

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The Beat Instrumental

09/10/2013

Without sung text the listener was invited to create an entire narrative based on only the title and the music itself. You had to do a little (imaginative) work. ...

Anna Calvi : One Breath

07/10/2013

As with all material on this sublime record, Calvi thrashes her inspirations into unique statements....

Oceano : Incisions

06/10/2013

The first thing that is immediately noticeable about Incisions is the sound design. From the first discordant riff and throat-wrenching roar of opening track ‘Eternal Wasteland’, it’s proven a...

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Loitered Lens : Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons

06/10/2013

Puss Johnson cut a dated dash in red boots, tight leopard print attire, high lacquered hair and leopard face paint. You know, like you have at kids parties....

Pierre Deutschmann : Betroit

04/10/2013

It would have been all too easy to attempt this kind of fusion cynically or unimaginatively, but Berliner Pierre Deutschmann manouevres around these traps with great skill....

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Loitered Lens : We Banjo 3

29/09/2013

When he sang, “We all need more banjos in this world,” everyone in the tent was united in their agreement. ...

Touchstone : Oceans of Time

24/09/2013

There are still plenty of heavier passages where they show their metal side. But there is far more light and shade....

The Meat Puppets [Live]

22/09/2013

Trippy and meandering as the hastily recorded studio version of themselves, live, the Meat Puppets just about delivered the goods musically. ...

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Luna Rossa : Interview

18/09/2013

'The Sleeping Pills & Lullabies title was an idea of mine. It was the idea of two different ways of falling asleep…'...

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Martin Bedard : Topographies

17/09/2013

Anyone seeking innovative and forward-thinking electronic music need look no further; the energy and imagination displayed in this collection puts many younger producers to shame...

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Fish : Feast of Consequences

15/09/2013

It all amounts to an album that's well worth the six year wait...

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Douglas Dare : Seven Hours [EP]

12/09/2013

Devoid of histrionics, of 'emotional' treatments, and of cloying sentimentality. Dare's presentation of the songs is instead factual, crisp and resigned....

Terence Fixmer : Bells [EP]

11/09/2013

After over a decade of production, Terrence Fixmer's back catalogue is extensive and his production style well-defined. ...

Dick Venom and The Terrortones [EP]

09/09/2013

Don’t be fooled by the oversized quiff; there’s very little about their music that is rockabilly or surf. ...

Loitered Lens : Valerie June

08/09/2013

Loitered Lens, fine photos. The subject: Valerie June. Caught here at the Cambridge Folk Festival 2013...

Breed 77 / Fozzy : Sub 89 [Live]

05/09/2013

This is the first time I've seen bras thrown at the band; you don't get that at prog gigs....

Bloodstock 2013

04/09/2013

'a cover of 'The Final Countdown' threatens to burst the stage with the volume of those roaring along' ...

Loitered Lens : Lydia Lunch

01/09/2013

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcaplthough no longer resident in New York, Lydia Lunch is best known for being a fundamental cog in that city’s “No Wave” scene...

Heidi Widdop (Cloud Atlas) : Interview

29/08/2013

The excitement I am feeling that finally I am in a position to record music that I have written, that I can produce it to sound exactly as I feel it should, is just massive! ...