Wilco, despite being 10 albums into their career, are still a band to hang your hopes on. They’re not your typical band, most don’t make it this far, and the band’s past clearly reflects why these 6 guys still exist…
Album | Wilco – Schmilco
Category: Reviews
Live | Together The People 2016
Together the People festival returned to Brighton’s Preston Park on 3rd and 4th September for its second year. The Saturday began with some high pitched children’s entertainment on the main stage, which we consciously avoided. Instead, we made our way…
Live | Dan Owen @ St. Pancras Old Church, London
On a warm September evening we entered the beautiful and intimate confines of St Pancras Old Church. Here we were greeted by Irish singer-songwriter Eve Belle who kicked off the night with her lyrically driven whispy tones, alongside the gentle…
Album | Local Natives – Sunlit Youth
In seven years Local Natives have come a long way from the homemade, handmade vibe of Gorilla Manor to the slicker, synthier Sunlit Youth. The sound is bigger – synthesizers dominate the landscape. Matt Frazier’s drums are huge and the…
Album | Teenage Fanclub – Here
Even when sharing a label with Oasis in the 90s, Teenage Fanclub never bowed to fad and trend, beating a melodic path that didn’t mask their Big Star and Byrds obsession. Almost 30 years since their birth, they remain an…
Album | Angel Olsen – My Woman
Angel Olsen is one of those people, one of those musicians whose every utterance seems to have profound and passionate meaning. Her music warrants a helmet, a bulletproof vest and some serious training to not be affected by. Quite simply…
Album | The Divine Comedy – Foreverland
Kurt Vonnegut said, ‘We are here on earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.’ Now, on the face of it ‘farting around’ is not a complimentary way to describe the work of a musician, but bear…
Album | King Creosote – Astronaut Meets Appleman
Kenny Anderson, otherwise known as King Creosote, is on a bit of a roll. His latest CD, Astronaut MeetsAppleman follows 2011’s Mercury Prize nominated Diamond Mine with Jon Hopkins, and the artistic breakthrough film soundtrack, From Scotland With Love. From…
Live | Sineater Festival 2016
As you climb the alpine track of the Long Mynde with its dizzying falls and narrow necks and descend into the soft dripping vale where nestles the parish of Rattlinghope, time rests its feet in slumber and the days turn…
Album | Pascal Pinon – Sundur
There is something exceptionally Icelandic about Pascal Pinon right from the start of Sundur. You can hear Sigur Ros, Björk and the fascinating island’s landscape and culture deep inside the bones of the band and the music it makes. It’s…