‘Soliloquy of an Astronaut’ by Tessera Skies first surfaced last year, but listening to it right now it’s hard not to be put in mind of the film Gravity. Indeed, the title itself is enough to evoke the floating-round-my-tin-can loneliness and…
Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. Hi, my name is Roo, and I guess my music is as good an introduction to me as I could hope to write. I would imagine my music would be described…
We first saw Villagers at Bestival in 2010, and they were visceral then, all howling and catharsis, but they’ve got a bigger range in their sound now, and the personal feels more political. There are strong electronic beats, LOUD guitars…
Hello…if you’re new to this blog then welcome, I’m Angie from Patch & The Giant. We host a monthly gig – The Sunday Fete at The Boogaloo – in Highgate, north London where we have been band in residence since…
German psych-folksters Okta Logue are preparing to drop their second LP Tales of Transit City, which promises to combine all the best bits of a host of influences from the 60s and 70s – while being good enough to earn…
Some bands create a niche for themselves that’s so particular they end up being terribly boring. The furrow The National have ended up in is certainly distinctive, but every earnest, stirring indie rock ballad that comes from it is unmistakably…