Author Archives: Rob Conlon

About Rob Conlon

Freelance journalist. Record collector. Yorkshireman. Order subject to change. "You've got good taste, even if you are from fucking Leeds" - Richard Hawley

New Track: Mayflower – ‘I’m Not There’

Manchester is renowned for producing in-your-face rock’n’roll ready to fight anyone and everyone, but Mayflower continue to take things at their own pace with new single ‘I’m Not There’ – to a wonderfully charming effect. Drenched in unashamedly catchy melodies…

ALBUM: Pascal Pinon – ‘Sundur’

It’s far too easy to be cynical these days, so why don’t you allow yourself to have your heart melted by the awe-inspiring new album from Pascal Pinon? The product of sisters Jófríõur and Ásthildur Ákadóttir being separated for the first times in…

EP: Nouvelle Vague – ‘Athol Brose’

Great songs are great songs no matter what, and Nouvelle Vague have proven that with Athol Brose – an EP of dreamy post-punk covers to sail into the sunset to. The brainchild of Marc Colin and Olivier Libaux, Nouvelle Vague…

New Track: My Invisible Friend – ‘Sleepless’

There’s something about the height of summer – those hazy days as the sun unforgivingly beats down – that lends itself to shoegaze music. This is where My Invisible Friend enter with ‘Sleepless’. Perhaps it’s the sheer relentless discomfort of…

Ones to Watch: Thee Deadtime Philharmonic

Considering just how extreme the world is today, an awful lot of music neglects to reflect such times; enter Thee Deadtime Philharmonic. Blur famously insisted that Modern Life Is Rubbish, but it is a rarity for mainstream acts to raise some…