This is a completely fubar mix of ambient fuzz, Hefti guitar, weapons grade snark, and everything else inbetween. The first collaboration between electronic underworld figures FTSE and Jakwob weighs in at a giddy 2:35, and punches you in the face…
Rating: There’s a brilliant and droll line in the film Trouble in Paradise where Kay Francis says to Edward Everett Horton, “Marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together.” Given that La Roux’s founding members Elly Jackson and…
Rating: Jon Allen’s voice has been praised to the point of idolatry, for which journalists could be burnt at the stake in some countries. A journalist must be constantly aware that praise can do as much damage as good; Had…
Rating: Following the blistering set by the Gramotones, I was more than pumped by the time Paul Weller and his band of talented of musicians took to the stage. With the band containing Steve Cradock on guitar and including a…
Rating: Since catching the Gramotones supporting Steve Cradock on his Travel Wild – Travel Free tour last year I have been hooked. Back then I got myself a copy of their debut EP A Soldier’s Kiss which I just could…
Rating: Take two Glaswegian girls; add rock heavy drums and shoe gazing guitar and you’ve got Honeyblood, the kick ass, all girl duo. Their self-titled debut is the break up album that puts ‘Super Rat’ exes firmly in their place….
Hailing from Montreal, and pretty pally with the city’s most famous rock stars – Arcade Fire, The Barr Brothers are about to release their second album, ahead of which comes ‘Even The Darkness Has Arms’. This beautiful slice of folk…
Rating: It truly amazes me how the mighty Callum Borrows, aka Saint Raymond, can keep churning out summer hits. I was naïve to think ‘Young Blood’ would be the soundtrack to the multitude of festivals I was attending: ‘I Want…
Rating: A self-confessed Courteeners fan, I have to admit I was giddy as a kipper as I made my way to London’s 100 club on Tuesday evening. Having gained legendary status in modern British music and playing host to live…
Rating: A dull afternoon, and the only thing more anticipated than the arrival of the Arctic Monkeys is the arrival of heavy rain to Dublin’s Marlay Park. But what better way to brighten up the day than the emergence of…