INTERVIEW: Little Comets

When it comes to the 21st century music scene it’s hard to figure out who’s making music and whos singing off a lyric sheet or who’s there for the cameras and who’s there for the fans. Step forward Little Comets,…

ALBUM REVIEW: Wampire ‘Bazaar’

Rating: Portland-based synth-pop outfit Wampire have had an exciting twelve months. Following the release of their debut album ‘Curiosity’ last year, the band have been elevated to new heights, scoring themselves enviable support slots alongside their sonic-contemporaries Unknown Mortal Orchestra,…

ALBUM REVIEW: Parkay Quarts ‘Content Nausea’

Rating: As hype grew and Parquet Courts became the discerning name to drop, their breakthrough album Light Up Gold (2012) was dismissed in some quarters as cynical Brooklyn hipsters, regurgitating tired garage rock riffs for the VICE generation. It always…

ALBUM REVIEW The Wedding Present reissues

Rating: A grown-up, post-bedroom dwelling Smiths, mainstay David Gedge is a narrator of the quixotic and quotidian, emblematic of ‘indie’ before the term became rootless and nothing but shorthand for a ‘look’ and usage of specific instrumentation (2/3 guitars, drums…

DOWN ON THE STREET: Bury St Edmunds

This month we’ve invited Seymour Quigley from the band Horse Party to take us on a tour of a lesser known hotbed of rock n’ roll… Bury St Edmunds is located right in the centre of East Anglia, about 30 minutes…

LISTEN: Parquet Courts stream new record ‘Content Nausea’

Parquet Courts are streaming their new record Content Nausea online ahead of it’s release. Under the name ‘Parkay Quarts’, Content Nausea is due on November 8th on physical format and November 10th on digital format via Rough Trade. However, it’s important…