In the immediate aftermath of Morrissey’s probable ‘final’ homecoming, it’s interesting to ponder just how much ‘home’ means to a man whose words and works colour the minds landscape of said propagated home for so many people. Morrissey’s relationship with…
Rating: It has been four years since we have heard new material in bulk from Antony Hegarty and his Johnsons, and with new release Turning being a live album soundtrack (albeit to a new concert film documentary) that will extend…
Rating: Back in 2005 Kele Okereke helped lay the stylistic foundations of a newly resurgent indie scene, as one part of Bloc Party, with the release of their debut album Silent Alarm, a confident artsy rock record, and leading proponent…
Rating: In early 2012, ruminations ran rampant in music circles that Beck was to return later in the year with his first album for four years. By late 2012 we learned that this “album” was in fact a book of…
Rating: “I’m happy to see her making records, I just feel like music needs her. It needs someone doing what she’s doing. She’s got a special voice, as a writer, and then as a musician. She’s this great combination of…
Rating: It’s only been a year since the sounds of Cyclops Reap first started emanating from your cool, flannel-clad neighbours’ open windows, the one who wears thick black Ray Ban Wayfarers and could pull of a moustache if he wanted….
Rating: With their second release, Batsch tune up the distinction in their “dark disco” tunes, or “gutter glamour” as lead singer and guitarist Mason Le Long defines it, and layer on the groove. Relative clarity, abstract alliteration and proliferation of…
Rating: “This isn’t protest music. This isn’t The Clash” insists Leon Of Athens – or Timoleon Veremis of Athens to give him his full and proper title – warning the more cynically grounded of us, seeking a gritty Grecian response…