Review by Ed King I’m a sucker for piano led vocals. So, on hearing London Grammar’s first signed single release, ‘Wasting All My Young Years’, my AmosMcLachlan metre went straight into the red. Like it or loathe it I had to know it; and thank god for SoundCloud. Formed whilst at Nottingham University, London Grammar […]
Review by John Noblet It would be impossible to write this review without a full disclosure. Seven years ago I heard the song ‘Wanderlust King’ by Gogol Bordello and it completely changed my life. Not only did the album it came from (Super Taranta) have a massive effect on the music I make and the band I […]
Words by Katherine Priddy Johnny Kowalski and the Sexy Weirdos are not a band for those of a fragile disposition. With raucous vocals, loud (and sometimes manic) trombone and fiddle solos, alongside lyrics centred on alcohol, revolution and anarchy, they’re a self-proclaimed ‘overexcited invitation to party’ and a ‘declaration of war on the forces of […]
Review by Matthew Osborne I got quite excited about this album, when early press releases claimed it marked a return to form for Sigur Rós. Excited enough to order the big megatron jumbo copy from the band’s website – the version with an extra disc and T-Shirt. So excited, in fact, I managed to overlook […]
Words by Matthew Osborne Ask any adult film director, and they will tell you that the golden rule of ‘artistic expression’ is never blow your load in the first three minutes. This inspired wisdom should have filtered into the higher echelons of artistic mediums, but either the news hasn’t seeped up as far as pop […]
