Hands up who watched the Brits ? Fucking awful wasn’t it ? Like some sort of bizarre celebration of the terminally bland cheered on by the woefully tasteless which danced on the grave of true
During the last week a couple of artists gave away free downloads to celebrate Valentine’s Day. VD is not something we celebrate, genuine affection is not a commodity that can be bought! We generally
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/34696034″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=570c10″ width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”false” /] NB. This will be available to download in full for free from 27th February. There are some who reflected that arranging an alternative to the BBC’s Sound of
Vivian Girl Katy Goodman is back with her “side project” La Sera, and she’s released a new track entitled “Break My Heart” as a free download (below.) It’s taken from the quite frankly, f**king fantastic
Wonder Villains – “Ferrari.” ************************ Proof that sometimes bloggers don’t always discover music via the darkest corners of the internet or erm, via their email in- boxes. Sometimes we use traditional sources such as the
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/33268339″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=570c10″ width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”false” /] We have, we freely admit, used the term “folktronic” on a number of occasions and doubtless will do so again, but really, it’s so widely used and often
“Carver’s Kicks” – Straylings. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/17359937″ iframe=”true” /] You may well consider it a little early in the calendar to find us excogitating over potential albums of the year and ordinarily we’d be inclined to
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5946526″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=570c10″ width=”100%” height=”81″ iframe=”false” /] Following last year’s deluxe reissue package, the Jesus and Mary Chain have announced their first shows since 2008. Unfortunately for us Brits they are US only dates so
On a personal level, you could certainly understand Lana Del Rey if she disagreed with the epigram “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” It’s difficult to think of
“A Woman, A Woman, A Century of Sleep” By Emmy The Great. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/13651230″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] It wasn’t quite love at first listen with regard to Emmy The Great’s debut album ‘First Love’,
“It should be great night for a great person” said former Lush and current Mary Chain bassist Phil King. And it was. It was a night to remember and a night for remembering. When Jim