Events

3rd February

  • Dead Wolf Club - Dead Wolf Club

    Dead Wolf Club - Dead Wolf Club

    by Paul Kerr

    January is a good time to take a listen to the self titled debut album from Dead Wolf Club. Its quiet/loud dynamic is just the thing to shake you out of your post festive torpor. It sounds like a missive from a deserted island where they've sealed themselves off from the rest of the world with nothing but well worn copies of the collected works of Liars, The Pixies and the early albums of Idlewild to keep them company. [read more]

  • The Megaphonic Thrift - The Megaphonic Thrift

    The Megaphonic Thrift - The Megaphonic Thrift

    by Richard Kavanagh

    Less than a year since the release of their debut album, The Megaphonic Thrift are back with another long player, this time self titled. On Decay Decoy the band seemingly flattered the noise rockers of old, particularly Sonic Youth showing heavy influence or, depending how you look at it, outright imitation. On their latest effort, the Norwegian supergroup (members of Casiokids and The Low Frequency in Stereo) have continued their quest for all things loud... [read more]

  • The Internet – Purple Naked Ladies

    The Internet – Purple Naked Ladies

    by Jack McKenna

    It seems that OFWGKTA are attempting to take over the world. Now with their own record label, imaginatively named Odd Future Records, to release their various side projects through, it seems we can expect to hear a lot more from them in the coming months, with 4 releases scheduled to come out between now and the summer. The first of those releases, and the first physical release through the label, is Purple Naked Ladies... [read more]

2nd February

  • City Shanty Band - City Shanty Band [EP]

    City Shanty Band - City Shanty Band [EP]

    by Katy Cousins

    I first saw the City Shanty Band at Secret Garden Party where they kicked my hangover in the face with a rousing breakfast set at the veggie café. Well it was breakfast for me, but I’m pretty sure they hadn’t yet seen their beds and several of the eleven strong group appeared to be suffering from both drunkenness and injuries of varying severity. Which is precisely what you want from a band of pirates, right? [read more]

  • Owen – Ghost Town

    Owen – Ghost Town

    by Heather Steele

    As Mike Kinsella's sixth album under his solo pseudonym Owen, Ghost Town is a record that comes replete with layers of instrumentation, as well as tiers of contexts and meaning, each just waiting to be peeled back and explored. And as a 10-year project in the making, Owen and its newest full-length Ghost Town appear to see Kinsella – and indeed his elusive, dual persona of Owen – exactly where he should be. [read more]

  • The Bevis Frond - The Leaving Of London

    The Bevis Frond - The Leaving Of London

    by Paul Kerr

    When Nick Saloman released his last album as The Bevis Frond Facebook was restricted to students of Harvard College, you went to MTV not YouTube to watch videos, twitter meant an annoying sound (nothing new there then) and the cloud brought you rain not entertainment. It's a much different world that greets The Leaving Of London the new Bevis Frond album, and yet it doesn't sound dated, timeless yes, but not dated. [read more]

1st February

31st January

  • All The Saints - Intro to Fractions

    All The Saints - Intro to Fractions

    by Richard Kavanagh

    Like Grunge, Shoegaze has become synonymous with one band. When mentioning the genre it is almost impossible to not reference My Bloody Valentine. All The Saints take much influence from them in their album Intro to Fractions. It is from the heavier side of MBV’s output that All The Saints are interested in, rather than the dream-like wooziness that the band conjured in conjunction with their grinding distortions. [read more]

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