Cloudspeakers

If ever there was a more fitting epitaph for Philadelphia's Bardo Pond than 'right place, wrong time' I've yet to see it. Born out of an intrepid desire to create hallucinogenic sounds inspired by ... Lees meer

Having spent a decade steadily crafting their sepia-tinged, reverb-infused shoegaze laced signatures, Brighton's Air Formation have become experts in a predictably saturated field. 2007's Daylight ... Lees meer

As musical collaborations go, the one embarked upon by James Mercer, mercurial singer/songwriter with esteemed Portlanders The Shins, and Brian Burton, better known as producer extraordinaire Dange... Lees meer

At the start of the previous decade, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club were being lauded as the rock'n'roll outfit to carry the torch into the post-millennial abyss and beyond. At the very least, their m... Lees meer

One would imagine the bedrooms of messrs Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday and Kevin Baird to be packed to the brim with musical memorabilia from the past decade. Dishevelled copies of NME and Q fight for... Lees meer

Despite having a ten album career spanning the best part of 20 years, it's kind of sad in a way that Anton Newcombe is most notorious for being the unstable subject of the 2004 rockumentary DiG!. S... Lees meer

While the early 1990s saw the American music scene awash with plaid shirts and greasy hair, the real revolutions were taking place in the scattered corners of its underground. One of those was in t... Lees meer

Having been making records for the best part of a decade, Hendrick Weber should be something of a household name. Instead, despite the plaudits that have greeted almost his entire output since 2002... Lees meer

The music business can be a harsh place at the best of times. Just ask The Sunshine Underground. Four years ago they were one of this country's hottest musical tips, having been paraded alongside K... Lees meer

South Carolina native Chaz Bundick is one extraordinary individual. Not only is he a multi-instrumentalist musician of some distinction, but he’s also a pretty damn good photographer too. Add... Lees meer