Cloudspeakers

You can sometimes tell a lot about a record from its cover. Take the one above.It’s deceptively simple, employing typefaces that hark back to another time, with weathered edges and precise alignm... Lees meer

The other day I was donating a number of old CDs to a Charity Shop. (Yes, this reviewer has a heart). In amongst the box of odds and sods was a number of pop punk CDs, the likes of Alkaline Trio’... Lees meer

All compositions are essentially conceptual. Whether we’re talking about Raw Power, Illmatic - even Beethoven’s 5th - all music is inspired by the environment, the circumstances and generally w... Lees meer

In the hands of Queens native Rob Swift, the master turntablist who has collaborated with everyone from Blue Man Group to Mike Patton, hip-hop is a pliable tool, a genre to be warped and moulded an... Lees meer

There’s an enviable skill in writing music that sounds contemporary, given the time that passes between a track being written and it reaching an audience. All albums age between being recorded an... Lees meer

Sample-focused releases are hardly revelatory these days; indeed it increasingly seems Apple may have already trumped Fender as post-millennial pop’s brand of choice. Under the moniker of Junk Cu... Lees meer

I admit that using other band names to map the sound of an artist is usually a lazy form of shorthand that should be avoided more often than it is, but listening to Kairos by White Hinterland, itâ€... Lees meer

Ever since the release of their debut album, the genre defining Calculating Infinity, Dillinger Escape Plan have had a tough time from the always hard to please hardcore scene. However you want to... Lees meer

Somewhere along its evolution, punk rock got a little big for its boots and a little too complicated. The Ramones only needed some attitude and three chords; 30 years later Green Day write concept ... Lees meer

As enigmatic and disconcertingly earnest as he remains, Andrew WK has only just started to open up to the rest of the world. Recent words with the Guardian found him discussing/admitting to things ... Lees meer