Cloudspeakers

You don’t really need me to tell you that The National’s High Violet is one of the year’s most feverishly anticipated records, nor do you need it rehashed how 2005’s Alligator and 2007’s Boxer reve... Lees meer

The last record called La La Land that comes to mind is Green Velvet’s demonic techno ditty about the perils of chomping too many Es. Wax Fang’s second album could only really serve as a warning ab... Lees meer

The Golden Filter have maintained an air of mystery since first causing a few ripples on the 'blogosphere' (if the combined form of music blogs is indeed a spherical one) with their singles 'Solid ... Lees meer

Not to speak ill of a man who has probably bought considerably more joy to considerably more people than I ever will, but there was a rather uncomfortable moment in a seminar at last year’s Superso... Lees meer

It was late on Sunday, or early on Monday. It's hazy. At Dot to Dot Festival. Last year, in Nottingham. Upstairs in the Bodega. It was one on those chaotic gigs - Abe Vigoda, churning out their tro... Lees meer

"The past and future don't mean a thing, this moment's the only place to be". Not my words, but those of Exit Calm frontman Nicky Smith before the outro of former single 'We're On Our Own' explodes... Lees meer

Side-projects, collectives, supergroups; they’re not happy words. They’re style over substance, less than the sum of their parts, offshoots inevitably worse than whatever they’re shooting off from.... Lees meer

Experimental folk? Nah, don’t pigeon-hole Wildbirds & Peacedrums. They are an evolving musical entity, pushing their limitations beyond what anyone else would dare imagine. With Mariam Wallentin’s ... Lees meer

The amateur psychiatrist in me thinks that Darwin Deez might have a bit of a complex. Reading over his bio paints a picture of a man doing everything he can to be seen as ‘a bit different.’ Apparen... Lees meer

That pounding of hooves you can hear is the sound of impatient music fans charging toward their computers, demanding to hear new artists approximately 0.333 seconds after their names have floated o... Lees meer