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Warning: Unless prescription drugs and a padded room are readily available, those of a nervous disposition might want to approach Archie Bronson Outfit’s third album with a degree of conservative c... Lees meer

Setting sail on the good ship Tunng, '...And Then We Saw Land' is the fourth album escapade from the auld Peelie faves, and as good a port as any to take stock. For what has shaped up in the pop wo... Lees meer

Ten years ago, music press in dire need of compelling new sounds to rave about (remember, these were the dark, desperate days of nu-metal) tried to construct a movement around such unlikely trailbl... Lees meer

Words are overrated. Words start wars, words cost lives. Errors know this and that is why they strip all that is superfluous away from their music. ‘Come Down With Me’ is a taut and lean display of... Lees meer

Blood Red Shoes, by their own admission, were mistakenly perceived as being an indie band when they first emerged. This confused them as they’d spent their youth on the underground punk circuit in ... Lees meer

The Features first appeared on the radar several years ago with their super-infectious pop rock single 'Blow It Out'. The majority of their latest release, 'Some Kind of Salvation,' reflects the sa... Lees meer

Hype is a cruel thing really. It guarantees expectation, not album sales. It builds you up as the next Beatles and can leave you looking like the Pigeon Detectives. Above all people tend to see hyp... Lees meer

Musical familiarity can breed contempt, even if it’s the familiar pick-up put-down pleasures of throwaway indie-pop, a genre as vague as it is defined and with enough generic similarities tha... 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

Songwriter and band chief Jonathan Mehburg has simplified his schedule since we last heard from Shearwater. Having put in active service in fellow Texan alt-rockers Okkervil River since 2008, Mehbu... Lees meer