Being an amazing live act doesn’t always translate to a full recorded album of entertainment – and there is no denying that Janice Graham Band play some of the most exciting gigs in the country. Thankfully, their concept album, not only crosses over, but enhances the deserved excitement...
Inhabiting the lofty and hallowed ground somewhere between the Fleet Foxes and his Bella Union labelmates Midlake, multi-talented multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick has come up with an utterly charming record in this, his second solo outing. Whilst not a concept album in the traditional sense of the phrase, the...
Most Europeans have not been to America. Yet the cultural sway that the country holds in this continent is ubiquitous. Whether it be through internet, music, film or TV – different forms of media have created a strange mirage of a land in Europe’s mind. It is a...
Like the younger sibling to his distinguished artistic brothers, David Sylvian donned the hand-me-down vestures passed down to him from the creative triumvirate of David Bowie, Scott Walker and Bryan Ferry. A voice trembling with the imbued influence of this reverent trio, Sylvain’s own distinctive plaintive pleas sailed between...
Music has this innate way of connecting people, regardless of any boundaries through gender, race, age, or nationality and I’m sure that even now, despite our giant leaps in communicative technology, ie the internet, most bands become more popular not through advertising campaigns but through a “hey,...
They say that guitar music is dead, and to an extent I guess they are right. On the one side you have those polite indie boys who I’m sure would turn down their volume knobs if the venue asked them to, then on the other side you have those...
I say this every time I hear a band from Scandinavia but I really do imagine that they don’t reproduce in the same way that we do in Britain, I get images of this machine that just churns out these brilliant musicians (and crime writers if we’re to be...
It’s striking just how visually different the four members of Still Corners are. They appear to be more like four strangers on a train platform than a band when first taking the stage. However as Circulars starts up, they instantaneously establish themselves as a unit. The sounds from the...
St. Spirit came together the way all good bands should come together; in college, after a friend hears another play a song, and after falling in love with a particular album (in this case My Bloody Valentine‘s Loveless). Add this to what seems to be a DIY sentimentality, (this...
Manchester Academy 3 is quite a small venue and you can stand right up against the stage, although the venue wasn’t full from the start with barely any people there intitally it was quite a nice relaxed atmosphere. Supporting The Big Pink on their UK tour first up on...
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