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,...
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...
Recorded during the same sessions as last years ‘Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1’ and, logically featuring the same line-up of founder member Dylan Carlson on guitar, longterm accomplice Adrienne Davies on drums, ‘Nirvana Unplugged’ alumni Lori Goldston on cello and Karl Blau on bass, this lengthy instrumental...
This album isn’t easy to love. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just that it’s nothing you’ve not heard before and sounds rather like an okay-pub band. The songs are at once familiar yet instantly forgettable. Mulholland has been around the scene for a long time, building up a...
It must be difficult leaving a band renowned for being a bit different and brilliant at the same time. When Yourcodenameis:Milo announced their hiatus I was shocked and a little upset I must admit, but I was even more so upon hearing vocalist Pull Mullen would be joining The...
Now – incredibly – into their fourth decade (they were formed in 1989) Ulster noise-merchants Therapy? show no signs of slowing down. Andy Cairns’ men were at the forefront of the post-grunge scene in the UK during the mid-1990s and raised their heads above the musical parapet in the...
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