T In the Park, Balado, Scotland

T In the Park

July 8-11, 2010

Balado, Kinross, Scotland holds the 17th T in the Park Festival with 85,000 revelers, who are welcomed with brilliant sunshine on Thursday afternoon and a beautiful sunset in the evening. This is the perfect start to one of the biggest festivals of the year. Campers are still arriving but that doesn’t stop The Temper Trap, drawing a huge crowd to the Radio 1/NME Stage on Friday afternoon. In awe with his surroundings, lead vocalist and guitarist Dougy Mandagi dedicates his band’s hit single ‘Sweet Disposition’ to the crowd. … Continue Reading

Bloc Party, Bournemouth BIC

Bloc Party

October 31st 2009

Bloctober comes to an end.

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Pull Tiger Tail – PAWS

Pull Tiger Tail

Pull Tiger Tail were the hyped, hotly tipped 3-piece indie band of 2006. With a novelty name, a few popular songs on MySpace and neon clad indie kids for fans, 2007 saw the release of four singles but no album to show for their hard work. They haven’t exactly had the best of luck over the years after having numerous troubles with their record company and their website being hijacked by thieving, Romanian, Internet, spamming nerds.  However two years after its recorded, 2006’s buzz bands debut album roars, conveniently named PAWS.

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Dan Arborise – Of Tide And Trail

Dan Arborise

When his debut album Around In Circles was released in 2006, critics called Dan Arborise a folk singer for the 21st century. His latest instalment, Of Tide And Trail, shows his desire to continue to make beautiful music with confidence, and take it much further. The singer-songwriter has been dubbed the Nick Drake of the 21st century as his work weaves a similar enchantment to Five Leaves Left as it’s a record inspired by John Martyn’s folk-jazz, and the languor of Nick Drake’s delicate vocals.

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Stairs To Korea – Boy Bear it in Mind

Stairs To Korea

On MySpace, Stairs to Korea’s genre is listed as ambient/death metal/Christian rap, but please don’t expect anything of the kind! That’s a good thing, right?

North London’s Will Vaughan is Stairs to Korea. Making budget anthems through slipshod use of modern technology and a dinky white guitar, he’s quite like a one man band but without the harmonica strapped around his face… just a marvelous beard!

‘Boy Bear it in Mind’ is the debut single, an enjoyable and upbeat song which coincides with the optimism in the lyrics, “in your youth, make plans for far off lands, and high velocities/boy bear it in mind, don’t let it destroy you, you’ve got to love those things that you find, let the rest annoy you”.

Already compared to Los Campesinos!, his sound is more comparable to The Young Knives with its simple guitars, frail voice and distinctively British accent. Equipped with a tender voice and pure talent in creating so many sounds with only one pair of hands, this man is the latest in our eternal hunt for shonky heartfelt interesting pop music. … Continue Reading

Florence and the Machine – Lungs

Florence and the Machine - Lungs

Already the year’s most hyped new artist, Florence and The Machine has a lot to live up to, and thankfully the artfully titled and sleeved Lungs justifies the speculation. Lungs is the critically acclaimed debut album by the London-based indie pop singer Florence Welch and her Machine of musicians and singers. Having already collected the Critics’ Choice Award at the Brit Awards earlier this year and settling for third in the BBC’s Sound of 2009 it was clear to see she had already made a name for herself before she even released her album. It’s her Mercury Prize nomination for Lungs that proves that this album is out of the ordinary.

The singles are undeniably the standouts. The impressive first track on the album ‘Dog Days Are Over’ was her second single and had a lack of recognition when released last year. But forgetting the low chart position, the neurotic and fierce melody kickstarts the album in true Florence style. The slightly more reserved, harp-infused follow-up ‘Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)’ leads her debut collection, sometimes overshadowing her other material. Yet the extremes of ‘Kiss With A Fist’, a jokey celebration of mutual domestic violence and noisy guitars emphasizes her early influences in punk and grunge. … Continue Reading