By Kenny McMurtrie
May 21, 2013
Bob Mould’s Silver Age album, by rights, should have been in my Top 20 of 2012. Having unfortunately not managed to hear it until February 2013 it missed out. As returns to form go though you’d be hard pressed to find a better example within the last 18 months. Tonight therefore promised to be somewhat special. … Continue Reading
By Russell Watson
May 20, 2013
‘Minimalist’ is a word which you can frequently apply to Suuns’ recorded output. Live, on the other hand the adjective makes no sense whatsoever. Any attempts to call this music minimalist get blasted away by the force of the band’s arrangements, turning elongated jams of eerie repetition into increasingly powerful sound. The elements of their style which give rise to this description remain fully intact, but empowered by the muscle, noise, and sheer volume of their live set up, it still feels suitable to call their music ‘patient’, ‘assured’ or ‘careful’, but never minimalist. … Continue Reading
By Russell Warfield
May 17, 2013
If you too felt that Mumps. Etc. didn’t set the critical hype machine ablaze to the same degree as Why?‘s 2008 opus Alopecia, tonight’s feverish show in London wouldn’t betray it. … Continue Reading
By Danielle Gibson & Kenny McMurtrie
May 08, 2013
Being in at the start of something new is always a buzz so tripping along to Electric Circus in Edinburgh for the venue’s first ever Big Day In was weighted with a fair degree of expectation, albeit just exactly of what wasn’t necessarily clear. … Continue Reading
By Julia Stryj
May 02, 2013
Touring in support of second album Beacon Two Door Cinema Club (with opening act Chvrches) recently took to the stage of Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. Julia Stryj was there for Muso’s Guide to record the even for those of us that couldn’t make it. … Continue Reading
By Kenny McMurtrie
May 01, 2013
At 18:00 on May 09, prior to the WHY? show at the Islington Assembly Hall in London, the band’s leader Yoni Wolf will take 30 fans on a mile-long run followed by a warm-down session in a local park. … Continue Reading
By Danielle Gibson
April 29, 2013
Last week we announced the final line-up for The Great Escape festival and now Caitlin Park has announced her own tour, the dates of which bracket her performance at the festival on its second day. She will be making her way through the UK from London to Eaglescliffe this May. … Continue Reading
By Danielle Gibson
April 29, 2013
Are you a fan of Sóley? If so then your ship has come in seeing as she’s just announced her first ever UK headline tour dates. … Continue Reading
By Robert Freeman
April 26, 2013
From the opening drum beat and resonating bass note, it is clear that rather than a Haxan Cloak ‘gig’ this is more of a Haxan Cloak seance. Behind Bobby Krlic, who stands at a laptop wreathed in shadow, is projected a series of images – flashes of black and white and repeated refrains hinting towards the subject matter of new album, Excavation. A camera tracks forward through large ornate gates, a rolling bed of fire, layers of rock, layers of hell. And even stranger, a loop of a duck swooping down to land on water. … Continue Reading
By Esme Hewitt
April 23, 2013
Three sisters proud of their Watford roots, Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor make up The Staves and we’re excited to see whether their live performance matches up to their enticing recordings; something they exceed in doing. Pre-show the air of anticipation is palpable as the venue is full to bursting with people who clearly harbour a lot of love for the band. … Continue Reading
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