words // gareth o’malleyI actually gasped when I got into the T.F., you know. Such was the sight that met my eyes, of the stage setup for the Reworked Tour. It was then and there that I realised just how different things were going to be. A multi-million-selling act were going to try some intimacy. [...]
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top photo: Michael Zavroswords: Jamie MiltonThinking back to Liars circa-’Drum’s Not Dead’, that was when they were at their best. Peaking with conceptual ideas and haunting atmospheres, never disappearing from the record for one second, just bombarding away at your skull with malicious intent.‘Scissor’ is just as mindblowing.It’s the opening track off ‘Sisterworld‘ and it’s [...
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words: Jamie MiltonIf you find something you like; say, you paint something beautiful, it can be tempting to keep adding to it with the risk of ruining it all. One dab of the wrong colour, one mis-guided step and everything falls to pieces.Matthew Cooper created something beautiful when he began life under the moniker of [...]
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words: Gareth O’MalleySeeing a band crushed under the weight of their own hype… There are few things more depressing to the music fan. For instance, Glasvegas had a good thing going for them – granted, their debut was far from the masterpiece many thought it to be – but it now seems they have faded, [...]
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top photo: I.Anton“Say no more, use your eyes, the world goes and flutters by”Jónsi Birgisson has arguably — and it’s hard to put this any other way but lightly — written his most beautiful song since ‘Hoppipolla’. Never likely to be understated, ‘Boy Lilikoi’ contains everything your averagely jaw-dropping Sigur Ros song would, only it’s [...]
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We’re deciding to take this one nice and simple: the best songs of 2009 in two nifty spotify playlists. The first one of which we did way back in July to commemorate the passing of half a year.Spotify has dominated everything musically for me personally, from finally listening to Portishead’s new album to finding some [...]
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Looks like These New Puritans have truly arrived.A force to be reckoned with in 2010. Coincidentally, Daniel Askill also appears to have hit his creative peak so far by directing this stunning visual piece. Glorious for the whole seven minutes. 2 people like this post.
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Words: Gareth O’MalleyThe term “monomyth” refers to a pattern that underlies mythical narratives from various cultures: the hero ventures out into the world, contests with forces beyond his ken, and emerges victorious– but also transformed. It may seem that North Carolina-based Fin Fang Foom have chosen quite the lofty (some would say, pretentious) moniker for [...]
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Words: Gareth O’MalleyThe Finnish band Husky Rescue are a five-piece, yet somehow manage to create a sound that’s bigger than the sum of its parts. Even when the quintet rope in a few extra musicians (as they have made a habit of doing), they pull off something that seems much more powerful than their line-up [...]
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As word of mouth begins to seep in a whole host of new names that force us to press the play button out of sheer intrigue, it’s time to reflect back and throw away (I’m kidding) and piss on (still kidding) the acts we said deserved or could expect a good amount of success from [...]
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Jamie T – Chaka DemusAll in all, Jamie T has had a successful year. No, he’s not maintained the heights he managed to reach with beer-swigging anthem ‘Stella’ but he’s achieved more critical acclaim than before and the fanbase is gradually becoming more loyal by the day.The video for ‘Chaka Demus’ has mimes driving pretty [...]
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words: Jamie MiltonO. Children remain, to me, the band today most capable of releasing a debut album that’s not just spectacular and bold but also very mature. They’ve been working for some time on it. I heard a demo version of ‘Ruins’ which I think might have been the working title of the album. It [...]
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words: Jamie Milton/ David Molloy (TNP)It’s a frightening thought. When you compare the top ten selling UK singles of the 80’s (‘Relax’, ‘Careless Whisper’) to those of today (Bob the Builder, Hear’say), it hits you very hard that there’s been a slight (ok, catastrophic) demise in pop. Winners of talent shows are dominating the charts, [...]
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Words: Gareth O’MalleyNo longer simply content with having released one of 2007’s albums of the year in their self-titled debut, Danish five-piece The Kissaway Trail are intent on hitting new heights. Their second record is called ‘Sleep Mountain’ and is due out next March via Bella Union. The first single is a track that’s a [...]
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Swords drawn, heads clashed, the sound of conflict appreciated and recorded in sound. These New Puritans play game with the old-fashioned and pacey organ drive of ‘Swords Of Truth‘ in turn making something that sounds ridiculously high-budget; children’s choirs, horn sections, a really clean recording.‘We Want War’ shows These New Puritans giving darkness a whole [...]
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Words: Gareth O’MalleySnow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody once said that the key elements of his band’s music were ‘melody and honesty’, and when you take that into account, you can quite easily draw parallels between the multi-million selling UK group and the American indie-folk five-piece Destry. Comprised of former Straylight Run members Michella DaRosa and [...]
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