What year it has been for Jamie T. Maybe the prolific song releasing is what has caused the poor fella to come down with a spot of laryngitis, but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t produced one of my top three albums of the year and a handful of EPs to boot – the latest [...]
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Noah and the Whale (MySpace) consistently get some of the best remixers to give their tracks a once over, and this is exactly what they’ve done again with Love of an Orchestra. Now the original is a great and warm and uplifting track that really sounds like NATW have got a Christmas choir singing on [...]
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We’ve been covering a lot of folk here on TBW recently, and for good reason. There are just so many good folkish bands appearing on the radar. One blog that if it had any theme might be a good folk leaning is that of Song, by Toad and lo and behold, Matthew’s little spin off [...]
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Wolf Gang has been making some some serious waves since he burst onto the scene with “Pieces of You” released on Neon Gold. And after the this success continued with his latest release “The King And All Of His Men” released last month on Hit Club we were lucky enough to get in a few [...]
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The lovely people over at Press On PR have offered Blue Walrus readers a pair of tickets to see Cherbourg, Goldheart Assembly and Young Rebel Set at the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London. The gig is part of the Levi’s Ones To Watch series and looks absolutely brilliant!To be in for a chance [...]
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After Jamie T (MySpace) missed a few dates recently due to bit of laryngitis, he has now rescheduled the dates so everyone can catch the main man himself live. New dates below.On top of that he has also released the wonderful “Running around the town.” Another pop gem from Jamie with his signature south west [...]
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I have to give credit to Lauren here for bringing Peggy Sue (MySpace) to my attention when they toured with the Maccabees. But she is releasing the first single “Yo Mama” from their debut album towards the end of this month on Chess Club and its rolling blues folk is something you should be listening [...]
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Frank Turner is a ridiculously nice guy. When I walked into the green room of The Junction in Cambridge last week, this was the first thing that struck me about him. Taking some time out during an afternoon of his biggest UK headline tour to date, the conversation began with chatter about the tour so [...]
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I finally got the chance to see Baby Monster live last week when they were over from the States at the ever decent Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, as they did a few shows before the single drops on Monday (09/11) and they have a fucking great live sound. They only played a handful of tracks, [...]
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I first heard about Shanty Town a couple of weeks ago when I was trawling through the schedule for In The City. I was lucky enough to catch them on the closing night of ITC at the SJM Showcase (thanks Will) and I have to say they were nothing short of brilliant, especially since one [...]
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French alt. rock sensations, Phoenix, have been one of the most talked about bands of 2009. Their brilliant fourth studio album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix has already seen the release of two outstanding singles: 1901 and personal favourite of mine, Lisztomania. I’ve heard very good things about the band’s live show, although recently I’ve heard [...]
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Frank Turner, dear readers, is amazing. I saw him at the same venue back in January of this year, and the vibe has certainly changed in over the course of a few months. The musician I saw perform at the beginning of 2009 was a humble, beautiful and creative man whose brilliant music was significantly [...]
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This week, I’ve been to three gigs that are worthy of mention, and rather than bombard you with three separate posts (how would you have coped?!), I thought I’d give you a run down of the amazing music I’ve been flitting between this week…Monday was The Xcerts in support of Idlewild at Norwich’s Waterfront. Picture [...]
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Yes Giantess are extremely American. Not in that insulting ‘those-wankers-elected-George-Bush’ sort of way, but rather in that ‘there’s-something-far-greater-there-than-the-nationality-is-credited-for’ sense. Their thirty minute set to open the NME Radar tour on Monday evening was far shorter than I’d have liked, and it’s clear to me from just that period of time in their presence th
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Fanfarlo are a band that none of your friends will have heard of, and you can take joy in telling them they’re idiots for just that reason. Over the past two years, folk music in Britain has overflowed, adapted and given birth to revised genres of the folk-slash-indie-slash-pop persuasion. The ever-expanding scene of this sort [...]
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Here at The Blue Walrus, we’ve all been massive fans of Mumford & Sons since the boys first hit the road a couple of years back, so much so that there was almost a punch up when I beat Tim to it and featured the band here not so long ago. Seeing them at the [...]
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To continue his reign as one of my favourite artists of the moment, Max McElligot (better known as Wolf Gang) has another single being lined up for release next month. This time he started it off with some rolling drums before simple piano, classic 80s synths and pop-disco voiced ooh and aahs, and another catchy [...]
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Baby Monster did one of the damn perfect remixes on the Wolf Gang’s ‘Pieces of You’ single a couple of months ago and are now back with something a little more personal, with their first solo release in ‘Ultra Violence and Beethoven’. And what a stunner it is. It’s slightly reminiscent of MGMT but a [...]
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Danielle, who runs the wonderful Music is art, has been running a series of posts where she approaches a few fellow music bloggers for a project with the brief“tell me about a moment, a song and what it meant to you”A couple of weeks ago she got in contact with yours truly and today the [...]
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Saturday 3rd October brings round two for my visits to The Warehouse Project this season. Tonight’s line-up features two of the scenes heavy hitters – Simian Mobile Disco and Boys Noize. Those who’ve been lucky enough to see Simian Mobile Disco play live know that their shows are like no other, it’s safe to say [...]
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