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Live Review: Ryan Keen / Corey Harper, The Islington, London, 30/11/17
Totnes-born singer-songwriter Ryan Keen has graced the same stages as megastars like Ed Sheeran and X Factor champion Leona Lewis playing support slots on huge national and indeed world tours, but if he has been changed by these massive brushes with success, you’d never know. He has also toured with some of the most interesting …
Classic Compilation: Uncle Tupelo – 89/93: An Anthology
Not being a huge fan of country music, or even the more recent alt-country movement, I originally approached 89/93: An Anthology with a little trepidation. I didn’t actually know much about Uncle Tupelo previous to purchasing this compilation, other than the two main players would later go their separate ways and go on to form …
Classic Compilation: They Might Be Giants – A Users Guide to They Might Be Giants
One of the beauties of a compilation, is that if it is your first foray into that particular act’s work, you can leave it at that if you find that you don’t connect with their music in the way that you had hoped to. They can be the perfect ‘one and done’ solution for those …
News: They Might Be Giants – New Album, 2018 European Tour and the return of Dial-A-Song
Veteran Brooklyn duo They Might Be Giants have recently announced a new 15 track album called I Like Fun that is due to be released in early 2018, as well as the return of their weekly Dial-A-Song Service via www.dialasong.com, and the following European Tour, including half a dozen UK dates and their debut appearance …
News: Del Amitri announce UK tour for July 2018
Scots chart-botherers Del Amitri will make their long-awaited return to the stage for a UK tour in 2018. It’s been a while since we last saw Del Amitri – February 2014, to be exact, when they closed their ‘A To Z of Us Tour’ with a sold-out show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. Their fanbase revelled in …
Album Review : Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile’s ‘Lotta Sea Lice’
Maybe you were like me(or maybe you weren’t) that when you heard Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile were making a collaborative album together it just seemed like the perfect match. There’s a care-free quality about both of them that a coming together of these two seemed like the right thing. The essential thing, even. I’ve …
EP: The Veldt – ‘Thanks to the Moth and Areanna Rose’
Just prior to heading out on tour with Modern English (sadly no European dates) shoegaze pioneers THe Veldt have released their new EP ‘Thanks to the Moth and Areanna Rose’ via U.S. label sonaBLAST! Records. At its core, the band are identical twins Daniel Chavis (vocals, guitar) and Danny Chavis (guitar), along with Hayato Nakao …
Track: Oh Majester – Chemicals
Corwalls Oh Majester have just released a new single, Chemicals, as part of a 3-track EP, available as always these days) digitally, but also as a cd dressed up as vinyl. Debuting last September the band’s sound quickly saw them land slots at numerous festivals including Boardmasters and Looe as well as playing venues throughout …
Track: The Dayoffs – Two Actors in a Cage
NYC’s The Dayoffs actually have their roots a little further afield. The duo, Vladimir Komarov and Atsuo Matsumoto hail from Russia and Japan, and met as producers while working on other artists’ output. Seemingly continuously working on other people’s music, they recorded some instrumental improvisations during studio downtime, gathering enough material for a debut LP. …
Track: The Telescopes – Silent Water
If you thought one album, As Light Return, was enough for one year from long serving noisy shoegaze favourites The Telescopes, up pops Stephen Lawrie and the gang with another, the six-track ‘Stone Tape’, out on November 20th via Rome label Yard Press. Taken from it is a ‘Silent Water’. It finds Lawrie not at …