http://www.beardedmagazine.co.uk/news Latest news on independent artists and labels. en-gb Bearded Magazine Copyright 2013 2013-05-13T10:39:31+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/juffage-leftbank-centre-leeds-26.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/juffage-leftbank-centre-leeds-26.04.13#When:10:39:31Z Rarely is a venue in Leeds so justified in its anticipation. Juffage's only gig of the year had seen the timelessly divine home of the Leftbank Centre church at his disposal for practice and preparation with his chosen clan for the preceding weeks. On Bearded's arrival, he was still padding around the space, ears to speakers and hand affixed to a cup of tea. Who's still asking questions? 2013-05-13T10:39:31+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/matthew-e-white-queen-elizabeth-hall-london-26.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/matthew-e-white-queen-elizabeth-hall-london-26.04.13#When:09:07:27Z Matthew E White seems a happy man. He spends a large part of tonight's gig beaming, repeatedly thanking the crowd in the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall for their attendance, in between a bunch of (genuinely) amusing anecdotes from the band's European tour, of which tonight's show marks the final date. He has every reason to be chuffed: the album he is touring (2012's mellow, soul music-indebted Big Inner, which was quietly released in the UK back in January) is a slow-burning, word of mouth success; one that gives every impression of a star in the ascendancy. 2013-05-13T09:07:27+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/wampire-curiosity-polyvinyl http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/wampire-curiosity-polyvinyl#When:09:00:57Z Portland duo Wampire's debut record Curiosity comes highly recommended 2013-05-13T09:00:57+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/brother-jt-the-svelteness-of-boogietude-thrill-jockey http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/brother-jt-the-svelteness-of-boogietude-thrill-jockey#When:09:00:25Z Brother JT brings the rock and the good times with his latest full-length release 2013-05-09T09:00:25+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/singles/article/emily-wells-passenger-partisan http://www.beardedmagazine.com/singles/article/emily-wells-passenger-partisan#When:12:00:16Z Emily Wells releases new single 'Passenger' in anticipation of her debut UK album 'Mama'. Larry Day gives it a listen for Bearded 2013-05-07T12:00:16+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/arc-festival-eastville-park-bristol-27.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/arc-festival-eastville-park-bristol-27.04.13#When:10:20:53Z Adam Corner went along to Bristol's new dance festival 2013-05-07T10:20:53+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/minus-the-bear-clwb-ifor-bach-cardiff-24.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/minus-the-bear-clwb-ifor-bach-cardiff-24.04.13#When:10:15:38Z Following the release of their excellent fifth studio album Infinity Overhead in 2012, Seattle based experimental rockers Minus the Bear made their way to a sold-out Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff to begin their longest UK headline run since 2005. Stuart Knapman headed down to see if it’s been worth the wait. 2013-05-07T10:15:38+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/truckfighters-electric-ballroom-london-29.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/truckfighters-electric-ballroom-london-29.04.13#When:11:30:08Z Swedish stoner rock trio tear it up at Desertfest 2013 2013-05-03T11:30:08+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/a-hawk-and-a-hacksaw-the-lexington-london-17.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/a-hawk-and-a-hacksaw-the-lexington-london-17.04.13#When:12:10:20Z From Albuquerque via Budapest to Islington on a Wednesday night, it has been a long steady road for this accordion and violin duo who have quietly established themselves as purveyors of some of the finest Eastern European-styled folk that one is likely to hear this side of the Danube. 2013-04-29T12:10:20+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/arcane-roots-blood-chemistry-play-it-again-sam http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/arcane-roots-blood-chemistry-play-it-again-sam#When:09:22:33Z Math rock/indie/prog pop trio Arcane Roots mix it up once again for their latest album Blood & Chemistry 2013-04-29T09:22:33+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/little-comets-oxford-o2-academy-14.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/little-comets-oxford-o2-academy-14.04.13#When:19:33:45Z Little Comets have a pots and pans approach to playing their music live. This isn’t to say that it’s a little clumsy and chaotic, as the saying would suggest. Rather, to make their lives easier, they have percussion instruments resembling saucepans dangling from a piece of string drawn across the middle of the stage for the three-piece from Sunderland to rattle and thump when necessary. 2013-04-24T19:33:45+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/and-so-i-watch-you-from-afar-the-garage-london-16.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/and-so-i-watch-you-from-afar-the-garage-london-16.04.13#When:19:09:05Z And So I Watch You From Afar are the most incredible band this writer has ever seen live. Ever. As far as post rock bands are concerned, no one else even matters any more. 2013-04-24T19:09:05+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/anna-von-hausswolff-oxford-o2-academy-18.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/anna-von-hausswolff-oxford-o2-academy-18.04.13#When:10:53:38Z Oxford’s Cowley Road is, for better or worse, the epicentre when it comes to live music for the city. On the plus side, rooted in the centre of this musical ebullience is the excellent Atomic Burger restaurant. 2013-04-24T10:53:38+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/cayucas-bigfoot-secretly-canadian http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/cayucas-bigfoot-secretly-canadian#When:09:30:00Z Ben Wood lends an ear to Cayucas' debut record and ponders the fate of modern society. 2013-04-24T09:30:00+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/the-thermals-desperate-ground-saddle-creek http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/the-thermals-desperate-ground-saddle-creek#When:12:01:06Z The latest offering from Portland three-piece The Thermals gives fans exactly what they want – and expect. 2013-04-23T12:01:06+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/pere-ubu-fibbers-york-16.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/pere-ubu-fibbers-york-16.04.13#When:09:40:36Z In the film 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil', it is rightly and continuously recognised that persistence and a strong sense of identity and purpose go a long way to providing a band with credibility regardless of what they're wailing. Perhaps a step up from those hairy thrashers, it is no less of a wonder how Pere Ubu survives. Priding themselves on being almost anti-profit and sticking to their guns to the point of taking pop-shots at others from the safety of nowhere, the band have just released their fifteenth studio album, this time choosing dance music as their, presumably uncaring, enemy. So with the supporting tour all set, we picked up our tap shoes and travelled to York to throw some shapes. 2013-04-23T09:40:36+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/portico-quartet-koko-london-17.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/portico-quartet-koko-london-17.04.13#When:12:02:47Z Ben Wood went to see Portico Quartet and pondered how much the band had changed over the years. 2013-04-22T12:02:47+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/junip-junip-city-slang http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/junip-junip-city-slang#When:09:30:54Z Moody folk-singer Jose Gonzalez doesn't like to rush things. The man, whose slo-mo cover of The Knife's 'Heartbeats' was bleedin' everywhere a few years ago, also plays with friends Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn in folk rock trio Junip. But while the band formed in the late 90s, they didn't release their first album until 2010. Now they're back, with a proggy, fleshed-out take on Gonzalez's trademark hushed, late-night melancholy. 2013-04-22T09:30:54+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/eps/article/nadine-shah-dreary-town-apollo http://www.beardedmagazine.com/eps/article/nadine-shah-dreary-town-apollo#When:09:10:50Z Nadine Shah is a storyteller. The British born songwriter of Pakistani and Norwegian heritage first treated us to her debut EP Aching Bones late last year to critical acclaim. This second offering, Dreary Town, is released in anticipation of her debut album Love Your Dum and Mad and boasts three teasers to what might be one of 2013's best albums. 2013-04-22T09:10:50+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/eps/article/the-caulfield-beats-garage-electronics-vol-1-noise-praise http://www.beardedmagazine.com/eps/article/the-caulfield-beats-garage-electronics-vol-1-noise-praise#When:13:30:48Z East London 'indie electronic crossover' crew The Caulfield Beats are a modest bunch. They claim that they're "not trying to be clever, just making little collages." But on their first EP, Lawrence and Charlotte Northall and Molly Dixon have come up with some exceptionally groovy electro gubbins - and no mistake. 2013-04-19T13:30:48+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/night-beds-borderline-london-15.04.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/night-beds-borderline-london-15.04.13#When:11:18:49Z Bearded likes sensitive singer-songwriters as much as the next pale, bookish type. But tonight's triple-bill, while it had its moments, took maudlin self-pity to another level. A touch of attitude, and a dash of humour, would have gone down a treat. Even Leonard Cohen tells jokes, goddamit...! 2013-04-19T11:18:49+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/kitsune-america-2-kitsune http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/kitsune-america-2-kitsune#When:10:43:12Z Ben Wood wraps his ears around the latest offering from French electro fashionista label Kitsuné. 2013-04-19T10:43:12+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/electric-frog-easter-weekender-swg3-glasgow-31.03.13 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/live/article/electric-frog-easter-weekender-swg3-glasgow-31.03.13#When:22:17:33Z The warehouse at SWG3, Glasgow, saw one of the city’s hottest festivals, the Electric Frog, return for a legendary Easter weekend bender – a collaboration between Slam's ‘Pressure’ and local record label ‘High Sheen’, run by Ben Martin and Vitamins. Kicked off on Saturday 30th March with headliners Simian Mobile Disco, Todd Edwards, Andrew Weatherall and Martyn, the festival wrapped up on Sunday 31st with artists such as Berlin techno duo, Pan-Pot; house legend, Derrick Carter; Norwegian producer Todd Terje and minimalist maestro, Marc Houle. 2013-04-09T22:17:33+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/diamond-rugs-diamond-rugs-partisan-records http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/diamond-rugs-diamond-rugs-partisan-records#When:02:16:23Z Debut LP by Americana band ft. members of Black Lips and Deer Tick 2013-04-06T02:16:23+00:00 http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/the-physics-house-band-horizons-rapture-blood-and-biscuits-records http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/the-physics-house-band-horizons-rapture-blood-and-biscuits-records#When:02:00:58Z New EP from prog-infused Brightonians reviewed 2013-04-06T02:00:58+00:00