Album, Single, EP and Live Reviews

EPs: Gryff Rhys - Athiest Xmas (Run)
Is this the true reality of christmas?
Posted on Dec 19th, 2011
Live Reviews: Hawk Eyes @ Newcastle Academy 2, 09.12.11
Hawk Eyes or Chickenhawk... different names, same brutality!
Posted on Dec 19th, 2011
Albums: Hymns - Cardinal Sins/Contrary Virtues (Pink Mist)
Ex-Blakfish man forms new band with great results
Posted on Dec 16th, 2011
Live Reviews: Art Brut @ Bull & Gate, London 07.12.11
With a (marginally) less bitter, southern equivalent of Mark E Smith as front man, Art Brut’s visceral punk sound is infectious and addictive. For two nights they brought their distinctive sense of humour and whimsical riffs to life at the famous Bull and Gate, Kentish Town. James Labous was there with his punk-o-meter.
Posted on Dec 15th, 2011
Live Reviews: The Magic Band / The Wicked Whispers @ Kazimier, Liverpool 03.12.11
The second Butterfly’s Ball and Grasshopper’s Feast headlined by Captain Beefheart’s legendary backing band, with event organisers The Wicked Whispers in support.
Posted on Dec 13th, 2011
Albums: Christina Vantzou - NO. 1 (Kranky)
An artist and filmmaker as well as a musician, Christina Vantzou has swapped the US for Europe, living in Brussels since 2003. But she's kept in touch with her homeland via collaborations with compatriots including Sparklehorse, The Dead Texan and Stars Of The Lid.
Posted on Dec 8th, 2011
Live Reviews: Blood Orange / Shields @ The Shacklewell Arms, London 03.12.11
The Shacklewell Arms is ideal for artistic intimacy. The dimly-lit bar houses a tiny dance hall with a miniscule stage set-up that can barely hold two players, and it is here that we revelled in the scantily-clad sensualism that is Blood Orange and introduced ourselves to one of the best-sounding new bands we'd heard of recent times, Shields. Cheers Dalston.
Posted on Dec 8th, 2011
Albums: Dubbledge - Dubbledge Vs Boondocks (Hidden Agenda)
When the words 'concept' and 'album' are bandied about in tandem bad things generally happen. Or at least criminally dull things. From seventies prog-pixies Yes creating an entire musical "journey" set in an underwater kingdom spread over a double (yes, count them TWO) vinyl package clocking in at nearly 90 minutes for just 4 tracks on Tales From Topographic Oceans to seventies prog-ponses Genesis' musical epic about a half Puerto Rican juvenile delinquent who battles demons and monsters underneath the bowels of New York whilst looking for his alienated brother who might actually be himself spread, again, across a double vinyl, it seems the main ingredients of the conceptual album are the Seventies, double vinyl, double page plots and (probably) a double helping of an industrial grade hallucinogen.
Posted on Dec 7th, 2011
Live Reviews: Lisa Hannigan @ Komedia, Brighton 28.11.11
It has been an eventful musical journey that has brought Lisa Hannigan to be tonight's headline act at Brighton's Komedia, one that has seen her perform for many years alongside Damian Rice and make several high profile festival appearances. Tonight however is all about her and whether her songs really do stand up to the critical praise they have enjoyed.
Posted on Dec 5th, 2011
Live Reviews: Battles @ Kazimier, Liverpool 18.11.11
The pressure on Battles over the last year must have been nerve-wrecking. Just how do you live up to the standards of the phenomenal ‘Atlas’ and Mirrored – the albums figure headed by the same singer (Tyondai Braxton) who left midway through your third LP? Any regular band would have surely been crushed by the weight. Luckily, Battles aren’t any regular band. Returning with one of the finest albums of 2011, Gloss Drop silenced all sceptics and with an equally enthralling live show to boot, Battles proved they can do fine without their old frontman.
Posted on Dec 5th, 2011
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