Album, Single, EP and Live Reviews

Albums: North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon (The Household Mark)
Alternative chamber music never sounded so good.
Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011
Albums: Larsen - Cool Cruel Mouth (Tin Angel)
Italian act Larsen’s ninth album sees them joined by veteran multimedia artist and vocalist Little Annie ‘Anxiety’ Bandez, who has recorded with Crass and Adrian Sherwood’s ON-U-Sound collective, among others.
Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011
Albums: The Slaves - Grey Angel (Paradigms)
Sweeping, droning, doomy gothic elements from The Slaves make us linger by candlelight.
Posted on Aug 18th, 2011
Live Reviews: The Big Chill - Day 3 + 4
The second half of The Big Chill as experienced by Frank Kruyer...
Posted on Aug 17th, 2011
Live Reviews: The Big Chill - Day 1 + 2
Frank Kruyer visited The Big Chill in Eastnor Deer Park. Here's what he thought of the first couple of days...
Posted on Aug 17th, 2011
Albums: Hyde & Beast - Slow Down (Tail Feather)
Two drummers make a wonderful noise with Slow Down
Posted on Aug 17th, 2011
Albums: Great Falls - Fontanelle (Paradigms)
Drawing the ear in the same way that a car-crash draws the eye, Great Falls are mandatory.
Posted on Aug 15th, 2011
Albums: Dubioza Kolektiv - Wild Wild East (Koolarrow)
Eastern European's step up to the big leagues
Posted on Aug 15th, 2011
Albums: Streetkind - Ocean Grown (Sweetpine)
Perhaps not really sure about where they fit in musical circles, but whether anyone will care enough is a different matter.
Posted on Aug 15th, 2011
Live Reviews: Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Leeds Met, Leeds 25.07.11
What free and easy lives musicians must lead right? To play in a rock band for a living can hardly be called work when all you do is turn up at the venue, play a few chords on your guitar and then lap up the applause. Godspeed You! Black Emperor turn this theory on its head. With incredible attention to detail and a classical sense of architecture, these are people who graft for their pay.
Posted on Aug 10th, 2011
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