Album, Single, EP and Live Reviews

Live Reviews: Destroyer @ Heaven, London 28.06.11
Dan Bejar of Destroyer has had an illustrious career (and hair) playing for the likes of The New Pornographers, Swan Lake and Hello, Blue Roses, not to mention Destroyer - the cult status band who graced London club Heaven last week. With their latest release Kaputt, the Vancouver septet have created a lush and billowy haze of '80s synths, permeated by horns and saxophone over the conventional guitar set up. It's a style the frontman himself has described as "European Blues" and whom others have compared to the likes of David Bowie.
Posted on Jul 6th, 2011
Albums: Monsters Build Mean Robots - WeShouldHave DestroyedOurGenerals NotTheirEnemies (NWFA)
Having been on what can only be described as ridiculously constant replay on the Bearded stereo, we felt it important that we talked about WeShouldHaveDestroyedOurGeneralsNotTheirEnemies before the record dissolved under the pressure of repetition.
Posted on Jul 4th, 2011
Albums: Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania (In The Red)
“Pastoral” is hardly a word you’d use to describe the often coruscating output of Thee Oh Sees, but with their latest release John Dwyer seems to have got in touch with his softer side.
Posted on Jul 4th, 2011
Albums: Woods - Sun and Shade (Woodsist)
Six records in, and Woods are beginning to hit their stride.
Posted on Jul 4th, 2011
Live Reviews: Vetiver @ XOYO, London 29.06.11
XOYO is a classic Shoreditch venue: a minimal underground warehouse space with exposed pipes, dirty walls… and a packed, expectant crowd waiting for slow-burning San Francisco dudes Vetiver.
Posted on Jul 3rd, 2011
EPs: The Violet May - TV (Oh! Inverted World)
A lot of potential arises in The Violet May's new EP
Posted on Jun 27th, 2011
Albums: Emily and The Faves - Emily and The Faves (Respectable Horse)
Superb, assured sounding debut album from the psychedelic pop group
Posted on Jun 27th, 2011
EPs: The Rialto Burns - For The Asking (Gung Ho!)
Stellar, XL-sized new EP from excellent Liverpudlian post-punks, including live tracks and remixes.
Posted on Jun 27th, 2011
Live Reviews: Kitty, Daisy and Lewis @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 12.06.11
Swanning onto the stage in their ultra-real traditional get-up, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis wasted no time in picking up their instruments and whipping up a storm with the last track on their new album ‘Smoking in Heaven’ so neither shall Bearded. Hollow-bodied guitars all staccato and slidy backed up by a quicktime snare rhythm provided the lyricless jam that they chose to open with and it certainly got the quiffed and coiffured crowd jumping out of their seats and into the barn-dance atmosphere.
Posted on Jun 23rd, 2011
Live Reviews: Tellison @ Boileroom, Guildford 14.06.11
It’s been a while, but Tellison are back.
Posted on Jun 22nd, 2011
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