Stoke Newington duo Cowbell are set to release their second album, “Skeleton Soul” on Monday 29th September. Their debut LP “Beat Stampede” was one of my albums of 2012, and was a sixties-tinged garage rock classic. Let’s do a quick… Read More ›
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Richard Hawley’s Cole’s Corner: £150 on Vinyl, 99p on CD…
One of the by-products of iTunes, mp3s, downloads, streaming and so on is that the price of second hand CDs has fallen lower than the spirits of Brazilian football supporters. Music fans on a budget, or tight-wads generally, are able… Read More ›
Parquet Courts Stoned and Starving at Glastonbury: Friday – The Park Stage
After the rain-enforced break that threw Jimi Goodwin offstage, on came four punks / stoners / who knows? in the form of Parquet Courts. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Parquet Courts were perhaps one of the most highly anticipated bands… Read More ›
Check out: The Hosts
They say if you remember the sixties, you weren’t really there. Well now there’s a new band who definitely weren’t there, but have solved that problem by recording a modern album that brings the sixties sound into the 21st century…. Read More ›
Jesus And Mary Chain: We Weren’t Goths: We Just Wanted To Be On Top of the Pops!
A couple of weeks ago I talked to author Zoe Howe about her new Jesus and Mary Chain Official Biography “Barbed Wire Kisses” which is being released this month, and is the first ever account of the band, some thirty… Read More ›
The Real Highlight of the Oasis Definitely Maybe Re-Releases: The Demo Cassette
Anyone living in the UK over the past few weeks and not trapped under something heavy cannot fail to have noticed it is the twentieth anniversary of Brit Pop this year. Polls, documentaries, radio shows and news articles have all… Read More ›
Sweet Billy Pilgrim New Album News
Studio news reaches my ears from Every Record Tells A Story favourites (and ERTAS Album of the Year 2012 winners) Sweet Billy Pilgrim. Sweet Billy Pilgrim are looking towards crowd-funding to help raise the funds needed to produce their fourth… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 So Far: Embrace – Refugees EP
A Tale of Two Bands… It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… In 2000, a young Chris Martin must have been feeling good about life. After his band Coldplay had released three EPs without troubling… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 So Far: Damien Jurado
Damien Jurado’s Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun is a barking mad “dream” concept album – but a great one. I have a mixed view of concept albums. At best, they are all-encompassing and wonderful things. At worst, well… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 So Far: The Horrors – So Now You Know
“So Now You Know” is the second track to be revealed from The Horrors’ fourth album “Luminous” which is out on May 5th. Whilst the first preview from the album “I See You” was a seven and a half minute… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 So Far: Augustines
In August 2013, We Are Augustines announced to the press they were changing their name, after the successful conclusion of a legal dispute. “From henceforth, we are Augustines, not We Are Augustines”, they said. There then followed a certain amount… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 So Far: Beck – Morning Phase
Back in 1999 Beck Hansen released the funky Midnight Vultures. Songs like Sexx Laws and the fantastic “Debra” with its chorus of “I want you / only you…. / …and your sister / I think her name is Debra” were… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 so far #3: Elbow – The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
You probably want to know about Elbow’s latest release, so here’s a review: It has a slight American influence, whilst remaining distinctly British. It’s better than their last one. It’s bittersweet. It’s also amber coloured and 4.25% by volume. Well,… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 So Far: #2 Tom Hickox
It’s day two of The Best Records of 2014, and this one is an album that is released today. A long way removed from the blood and thunder of yesterday’s pick, Royal Blood, Tom Hickox is a singer/songwriter I have… Read More ›
Midlake Joined Onstage By Gaz Coombs At Shepherd’s Bush Gig
Midlake played a terrific show on Wednesday at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire as part of their European tour in support of their latest album “Antiphon”. If Midlake has passed you by, let’s have a quick recap: Hailing from Denton, Texas,… Read More ›
