Review Revue: Aztec Camera – Knife
You’ll have to forgive me: I didn’t have any album covers on hand today, so instead I just decided to take a picture out the window and pretend it was an albu...
→ 26 January 2012 6.15pm — Comment on this
New band of the day: Serenades (No 1140)
Stabbing violins, plenty of coos and aahs, and a sound that's Prefab-cum-Scritti-cum-ABC – they had us at eight secondsHometown: Stockholm.The lineup: Adam Olenius ...
→ 2 November 2011 6.06pm — Comment on this
Les Paul: three guitars to celebrate 96 years
As Google celebrates the 96th anniversary of the guitar legend's birth, Michael Hann picks his three favourite electric guitarsAnyone who has seen Google's rather brillia...
→ 9 June 2011 2.35pm — Comment on this
Electric guitar shapes: my top plucks
From the luscious Les Paul to the glorious Gretsch, here are my three favourite electric guitar models. What are yours?Les Paul would have been 96 today. And even now, ne...
→ 9 June 2011 12.44pm — Comment on this
New band of the day – No 1,034: To Kill a King
'Rousing orch-folk' is what we noted when we saw this lot play live. Yes, we took notes. We don't do that for just any bandHometown: London.The lineup: Ralph Pelleymounte...
→ 1 June 2011 5.25pm — Comment on this
FROM ONE OLD ROUGH TRADER TO ANOTHER...
The subject of yesterday's post - Scritti Politti - would find fame and fortune after departing Rough Trade Records for Virgin Records.A similar outcome befell Aztec Cam...
→ 15 March 2011 6.00am — Comment on this
IF I MAY BE ALLOWED TO BLOW MY OWN TRUMPET...
I've been included in a Top 100 list!!!Now its not the sort of list that ranks everyone from 1-100, so whether the organisers of the Top 100 indie music blogs for student...
→ 15 February 2011 6.00am — Comment on this
Edwyn Collins – “Do It Again” (Feat. Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos
“Do It Again,” a track from Scottish songwriter Edwyn Collins’ seventh solo album Losing Sleep, features Franz Ferdinand dudes Alex Kapranos (+ mustache...
→ 13 December 2010 8.03pm — Comment on this
LISTEN UP FOLKS.....I WANT YOUR HELP
The little fella pictured above is the reason I have a charity button over on the right hand side of this blog.Readers from way back will know the story, but I make no a...
→ 20 September 2010 6.00am — Comment on this
Frankie and the Heartstrings: 'Music needs a bit o' spite'
Frankie and the Heartstrings are flying the flag for the surprisingly fertile Sunderland scene. They tell Dave Simpson how classic kitchen-sink dramas and the miners' str...
→ 17 June 2010 11.29pm — Comment on this
Edwyn Collins returns with new album
Former Orange Juice frontman's first LP written and recorded since his stroke in 2005 will feature star-studded lineupEdwyn Collins has written his first new album since ...
→ 16 June 2010 10.13am — Comment on this
No 804 – Larsen B
These Home Counties lads play grandiose music with a rustic charm, like Coldplay jamming with Mumford & SonsHometown: Wheathampstead.The lineup: Will Baguley (drums), Sim...
→ 9 June 2010 4.36pm — Comment on this
