Team Me – Show Me
FAO Scandinavia: stop putting out so much amazing music. (Not really, y’know, but we’re struggling to keep up at this stage.) The latest in a long, long line of fantastic bands to… Read More
Django Django – Django Django
They say necessity is the mother of invention, and this maxim would seem to be the reason for the existence of a band like Django Django, boldly going where few of their… Read More
School of Seven Bells – Lafaye
Oh dear. You know when a song is so good, you fear you may just struggle to get past it on the album? Well, that’s precisely the position I find myself in… Read More
FOE’s Bad Dream Hotline, Parts 3 & 4
As a rule, we rarely, if ever, blog on Sundays, much less Sunday evening – but this definitely warrants a break in the normal routine; I have more than just the remaining… Read More
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
I’d like to think I have a fairly broad music taste. (I am a music critic after all, give me some credit please!) However, one of the genres I cannot stand and… Read More
FOE’s Bad Dream Hotline, Part 2
Here is the second in this series of our FOE videos (they’re kind of an exclusive, don’cha know), created around the concept and major theme of her new record, Bad Dream Hotline:… Read More
General Fiasco – Don’t You Ever
I’ve come to a realisation in recent weeks: I’d never caught it before, but the newer songs that appeared on General Fiasco’s Buildings back in 2010 showed that the band were already moving… Read More
FOE’s Bad Dream Hotline, Part 1
In the run-up to the release of her brilliant debut album, Bad Dream Hotline, FOE has unveiled a series of short video clips as an introduction to the album’s theme. Filled with… Read More