O Children – Apnea
O Children (facebook/twitter) are named after a Nick Cave song, this London four-piece conjure up a range of influences and styles. Fortunately, they pay homage, and expand on the sounds that inspire… Read More
Race Horses – Mates
Wales has a reputation for producing some brilliantly off-kilter pop, and one of our favourite purveyors of that kind of music are set to make their return this year. There is a… Read More
Crushed Beaks – Grim
Crushed Beaks are back with a single release, Grim, on Paint It Black (coincidentally my favourites Rolling Stones song), which is a little bit of a change of direction for the band.… Read More
Passion Pit – I’ll Be Alright
I have to admit that when Passion Pit returned with the first track from the latest album in Take A Walk I wasn’t sold – it was still pretty catchy pop music… Read More
Mumford and Sons at The Marina Theatre, Lowestoft
Three years ago, I fell in love with an independent band that was relentlessly touring the UK, playing anywhere that would have them. When they came to Norwich for the first time,… Read More
Duke Special – Oh Pioneer
Depending on which way you want to look at it, Oh Pioneer is either the 3rd ‘official’ album from Peter Wilson, or his (hang on a second whilst I count – the… Read More
Disclosure – The Face
In the interest of, ahem, full disclosure, I must admit that, before now, I wasn’t entirely sold on Disclosure [Twitter/Facebook]. The duo’s earlier, more dubsteppy material (in particular, the double A-side Street… Read More
Eli Mardock – Cut Me Open
Remember Eagle Seagull? If you do, good work – the band came to a messy end a few years ago, finally getting their major-label-hampered second album out, before calling it a day… Read More
