Let’s Buy Happiness – Dirty Lakes
I’ve been more than a little bit infatuated with Let’s Buy Happiness (Facebook/Twitter) since I first caught them live last year, but the band have recently been back in the studio today… Read More
Hero and Leander – Free Download
My latest music discovery is Hero and Leander, an ambient indie pop band from London. The group formed last year from the remnants of successful indie outfit NeatPeople and is starting to… Read More
The 360 Club – The Library Leeds
On Friday night I had the pleasure of an invitation to see Backyards, one of four bands playing that evening upstairs at the Library, a regular drinking hole of mine. I always… Read More
Bands to watch: Blood Oranges
“You are perfect, so real” and I’m in love. There’s little more to say on the subject of when I first wrapped my ears the boy-girl duets of Blood Oranges. You can… Read More
Blonde Louis
Over the past year or so, the indie pop scene has quietened down a little – at least in terms of how good its offerings are. But, of course, this doesn’t mean… Read More
Yes Giantess – NME Radar Tour @ Norwich Waterfront – 12.10.09
Yes Giantess are extremely American. Not in that insulting ‘those-wankers-elected-George-Bush’ sort of way, but rather in that ‘there’s-something-far-greater-there-than-the-nationality-is-credited-for’ sense. Their thirty minute set to open the NME Radar tour on Monday evening… Read More