My dearest Toadlings it is with enormous pleasure and brimming pride that I present the light of my silly life, the bright and shining star at the centre of my universe and the bad tempered little Scottish strumpet to whom my every waking hour is devoted. That sounds sarcastic, but it isn’t.
She treats the music [...]
I remember reviewing Bonnie Prince Billy’s last album, The Letting Go, and being hugely relieved that someone I’d always found far too hushed to quite grab me before seemed to have loosened up, let go a bit, and written some really arresting songs. And like Will Oldham before him, Sam Beam has here accomplished a [...]
Well my little Toadlings, I thought I was going to be at work until the wee hours, but here I am at 2am ready to go home, having been entirely successful. This calls for a celebration, and I have cracked open a beer and will write a quick post before I go home.
The post in [...]
Apparently this lot are not just buzz, they are uber-buzz. Mind you, it was a publicity agent that told me this so it is just barely conceivable that they may perhaps be exaggerating slightly. Joe Lean himself was apparently the Pipettes drummer until quite recently, and they were utterly dreadful, but I [...]
This was quite simply one of the best gigs I’ve been to in a very, very long time. Christ almighty this lot batter it out when they get going. I had the extremely good fortune to be able to interview them before the gig - something I’ll be writing up shortly - and [...]
This review comes your way courtesy of new podcast (sorry, they’re a radio show, I know, but I listen to the podcast) The Waiting Room. I heard this on their show a couple of weeks back and bought the album. Smart move.
Although at times it can be a little bit too country for me, this [...]
