Preoccupations: a band in a state of disarray, uncertain of any future they may have, but perhaps their eponymous new release will put these fears to rest.
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Spacebound Apes – Neil Cowley Trio
UK Release Date – 16th September 2016 Mm, concept albums. They are definitely an acquired taste. Such albums have gone down in the annals of musical history as some of the greatest ever made. Here are some of note: – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles: I’m not a Beatles fan, but…
Read More Why couldn’t we save Fabric?
This morning, Islington council revoked Fabric’s license following the unfortunate deaths of two 18 year-old boys on the premises due to drug overdoses, thus spelling the end of Fabric. The closure feels part of an ongoing systematic attack and deconstruction of London’s night club culture that has seen the closure of nearly 50% of London…
Read More Sundown 2016
It’s now at the tail end of the British music festival season. Each summer we see the familiar sights: wasted fifteen year olds wrongly lip-syncing chart hits before passing out in an overworked portaloo, the butchering of basic tent building, and the glorious mixture of old and young living amongst genuine squalor and filth for…
Read More My Woman – Angel Olsen
UK Release Date – 2nd September 2016 Angel tenderly sails through the opening synth-infused track Intern with her soft, subdued vocals, seemingly contrasting the mundane of the everyday workplace with the recurring disappointment she finds in love. “Still got to wake up and be someone” she sings, giving an impression of the tedium she finds in…
Read More Blonde – Frank Ocean
UK Release Date – 20th August 2016 Four years isn’t an especially long time to wait for an album – certainly not long in a year that boasts the release of The Avalanche’s Wildflower, American Football’s upcoming self-titled sophomore, and the possibility of a new LCD Soundsystem album. Even the new Bon Iver album supersedes…
Read More A Tribute to Tom Searle
On 12 March 2010, I had my first experience of seeing Architects live. They, along with fellow UK hardcore upstarts Your Demise, were supporting A Day To Remember in Kentish Town. It was one of my earliest gig experiences and, ultimately, one of my favourites to date. My 15 year old self was a huge…
Read More Classic Album Review – Volume 6: Fever 105 – GTA Vice City O.S.T.
I’ll never claim to being a committed gamer, nor would I consider the Grand Theft Auto series to be one of my favourite franchises growing up, but it does undoubtedly boast the most carefully chosen and incredible soundtracks in gaming history. Period. No better is than that of Vice City, released in 2002, with the…
Read More Lovebox & Citadel 2016 – ‘Mics are for singing, not for swinging’
Once again, Cadgers took some time out of his incredibly busy schedule to venture to not one, but two festivals in a single weekend. What a hero. Anyway, here’s his rundown that includes rather frequent barings of his soul… Imagine the scene, if you will: it’s 10.30pm. You’re standing in the middle of Victoria Park…
Read More Albums of 2016… So Far – Tom Geraghty
Albums of 2016… So Far
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