Rejoice! All of culture has been saved! For a while it seemed as though we were all doomed, culture was dead and all of London was a sterilised cesspit of soullessness, but thanks to an out of court settlement between Islington Council and the nightclub fabric, it seems as though we really did do it!…
Read More It was a night that was, for me, around 8 years in the making. On seeing the announcement that Dance Gavin Dance were back in the UK for the first time in 5 years for a 10 year anniversary, bringing along past vocalists Jonny Craig and Kurt Travis for the ride, it was a chance…
Read More Keats meets Nietzsche; how Bob Dabbles with the Romantics through three takes of ‘Visions’ The Cutting Edge is a fascinating collection of alternate takes on Dylan classics between 1965 and 1966, a time when Dylan’s surreal punk folk was setting the music world ablaze. Released towards the end of last year, the collection contains a…
Read More UK Release Date – 7 October 2016 “GIMME THAT CANVAS LET ME PAINT SOME SHIT!” yells Jon Mess to kick off Dance Gavin Dance’s seventh – yes, SEVENTH – studio album in ten years. I always struggle to describe DGD to virgin ears, but it’s safe to say that Jon has absolutely nailed it in…
Read More 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.
Read More 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 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 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 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 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…
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