Slowcore Week: Sun Kil Moon's 'Duk Koo Kim'
Fourteen minutes and thirty-two seconds of complete immersion in sound – yet the shortest fourteen minutes and thirty-two seconds that have ever passed this writer by. »
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The Twang - Jewellery Quarter
It's Jewellery Quarter, by The Twang. They’re well lairy, right? Like Oasis, yar? Like Ocean Colour Scene, mmm-hmm? Didn't they try to date-rape the NME once?»
Camera Obscura at London Kings College London (KCLSU), Thu 17 Jul
Following something of a Camera Obscura 'best of' set, this writer walks away with a romantic fuzz all around her, lasting for the next few days»
Hercules & Love Affair at London Soho Revue, Tue 03 Jun
Hercules & Love Affair without Antony Hegarty is, for sure, a strange(r) beast - as brilliant as it could be, but for some reason it’s a tad too try hard»
The Futureheads at London Camden Electric Ballroom, Thu 29 May
An on top of their game The Futureheads are currently playing like it’s their last hour on the planet. It’s a truly mind-blowing set»
Yeasayer at London ULU, Mon 12 May
At the risk of not accepting things for what they are, it’s got to be acknowledged that in a few years' time, Yeasayer are going to be boundlessly prolific»
Junior Boys, Prinzhorn Dance School, Metronomy, Kelley Polar at IndigO2, Greenwich, London, Fri 25 Apr
Kelley Polar morphs trippy loops into ‘70s funk, before a falsetto punctuates driving beats, isolated timbres and sporadic strings into a blend of verdant self-assertion, truly the sound of an alternate universe»
Art Brut at London ULU, Wed 06 Feb
Eddie Argos is as foppish as he is mindful. Tonight, an entirely befitting brass section is accompanying Art Brut in a mid-size room filled with haircuts, androgyny and the balding in almost equal parts»