Trans Musicales 2013: the DiS review
The thirty-fifth edition of Rennes' Trans Musicales festival begins, for DiS at least, with a visit to the bustling Village pro Liberté arts centre...»
Articles
Sundowner has written the following articles:
Maybeshewill - Fair Youth
A course that's occasionally too adventurous for its own good.»
Charlie Simpson - Long Road Home
Charlie Simpson, long free of the bonds that kill so many careers, has yet to entirely find himself. He's getting closer, though.»
La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
Let's hope for stormier weather next time.»
Ed Sheeran - x
x offers a few lively embers, but never quite ignites.»
Linkin Park - The Hunting Party
Make no mistake, The Hunting Party, as promised, is the 'rawest, heaviest and loudest Linkin Park record ever'. It screams often, confused, like the mess that it is.»
Fucked Up - Glass Boys
This is not a passing of the torch. Not yet. It's not time to let go.»
Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
Not a million miles away from the sort of up-tempo jives that Paolo Nutini thinks he specialises in.»
Son Lux - Alternate Worlds
It has been said that you never really finish a song, you abandon it. Alternate Worlds makes a handsome case for going back.»
Tokyo Police Club - Forcefield
Tokyo Police Club have finally made small sound huge.»
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
Night Time, My Time stands as vindication for the artist behind it.»
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
The fear that Dum Dum Girls will always be playing catch-up is starting to become all too real.»
Midlake - Antiphon
The sense that Midlake are finally off the leash is palpable.»
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2
To commit fully to the spirit in which this was cobbled together; 2 of 2 is less music you can see and more music you can see behind - and what lurks past the curtain is concerning.»
65daysofstatic - Wild Light
Wild Light correctly prioritises focus over twists.»
The Strypes - Snapshot
The Strypes are a mechanical device, a tool for nostalgia disciples to live vicariously through.»
NO CEREMONY/// - NO CEREMONY///
A little mystery is no bad thing, though it’s a shame that a band seemingly so desperately in search of heart do their utmost to shield their own.»
Explosions In The Sky, David Wingo - Prince Avalanche
Soundtrack work can stifle creative musicians but Explosions In The Sky feel free here.»
Bloc Party - The Nextwave Sessions
Hiatus number two is probably the best thing for Bloc Party at this stage. »
Vuvuvultures - Push/Pull
A sense of something more, ultimately hurt by a lack of ingenuity.»
Palms - Palms
Palms is best at its tightest, but is perhaps a tad messier than it really needs to be.»