The Fangasm: From Every Sphere by Ed Harcourt
A universe of sounds that make you feel like you’re trapped in a treehouse in a Tim Burton film»
Articles
annabyrne has written the following articles:
Villagers - The Art of Pretending to Swim
Masters the difficult trick of doing what fans love an artist for, while subtly making creative strides in a new direction»
The Fangasm: Californication by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
It was a route into the band, and a route into alternative rock generally»
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
Not just intimate, but vulnerable, self knowing, open and loving. And definitely not embarrassing»
The Friday Fangasm: Soviet Kitsch By Regina Spektor
An album where each line was a tiny rebellion, a two-fingers-up at whatever anti-folk is or was, subverting its subversion»
Wilsen - I Go Missing In My Sleep
A collection of beautiful songs made infinitely more beautiful by the way they've been meticulously put together»
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
Byrne explores sea, land and sky in a series of songs that look back both fondly and wistfully on the past»
The Friday Fangasm: Blue by Joni Mitchell
Anna Byrne begins our new weekly column by looking at Joni Mitchell's seminal Blue»
Live review: Carole King, BST Hyde Park, 03/07/16
For an hour or so, we all forgot about the uncertainty, the division and the hate that have clawed their way past decency lately»
Emmy the Great - Second Love
Mixes electronica with a knack for cutting, heartbreaking lyrics and acoustic orchestration»
Josephine Foster - No More Lamps in the Morning
It grabs you from the first note»
José González - Vestiges & Claws
He is embracing his own style, his musical expertise, his lyrical prowess.»
Anand Wilder and Maxwell Kardon - Break Line The Musical
Worth a listen for its high points - but it needs more unity.»
Ed Zealous - Wired
If Ed Zealous would step out of the sound they have cultivated and decided to stick to, they could produce something really exciting.»
Crystal Shipsss - Dirty Dancer
A psychedelic, schizophrenic selection of sounds, which tracks a stilted journey between whiny folk and bizarre electronica.»
Laura Jansen - Elba
Laura Jansen seems to know herself better as a musician than as a person.»
CocoRosie - Tales of a GrassWidow
No, they're not for everyone. Yes, sometimes it sounds like a circus rave in a toybox, and it's not what you would call relaxing. But it's uplifting, triumphant and inquisitive. And, in the face of frequent critical antipathy and hostility, it's just good to see two strong-minded women paying absolutely no heed and continuing to make the music they feel compelled to make.»
Bear's Den - Agape
Generally, Agape is a lovely EP: well written, well executed and thematically innovative.»
The Heartbreaks - Hand on Heart
The Heartbreaks make upbeat, fairly generic rock pop, with impressive precision and polished orchestration.»
Rachel Zeffira - The Deserters
Rachel Zeffira has meticulously crafted a musical style for herself.»