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Smith Garrett Band - Songs By...
Country and Western is the kind of genre people tend to love or hate; the sound of a weeping pedal-steel and a sorrowful acoustic guitar provoke in some a reaction of visceral, unexplainable hate. Personally, Country music, or, more accurately, American folk music, holds a special place in my musical world. It conjures»
Alfie - If You're Happy With You Need Do Nothing
Let's get this 'NAM' (New Acoustic Movement) thing out the way with first : Genre classifications (such as the ones we use at DiS) are nebulous and inaccurate enough without rags like the NME trying to impose further, pseudo-genre restrictions on any vaguely recognisable new trend in modern music. That Alfie should be »
Gag - Cavemen Shuffle Suffers Known As Patty
The punk spirit, however loosely defined, is very difficult to find these days. Most people in search of that elusive, anarchic spirit, haunting record collections since the mid 70's, have turned to the outer fringes of music, where electronic artists and post-rock warriors ignore musical conventions and in doing so in»
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Melbourne's The Avalanches have been getting more than their fair share of hype of late, and their debut single on XL goes some way to explaining why. A deliriously upbeat, luminous slice of dance-pop, 'Since I Left You' is about as sunny a record released in March can be. The sound, dreamy and dislocated and see»
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down The Road
Will Oldham, the man behind the cryptic moniker Bonnie Prince Billy, is one of the best songwriters of the last 20 years. Along with peers Dave Pajo (Papa M), Bill Callahan (Smog) and Chan Marshall (Cat Power), he has resurrected the spectre of Appalachian folk music and injected it with his own, often disturbing, idio»
Beth Orton at London Union Chapel, Fri 02 Mar
After a succession of intriguing gigs in celebration of Rough Trade's 25th Anniversary, the festivities hit the Union Chapel for a night that showcased the very best in contemporary female-led songwriting. First on the bill was Anjali, whose short set of vocal-led, smoke-saturated breakbeat was an interesting propositi»