Kurt Vile made the best album of 2009. That’s not overstatement. It’s just there, plain and simple - A FACT. Childish Prodigy is an incredible piece of work, and this track - made available by the heroes at KRAAK on their Meet The Philly Elite 7" - finds common ground with that record’s quieter moments, chords lulled and coaxed into changing through a guitar plucked like a...
Mikwaukee based troubadour Nick Griffin kindly sent me his acoustic demo disc, which is pretty sweet. Quitters is a great track, and his voice reminds me a little at points of Jeff Buckley and sometimes a little of Anthony of "and the Johnsons" fame. It varies a great deal in the demo, from the high falsetto I’ve just been describing to a gruff low tenor, which is either...
iLiKETRAiNS DEMO OF THE WEEK:
ISTVAN & THE KOSMAS / DISCO CLUB IMPERIAL
DAVE: The song started out pretty promisingly, but it didn’t really develop. It could be just me! Having said...
Fran Donnelly recommends the 'perfect arms aloft synth-pop' of Manchester's The Whip.
We probably all know that those who mourn the passing of the golden age of vinyl often speak in dreamy tones of the advantages of record cover artwork as a reason for their belief in the sanctity of...
Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.
Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11
Read the review of the gig here.
Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...
Good time with Bad Guys. Photos from the May 29th gig at the Old Blue Last. Read the review by the Bad Guy himself, Stuart London after the jump.
Artrocker.com exclusive: for fans of White Lies and Crocodiles we’ve got some fresh pictures from their UK show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this month, courtesy of Alessandro...
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