Imagine a Mozart party! Big curly white wigs, velvet and long socks, and piano jams? Perhaps. Anyway, I digress. 23-year-old Lake District by-way-of-London musician James Bennett definitely earns his extensive blog love of late with his project, Mozart Parties. Strong, defiant bass lines lead soft vocal melodies, crunchy distorted guitar and distant tin can drums, providing for very memorable dream pop with an edge. I was immediately taken with ‘Black Cloud’, which I found in a FMLY blog radio playlist.
Anna from London popsters My Tiger My Timing has taken time off from exercising her vocal chords to give the Devil’s blog an insight into her influences, the strangest place the band have played and her tips for saving money.
Brooklyn noiseniks Psychic Ills took some time off last year to pursue various projects and home remedies; lucky for us 2009 finds them back with a new record
, Mirror Eye,
a renewed sense of vigor and cohesion, and this exclusive track.
Tinchy Stryder is not your average east London MC. The kid’s been knocking around for years, first coming to the attention of those outside grime and his Bow manor when he won ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Sidewinder Awards back in 2003.
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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