Carroll’s unique concoction of folk, blues, punk and country has shamefully hidden beneath the public eye, despite the Dubliner having the blessing of Bob Dylan. Stone Bead & Silver, Carroll’s fifth album (and admittedly my first […]
Live Review: Dinosaur Jr. @ LUU Stylus
Enormous riffs and stagediving – what more could you want? Years ago, before I had heard any of their music, a friend described Dinosaur Jr. to me as “what you would get if you put Neil […]
Album Review: Darkstar – News From Nowhere
When Darkstar emerged in 2010 with their debut album North on Hyperdub, they were placed firmly within the burgeoning post-dubstep scene, not far from James Blake and the like. Fast-forward to 2013 and links to dubstep of […]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II
Written largely on tour, Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s second album, II, deals mostly with the isolation and restlessness felt by main songwriter Ruban Nielson. Yet, on this weird and wonderful adventure, the band sound more comfortable than ever. […]
Live Review: Tamaryn @ Brudenell Social Club
It would be practically libellous not to put this gig in the context of today being the day My Bloody Valentine release the follow-up toLoveless after 22 years of waiting. If it hadn’t been so out […]
Album Review: Jim James – Regions Of Light And Sounds Of God (V2)
As lead singer of American psych/folk experimentalists My Morning Jacket, Jim James is used to addressing grand, semi-divine themes. The title of his first solo album, Regions Of Light And Sounds Of God, then, should come […]
Album Review: Eels – Wonderful, Glorious (Vagrant)
American cult hero Mark Oliver Everett, known best under his recording name ‘E’, has been charting his unique path through alternative music for the best part of two decades, releasing albums under the Eels name […]
Album Review: Pure Love – Anthems
In his previous line of work as the frontman of London punk stalwarts Gallows, Frank Carter’s primal shirtless aggression and fearsome stage presence gained him a reputation as somewhat of a raging maniac. Needless to […]
Album Review: Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
“I am that dickhead in the kitchen, giving wine to your best girl’s gloves”, Scott Hutchinson sings sweetly, opening Frightened Rabbit’s fourth LP with the signature misery within which he so ably dwells. An early […]
Album Review: Esben and The Witch – Wash The Sins Not Only The Face
“How long do you mean to be content?” asks the art of Esben and the Witch’s second album. The answer from the band themselves would have once perhaps been “Never”, their particular brand of goth […]
Feature: Loved Up or Broken Up – 10 Songs to make Valentine’s Day
The annual schmaltz-fest is nearly upon us – the time of year that makes you think that love is just something invented by bank managers to make us all overdrawn. But as far as pop […]
Boxer Sends Opponent to Coventry
Adam Wood Boxing 01/02/2013 The saying ‘Train hard, fight easy’ takes on a new significance for a boxer when you come back from the Christmas holidays unfit and overweight due to the standard festive binge, […]