That’s the thing about expectations – if you don’t really have any, it’s very hard to undershoot them. bdrmm started … More
Tag: Indie
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #57 Klaxons – Golden Skans
Released: 2007 It’s a much repeated theme of this decade but the rapidly diminishing influence of the print music press … More
Gengahr – Red Sun Titans review
Sometimes you can have too much time to think. Following the release of Gengahr’s third album Sanctuary in early 2020 … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #59 We Are Scientists – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Released: 2005 2005. The Brookylinite/Lower East Side, meet-me-in-the-restroom boppers were either played out, in rehab or sizing up any escape … More
The Boo Radleys – Eight Review
Ok, so it won’t take a genius to work out how many studio albums The Boo Radleys have now recorded. … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #65 Athlete – You Got The Style
Released: 2003 Ah, hitting those fashionable creases. There was plenty to dislike about British guitar/whatever music at the beginning of … More
100 Great Songs of the 00’s #69 The Cribs – Hey Scenesters!
Released: 2005 Idiot, former Prime Minister and chief architect of Britain’s current SNAFU, David Cameron at least had the temerity … More
Hippo Campus – Wasteland EP review
If you’re a relatively successful contemporary pop band, what are your choices? Collaborate with a left field artist to shock … More
Chappaqua Wrestling – Plus Ultra review
Funny thing, influences. If you do a round of Brighton-based Chappaqua Wrestling’s interviews in support of Plus Ultra they variously … More
Angel Olsen – Forever Means EP review
Forever Means is a rumination on the subject of whether anyone can ever find an end point that satisfies, or … More