In hard times having a sense of unity is important. After a decade of largely trouble-free existence as a band … More
Tag: Indie
Blur – The Ballad of Darren review
September, 1993. A furious, London-living quartet are being interviewed by the Melody Maker’s Stud Brothers in a pub near Stamford … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #54 Trashcan Sinatras – Weightlifting
Released: 2004 In a game stuffed full of liars telling their lies the biggest one is always the false piety … More
Django Django – Off Planet Review
You could almost feel the eye roll whoever wrote the press release which accompanied copies of Off Planet landing people’s … More
bdrmm – I Don’t Know review
That’s the thing about expectations – if you don’t really have any, it’s very hard to undershoot them. bdrmm started … More
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: 2002 Ah, hitting those fashionable creases. There was plenty to dislike about British guitar/whatever music at the beginning of … More