Tamer Animals by Other Lives The mysterious cover image is apt: Other Lives are not easy to grip or pigeonhole. The word that seems to come up most frequently in pieces about them is ‘cinematic’ and there is a Morricone-like […]
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It’s only when I try to learn to play a song that I really get into all its nuances. The coincidence of hearing 2 bands – Ahab and Manran – separately covering ‘Wagon Wheel’ at Heb Celt Fest and then […]
So, a couple of months after the Great Escape, I headed some 700 miles north and west for my second festival of the year… My first visit to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides for […]
Eels are something of a cult, and one that I’ve never really enrolled in. Lead man Mark Everett and a shifting roster of collaborators have been making music for the best part of twenty years now. My record racks feature […]
And then, in amongst all the new young pretenders you maybe should be listening to, there’s always an old master who’s somehow evaded your attention for thirty years or more… Anyone who’s bored with music is truly bored with life. […]
Another fine musical evening at The Greys on 6 June. I hadn’t heard Viper Central before but the combination of a Canadian bluegrass band, the venue and landlord Chris’s dependable taste made it seem worth grabbing some tickets – and so […]
A final day dominated by Sufjan Stevens‘ astonishing concert at the Dome, but with time to take in some new bands first at Canadian Blast’s stage at the Komedia. First up were Said The Whale with some roots-inflected indie. A confident […]
And here’s what happened yesterday… We’re on a roll now – soaking in some wildly different styles, singer-songwriter to dubstep to prog. At least a couple of excellent discoveries and all rounded off with another blast from the wonderful Cloud […]
They’re talking up The Great Escape as Europe’s version of SXSW – hundreds of new bands, industry convention, etc. Doesn’t seem quite right, but since I’ve still never made it to Austin I can’t really say. Anyway, there’s some […]
Bom-Bane’s, Brighton, UK 5 May 2011 A magical evening at Bom-Bane’s – one of the few venues in the galaxy to make the Tom Thumb Theatre feel spacious… The legendary Mike Heron on warm and engaging form, playing two sets […]
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