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  • Wake up to… Billy Liar

    Stream – ‘It starts here’ Billy Liar is an acoustic punk musician from Scotland that has been relentlessly working for the past years (four on the last count) to get his unplugged punk out there to the masses. He’s recently toured Europe and is ready to continue gigging this year. Not only will he be…

  • Coffee with Orestes: Transformers 3D, Bridesmaids, Larry Crowne, The Conspirator

    We gave our jack of all trades, Orestes Xistos a couple of tenners and a list of films to review. This piece of shit is what we got. A free CD and a pint if you can point out all the references to other films.

  • Wake up to… Steel Trees

    Steel Trees are a band from The North, full of energy, a grunge distortion firmly stomped upon and the intensity of a trio of friends wanting to get out of a garage by any means necessary (excluding blue and orange portals, eff that noise). They also have been doing some good opening duties to legends…

  • Lost gems: Pearl Jam’s No Code

    Stream – In my tree

  • Friends of Friends – Five minutes with Vetiver

    Photo by Alissa Anderson Sloucher’s PM was lucky enough to catch up with Vetiver brainbox/band leader Andy Cabic after the band’s recent gig in Brighton (here’s a shameless plug for our review). The band is touring to support the release of new record The Errant Charm, which has already scored the accolade of ‘Best summer…

  • Paving Stones : Blacklisters

    Blacklisters. The name reminds me that I can’t show my mug in a couple of clubs in Sheffield (it wasn’t my fault). It also reminds me that you can have a sense of humour (although a bit sordid, but that’s cool) while rocking out and scaring a few vicars. This band consists of Billy Mason…

  • Interview – Yonderboy

    A long time ago (sorry), I met Sammy Thompson (drums), Curragh Treanor (guitars) and Bruce Woods (bass) from Leeds-based powerhouse Yonderboy for a spot of Bungalows and Bears. The battery ran out near the end of the interview. The card was damaged and it took a lot of dirty little tricks to recover the majority…

  • Single reviews – Spotlight Kid, Skint and Demoralised

    Spotlight Kid – Plans come apart Some superb shoegaze from Nottingham borne Spotlight kid, with three members boasting credentials from fantastic bands (Six by Seven, Bent, Echoboy). This, of course, sounds nothing like their previous bands, so what you get is a punky stargazing song with the minimal requirements of shoegaze covered and then some…

  • By the Rolling Sea

     Live review: Vetiver @ Komedia, Brighton, 28.06.11 Supported by: Chris T-T, Marques Toliver Vetiver’s Andy Cabic @ Big Sur, 2011 This unreliable ‘reporter’ (of sorts) will have to hold my hands up and apologise because I managed to miss the first support act of the evening, Chris T-T, whilst I was grappling with the public…

  • “I could’ve brought two guitars, but then there wouldn’t have been enough room for all my problems”

    Live Review: Ryan Adams, An Acoustic Performance – The Dome, Brighton, 22.06.11 Supported by Jesse Malin