• Why Harlem’s ‘Hippies’ will cheer you up

    As Britain freezes in a blanket of ice, thousands of people across the country have found themselves trapped (!), entombed in their cars and homes, afraid to rear their fear ridden faces in case of instant frostbite, fractured bums or death by polar bear. A perfect time then to reawaken (or reimagine) those lost summer…

  • Floating endlessly under the stars

    Amusement Parks on Fire – Road eyes Stargazers, that’s how Amusement Parks on Fire have defined themselves, not shoegazers. This really strikes me as surprise because every time I listen to them I feel like turning my head up to the sky (or the ceiling, it basically depends where am I at that moment). I’m…

  • A Dark Summer

    Review: Bonobo – Black Sands Over a pint of winter-themed cider, I was sat in the pub with some folks from the Sloucher head office and we were heatedly discussing the ‘End of Year Lists’ for the site. You see, although Sloucher could probably profess to being ‘quirky’ in almost every respect, when it comes…

  • A free folky friday

    We’ve been on a folk roll lately on the site and we’d like to plug a couple of things we’ve found whilst roaming the net for price comparisons. -The lovely people at For Folks Sake have created a list of their “Best of 2010”, with many good artists, including the dreamy pop peddled by Just…

  • Unfortunate letters of incidents – 13

    Welcome to our weekly column with Russ “chords of gold” Palmer. This week, he had some worries about the adverts on telly… we might be helping him a bit…  

  • Interview – The Violet May

    It’s a slightly chilly day in September at the front side of the Showroom Cinema. There, Chris Mcclure and a friend of his are having a conversation about, well, life in general. The best type. I join in for a while and we talk about the current state of radio, not only in the UK,…

  • Single Reviews – Wild Palms, Les Shelleys, Field Music

    Field Music – Measure

  • Preview – XRAY 10

    The latest edition of X Ray Horse Music will be this Friday 10th of December at The Harley (home of good gin and killer strawberry cider) with some cool bands to check out. In preparation of this event, here’s a few samples of stuff you will hear this Friday (after paying the door tax of…

  • Interview – Les Shelleys

    Les Shelleys are a fun band. It has been said before in this very site. They also do a very good live show. This also was said right here. After a great gig in the Night and Day Café in Manchester, I managed to talk with Tom and Angela, in a basement that looked a…

  • Unfortunate letters of incidents – 12

    Welcome to our weekly column with Russ “chords of gold” Palmer. This week, he had some handy man worries that James May refused to answer, so then he wrote to  Black & Decker…