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  • Review – Retribution Gospel Choir @ The Grapes

    A night of old school jangly rock was deftly given to us punters at the Grapes, courtesy of crooners The Crookes and rock dandies Retribution Gospel Choir.

  • Wake up song for today – 54

    I personally despise Wings (and anything related to them), but this is one awesome “re-imagining” of a horribly mushy song. It takes the lyrics into a whole different emotion. Be patient with its 5 minute introduction (!) and stay for Mr. Kozelek’s beautiful voice to break your heart.

  • Wake up song for today – 53

    Sounding like a myriad more twee bands out there but still doing something slightly different. Ladies and germs, it’s Allon Darlin’. Quintana

  • Looking back at … Billy Joel

    “Some things were perfectly clear / seen with the vision of youth / no doubts and nothing to fear, I claimed the corner on truth / These days it’s harder to say I know what I’m fighting for / My faith is falling away / I’m not sure any more” —Billy Joel, ‘Shades of Grey’.…

  • Wake up song for today – 52

    Today is “piano player” day at Sloucher and we start it up with the always funny/amazing Ben Folds

  • Wake up song for today – 51

    Booyah! This is Ogo’s favourite song. Who’s Ogo? Why, you should click for our cool comic and find out! Can’t go wrong with some Curtis for dem Wednesday blues, mon! Big Love Quintana “Quinto” Haberno.

  • Foals

    Foals are set to release their new album Total Life Forever in May of this year and if latest single ‘Spanish Sahara’ is anything to go by I think we can assume that a bit of a direction change is on the cards. It seems like the band have stripped back a lot of the gritty disjointedness…

  • Wake up song for today – 50

    “Some old guys rocking”. I still remember that quip from my fave editor at the old place I used to write for. That sense of humour of hers always brings a smile to my tired face. A song that is fast in pace, but a downer on the lyrics. “This is a list of the…

  • Tribute: Sparklehorse

    The world loses another troubled genius: multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous A.K.A. Sparklehorse took his own life on March 6. Linkous has collaborated with artists such as The Flaming Lips, PJ Harvey and Tom Waits as well as producing Daniel Johnston’s record Fear Yourself in 2003. He’s been recording lo-fi, laidback, melody driven sweet indie rock since…

  • Review – The Woman in Black @ The Lyceum

    The Woman in Black ( 26/February/2010 ) The curtain goes away and the audience goes quiet. A very shy man called Arthur Kipps (Robert Demerger) starts telling a story, in a monotone drone that might give you the idea of getting a refund. But it’s all misdirection. Remember this, because The Woman in Black is…