• Wake up song for today – 9

    Love and miss them thoroughly. Sounds strikingly familiar to another song (a very recent one)… PS: It’s sunday, go to church!! And it’s the end of daylight savings time. REPENT! :D

  • Review : Noah and the Whale (Leadmill, Sheffield)

    5 days of madness (or, a round of applause for your friend from Brighton) (Editorial note: we only allow him this self-indulging rant because of what happened to him last saturday). Day one: Noah and the Whale sing about your broken heart.   A quick personal opinion What makes a twee/indie band relevant these years?…

  • Wake up song for today – 8

    They are better than Interpol (oh, too soon?)

  • Wake up song for today – 7

    One from Mr. “I write too much music and most of it is great”:

  • Wake up song for today – 6

    By request:

  • Old vs New – Stars

    Original version by oldies but goodies, Hum: Cover version by scream-meisters, Finch: Your thoughts?

  • Review – Bromheads single launch

    It started as a bit of a cloak and dagger. The email only said “talk to the people at the DJ booth, you’ll be given a bracelet and then be escorted to the venue”. I half expected people in dark coats and very unfriendly looking lead-spitting toys. In fact, it was just a meeting in …

  • Wake up song for today – 5

    Another Pearl Jam classic, listen to that screeching guitar, screaming with anguish “a dissident is here!”

  • Review – Monsters of Folk “Monsters of Folk”

    When many artists make spin-off bands or join forces with other musicians, often the result is merely a watered-down version of the original (Or a clash of egos – Ed.) . But new musical venture Monsters of Folk exceeds expectations on all accounts. The amalgamation of My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James and Bright Eyes‘ Conor Oberst works beautifully to…

  • Wake up song for today – 4

    Another massively underrated band from the 90s, Failure.