rescuing musical virtue in distress.
I don’t get to go to many gigs that I am not involved in promoting these days, but whilst I am always present in more of a work than a punter capacity, I still get to watch, work and hang out with some wonderful bands and a set of people who are imaginative, affable, mad,... Continue Reading →
In a week when The UK’s newest and blokey-ist radio station, Radio X, ran a poll revealing that their punters probably stopped listening to music in 1997 and declaring 4 out of 5 of the top songs of all time were penned by the Gallagher brothers, it is refreshing to be writing about a band... Continue Reading →
Downtown Swindon on a Saturday night and the place is crackling with energy. The lads are wearing their Ralph Lauren polos and their designer jeans and the ladies are wearing, frankly, very little. We're gathered in The Locomotive for the latest in a series of original music gigs curated by Songs of Praise. It's a... Continue Reading →
White Lilac has come a long way in a short space of time, not least musically. With Faye Rogers’s early solo work now a distant yet charming memory, the band that formed in that chapter of the story now help her head down a more mesmerizing path. I’m guessing that the moment you realise that... Continue Reading →
White Lilac have come a long way in a short space of time, not least musically. With Faye Rogers early solo work now a distant yet pleasant memory, the band that formed around that work now help her head down a more mesmerising path. Working with a sound palette that roams between Joy Division's angular melancholy... Continue Reading →
In keeping with the D.I.Y ethic of the band, the accompanying video to their first single is a montage of meandering footage but it perfectly matches the ambient and drifting nature of the music. The slowly building atmospherics and intangible washes resolve into a sonorous saxophone break and a crescendo of shimmering guitars and sweeping... Continue Reading →
Gold Medal Position: Change - Nothing To Lose - L.A. Davis (London, UK) But it is Davis voice than makes this stand apart from other pop prodigy’s. His soulful and gravely tones come as a welcome change (pun intended) from the chirping pop crooners that we currently are being presented with. Add to that a... Continue Reading →
When you have spent the last two years building up a musical identity, have been well received both by audiences and media and have managed to find a group of musicians to work with who bring exactly what is needed to your songs, why would you suddenly head off down a new musical path. Well,... Continue Reading →
Not much new music has been reviewed this week, due to Christmas socialising, not to mention eating so much cheese that I was physically unable to lift myself off of the chaise lounge for about three days and had to suffer the agony of watching Mel B trying to be funny on The Big Fat Quiz... Continue Reading →