I’ve been a busy bee this week, writing for the wonderful ScreenInvasion and my brand-new site It Sounded Sweet (please check it out if you have time!) I’ve reviewed the amazing new BLACK KEYS album ‘El Camino’, and done a piece on a great Kickstarter project, ‘Tallahassee Turns Ten: A Mountain Goats Cover Album’. I’ll put the links to these below, and also to my short new bulletin about new RADIOHEAD material (expect a review of the two new tracks on Monday!)
Category Archives: Music
A Brief Guide To The Worst Tracks of 2011
Despite the fact that I’ve spent the majority of the year immersed in Mountain Goats and Joanna Newsom (it’s been a good year), I haven’t been able to escape the fact that there have been some major musical turds in 2011. Here’s a handy cut-out-and-keep (well, sort of) guide to the musical crimes of 2011. Continue reading
Why I Am Not Thrilled About The Stone Roses Reformation
In one of the most hotly anticipated press conferences of the last…4 days, Ian Brown and co. revealed that they would be reforming after a 15 year hiatus. Understandably, the music world hit the roof. According to NME, this is ‘the event of the decade’. If that is the case, then it’s been a pretty poor decade. Continue reading
Beirut – Tuesday 6th September, Manchester Academy
When it was announced that Beirut would be performing at Manchester Academy 1, many eyebrows, including my own, were raised. Surely they’d be better suited in one of the smaller, more intimate venues? Continue reading