It is not an uncommon story that there is a band that is hyped at SXSW that suddenly becomes hard to get access too, but if there is one band who genuinely deserved the hype it was CHVRCHES from Glasgow. They filled the Hype Hotel in the middle of a sunny weekday, and held us rapt for their set of very catchy, keyboard heavy tunes. Singer, Lauren, is more than…
Posted Mar 24, 2013
Heading to Austin for SXSW? It’s always hard to sort thru the huge number of bands playing every year, so how do you know who to see? With so many new bands performing each year, you may be looking at the line-up and quickly discovering you probably don’t know much about new music; especially of the UK variety. Not to worry – we’re here to help. We are your insider’s guide to the latest UK bands at SXSW 2013.
Posted Mar 11, 2013
Twenty-two years after their crazy good release – Loveless, Kevin Shields and My Bloody Valentine surprised the world once again with an announcement on Facebook that they were close to releasing their brand new album M B V
And then, just after 9PM on Saturday, something happened – the internet broke. And then it came back on again (hooray!). Soon afterwards, tons of lucky listeners were able to get their hands on a digital copy of the new album – cunningly self-released on their own website and available for you to buy (in any format) right HERE.
For the rest of you, while you wait on a more appropriate format on which to listen (aka vinyl), you can listen to a few of my favorite tracks here:
Posted Feb 06, 2013
Posted Jan 14, 2013
Yet another exciting excerpt from one of our newest contributors – Lori Starke taken from her time onboard the Jamaica leg of the S.S. Coachella Cruise with PULP.
Posted Dec 24, 2012
Today on the SS Coachella, the floating version of the Coachella festival, Jarvis Cocker, lead singer and lyricist of Pulp gave a somewhat impromptu talk in a small theater in the belly of the ship. I was fortunate to be present during the setup, and only during those last moments did Jarvis decide the title of the talk. I helpfully suggested “The Art of Writing Lyrics” but he went with “Saying the Unsayable.” He used his own laptop (he’s a Mac man) and the default language was French, belying his current digs in Paris. He streamed mellow music from his laptop while the audience streamed in and filled the small theater, with no more that about 100 capacity.
Posted Dec 22, 2012
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It is not an uncommon story that there is a band that is hyped at SXSW that suddenly …
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