Liverpool Sound City 2012
#Alternative
Album Review
The Pirate Ship Quintet / Rope For No-Hopers
Atmospheric post-rockers The Pirate Ship Quintet have been quiet as a mouse since the release of their excellent self-titled EP back in 2005. Like most good things, new album 'Rope For No-Hopers' was well worth the wait, as the boys from...
Interview
Tall Ships sail schizo-frenetically between genres without maps or atlases, jack-knifing in the middle of songs between Two Door disco archipelago and the port of Beirut. Live, they have an aggression which picks up exactly where bands like Hell is...
First Look
We Are Augustines / Juarez
Following the release of their critically-acclaimed debut album ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’, Brooklyn‘s We Are Augustines return to tour the UK alongside the release of brand new single ‘Juarez’ on ...
Band of the week
I found this unique take on instrumental post-metal/sludge from Russian stargazers Cosmonauts Day really refreshing. There's nothing really sludgy about them at all: most of the guitar is in a higher register than you might expect, whether it...
First Look
‘Call me Dragon’ was one of my favorite albums from 2010, in fact it probably was my favorite. So when I received the email earlier today boasting news of new material I slipped into a little dreamy coma of excitement before I clicked...
First Look
The sound of Sacramento’s leading apocalyptic alternative hip-hop act Death Grips is currently making major waves once again on the music scene. Following on from last years mix tape Exmilitary they are set to release a further two albums this...
First Look
Choir of Young Believers / Patricia's Thirst video
Check out 'Patricia's Thirst', the first single from 'Rhine Gold' by Copenhagen's Choir of Young Believers. That new album is out now, and this graceful number is a perfect introduction to the band; proving that an 80's...
Album Review
Good Night & Good Morning / Narrowing Type
Good Morning & Good Night have recorded their first full length album “Narrowing Type” in the comfort of homes in Chicago and Milwaukee. There is a real sense of a well-mposed and delicately ethereal album submerged in a foggy...
