Liverpool Sound City 2012
#Instrumental
First Look
Cavallo / Sleep With Wires // Almost Colossus
Brooklyn's Cavallo specialise in instrumetal rock that purrs, twinkles, then bears its teeth, fur flying, whilst retaining a harmonic core. The twin guitars work in telepathic partnership, complimenting each other even when the songs are at...
Gig
The evening gets off to an ominous start: after an ungodly wait at the bar, the charlatan posing as a barman stated that they had no Havana Club – but “How about Sailor Jerry’s rum, as it’s just the same?” I could have...
First Look
Some spellbinding piano pieces here from Munich's Carlos Cipa. These tracks are a preview to the album 'The Monarch and the Viceroy', which comes out in June.
At the age of 6 he began taking classical piano lessons with various...
Album Review
What The Blood Revealed / Harbour of Devils
Completing the research for this review, it was evident from re-evaluation of the band's two earlier releases that ‘Harbour of Devils’ presents itself as an entirely different creature. What The Blood Revealed have retained the...
Album Stubble - Unsigned
Cloudkicker / Let Yourself Be Huge
Up until this point, Cloudkicker’s reputation has rested some pretty righteous slabs of instrumental and technical post-metal. 2010’s Beacons earned wide praise for its combination of furious polymetric riffing and unsettling,...
Interview
Secret Chiefs 3 were founded by the rather unexpectedly hippy-ish Trey Spruance, most commercially known for his work with Faith No More (King For A Day 1995) and Mr Bungle, with fellow Mr. Bungle members Trevor Dunn (bass) and Danny...
Album Review
Talkdemonic / Ruins
The term ‘Folk’ gets thrown around a lot, usually it’s something to do with acoustic guitars and quite often it can put people off right away when it’s chucked in there, suggesting some sort of traditional and much-...
