Liverpool Sound City 2012
#Pop
First Look
The Star Department / Porcelain Doll
Psychedelic dod. That's right, dod - upside-down pop, from The Star Department. You may well hear plenty of this type of grainy collage with heavenly harmonies from popular artists that I've anagramised, such as Acclaim...
Album Review
Lotus Plaza / Spooky Action at a Distance
Lotus Plaza's “Spooky Action At A Distance”, Lockett Pundt from Deerhunter's second solo release on Kranky, is a shiny effect pedal-laden righteous guitar rocker that belongs nowhere near the winter, but rather blaring out of...
Gig
I have never seen Amadou and Mariam live before; I don’t even really know the band, which is part of the reason I wanted to see them. It also meant I had no idea what to expect. The husband and wife duo from Mali appeared on the darkened stage...
Interview
Pete Hughes sat down to tea with Katzenjammer before their gig at Scala.
Recently Katzenjammer posted on facebook: “How did you discover Katzenjammer?” and serendipity seemed to play a large role in many of the 750 responses....
Gig
Tonight is a sellout and it’s getting quite difficult to move around. The Arches in Glasgow is a repossessed set of subway tunnels that have become a venue which hosts everything from clubs and gigs to business conferences and, apparently at...
Album Review
Katzenjammer / A Kiss Before You Go
As a band, Katzenjammer are primarily distinguished by their complete lack of facial hair, despite, to their lasting chagrin, hailing from Norway, the land of the Vikings. In fact, all four members belong to a unique subset of the male race which...
Album Review
Luke Haines / 9½ Psychedelic Meditations on British...
I'm a little late in reporting back here, but over the past few days I've been waking up with the line “Egg and chips from the transport caf was the worst food that I've ever had / Do you want some more? / Oh dear god, no,”...
