Track Of The Day – Lusts – ‘Temptation’
When we featured Lusts back in October last year there was precious little information available, all we knew was that they were brothers, they were from Leicester, and they wrote music that conjured up a
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Première – Deux Furieuses – ‘The Party Of Shaitaan’
One of the criticisms of modern music is that it seems reluctant to engage in any sort of political discourse, preferring to play it safe, stay bland, and say nothing. We’re not entirely sure that’s
Track Of The Day – LE THUG – ‘Basketball Land’
Today’s Track of the Day ‘Basketball Land’ comes via Glaswegian and Outer Hebridean trio Le’ T h u g (Michael Raphael Gilfedder, Dann McColgan and Clio Alexandra Maclellan.) It’s mesmerising and majestic, a beguiling mix
Track Of The Day – DOLLS – ‘Killing Time’
White Stripes, The Raveonettes, The Kills, Honeyblood, Saint Agnes, Slow Club, Deep Valley et all have found it’s very much a case of ‘two’s company – three’s a crowd.’ Doubtless, it also saves on accommodation
Track Of The Day – Hooton Tennis Club – ‘Jasper’
Based on Hooton Tennis Club’s debut single ‘Jasper’ for Heavenly Records they certainly sound more influenced by artists such as Dinosaur Jr rather than by the music that put their current abode on the musical
Track Of The Day – Tuff Love – ‘Slammer’
We first stumbled across Tuff Love, via our own admiration for another Glasgow based band, Sharptooth. In fact it’s amazing just how large a part of our record collection consists of music written and performed by our Scottish
REVIEW : MENACE BEACH – ‘Ratworld’
Leeds based Menace Beach’s debut album ‘Ratworld’ released via Memphis Industries on 19th January, embraces an admirable array of styles and influences including woozy shoegaze, incendiary garage punk, celestial dream pop and even has room
Blog Sound 2015 Winner
And the winner of the Blog Sound of 2015 poll is…….. Låpsley Liverpool’s Holly Lapsley Fletcher has been named the winner of the Blog Sound of 2015, a poll of 62 UK based music bloggers.
Track Of The Day – MØ – ‘New Year’s Eve’
Not really fans of New Year Eve here to be honest. It always seems to be a time when people spend too much time wallowing in what could have been rather than looking forward to
The VPME – Song, Video and Gig Of 2014
We’ve finally roused ourselves from our post Christmas torpor, to briefly reflect back one last time on 2014. We’ve already listed our albums of the year HERE and HERE, as well as our musical hopes
Track Of The Day – The Sunday Reeds – ‘Christmas In The Summer Time’ – And Happy Xmas
Right then we are closing shop for Christmas, but not before we’ve left you with one more new festive tune. This times it’s from our Ozzie mates The Sunday Reeds, ‘Christmas In The Summer Time’
If You Buy One New Seasonal Album This Year … Smoke Fairies – ‘Wild Winter’
If you intend to grab a last minute Christmas album then we’d have absolutely no hesitation in recommending you get hold of this years outstanding offering from Smoke Fairies. ‘Wild Winter’ is a graceful sophisticated cocktail