These New Puritans, Attack Music
These New Puritans are back with a new song, Attack Music, taken from their album Hidden. Heavy on the bass, it’s a pounding chant not to be listened to if you’re hungover. A decent soundsystem is also required to get the full joy. These are both mistakes I made – forcing me to pull out...
The Libertines Reforming for Reading and Leeds Festivals 2010
The speculation is over; with the official line up announced today, it’s now confirmed that The Libertines will be reforming to play a last set for their fans at the twin festivals. So have they finally put their differences behind them? Perhaps – but there could be other reasons playing their part too. Earlier in...
Phenomenal Hand Clap Band
For some reason Phenomenal Hand Clap Band are slowly slipping back to obscurity after a bit of a flash of publicity in mid 2009. If you haven’t come across them, here’s why they’re good. Phenomenal Hand Clap Band 15 to 20 Video from Darling Department on Vimeo. Picture courtesy of mlindema
Foals, This Orient
There was a period in 2008 when every copy of NME was packed with fawning praise for Foals. And that’s where the major problem lies with the band – it’s hard to get past the scenester hype and pretension. Their new album has been compared by NME to The Cure, TomTomClub, Ladysmith, Osibisa, Siouxsie and...
MGMT Congratulations Leak
Over the last week there’s been a glut of leaks of the new MGMT album “Congratulations”. Luckily, this has led MGMT to leak it themselves. Speaking on their official website they said: Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as...
Boy George: Amazing Grace
In 2009 it seemed Boy George had become irreversibly assigned the status of caricature; a camp 80s hangover jailed “false imprisonment” of a male escort and ending up as the world’s most famous street sweeper. The details are well known, but the accusations that the incident went beyond the consensual never quite chimed with the...
Emmy the Great Interview
Having been lauded as the next big thing of 2007 one has to wonder where Emmy the Great has gone, three years on? The Japanese Born, British based singer song writer, known for her quirky anti- folk tunes, is as she insouciantly responds holed away “penning her second album”. Emmy aka, Emma Lee Moss self...
The Music Magazine Gets Cosy With Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer.
During his current UK tour TheMusicMagazine slipped on some loafers, visited the liquor cabinet and joined rising comedy sensation, Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer for a friendly drink by the fire. We decided the most fitting course of action would be to indulge his persona by letting the sherry run free. The result of which...
Josh Doyle Interview
It has been ten years since the Dum Dums first rocked their way onto UK airwaves and into our hearts, but one underrated album, a string of catchy singles and a breakup later; ex front man, Josh Doyle, still delivers the goods as an independent solo artist. Josh sheds some light on what it is like...
Who is iamamiwhoami?
If you haven’t come across this spooky viral campaign yet here’s a quick intro. In early December a video was posted on Youtube by iamamiwhoami. This and the following 5 videos have shown a blonde woman, usually covered in mud, sporting preposterously long eyelashes and interacting with a natural environment – which usually looks like...
Annie Lovell: I Wont Cry
Annie Lovell is an unknown quantity; trained as a classical and opera singer and a history of west end stage performances her first single marks a step into new territory. I Won’t Cry is an anthem for the upbeat, a cold shoulder to adversity, a steeled resolve to make the most of every situation. Whilst...
Vernie and Bertrum: One’s to Watch
When discussing the various comparisons and likenesses of a still-undeveloped band one has to be careful not to put off any potential fans. However, when the song writing talent of a group is so abundantly clear as with Vernie and Bertrum, the only risk is the band not fulfilling their promise. Drawing influence from many...
