The Old Man’s Back Again… The Childhood of a Leader is a film by debut filmmaker Brady Corbet. Loosely based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s short story of the same name and John Fowles’ novel The Magnus. The plot is that in 1918 an American boy witnesses the creation of…
For as long as there’s been electronic dance music there’s been bands trying to rip off the sound for credibility with absolutely no ear for what it is they’re trying to copy. Remember new rave? What in utter fuck did any of that have to do with rave? Apart…
We’ve missed the pulsating motoriks and billowing guitars from the Brighton quartet who at long last sit poised ready to unleash their second effort of nihilistic noise to the world. The Hanging Valley does not seem to have been an easy process for the group to stitch together. Testament…
David Brent first appeared on the 2001 reality TV show The Office as the manager of Wernham Hogg, a regional office of the paper distribution company in Slough. Throughout the series we were shown Brent’s professional and private life and bit by bit he became a national celebrity. We…
So it’s happened. Strange Cages have released their debut EP, Ego Killer on Drastic Decline Records. Over its four tracks Ego Killer ranges from neo-psych, motorik, indie and lo-fi garage rock, but all garnished with Strange Cages’ rich and vibrant sound. Lead singer Charlie McConnochie recently said, “Our…
People keep saying the album format is dead and it’s all about singles but this is one of those albums that reminds you why the format really took off, especially in the 70s rock era. It does not feel like a collection of good songs thrown together in the…
In Michael Azerrad’s classic document on the American underground of the eighties, Our Band Could Be Your Life, few bands are portrayed as having such deep and inherent contradictions as Dinosaur Jr. While groups like Black Flag or Butthole Surfers channelled their chaotic and baiting lifestyles into equally tumultuous…
Over the years there have been a lot of great break up albums, for us the punters that is. Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and Beck’s Sea Change, Fiona Apple’s The Idler Wheel and The Weeknd House of Balloons immediately spring to mind. But there is a new…
An integral part of the alternative Chicago music scene, Ryley Walker has been making some serious waves with his fluidly elegant progressive and experimental folk-acoustica that contains hints of jazz and is influenced by the likes of Tim Buckley, Nick Drake and John Martyn; as well as many players…
Brighton ska'n'soul legends The Meow Meows third album Go Boom! has an awful lot going for it: the songs are great and immaculately produced, with everything sitting in the right place and in the right frequency, whilst simultaneously preserving the energy they are famous for as a live band.