I was pretty impressed by this Brighton band’s support slot for Amanda Palmer last Thursday and having now had the chance to hear their studio recordings, they’re definitely a new band to watch. Le Band Extraordinaire consist of Jez on (bass, vocals), Chris (guitar), Esther (flute), Alex (saxophone, guitar) and Rob (drums). Their style consists [...]

Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Max
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If there has been one trend to emerge out of 2008, it has been that bands are following the Radiohead route of rush-releasing albums as soon as they’re announced to dodge the media hype. So far this year The Raconteurs and Sigur Rós have both released new albums through this method with varying degrees of [...]

Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Max
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I, just like many others across the country, will be taking a break this weekend. Whilst lots of people will be at Reading or Leeds, I’m taking time out in Paris. So now seems like a good idea to see what’s in store for the rest of the year. Whilst I will still be using [...]

Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Max
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Firstly, I’m gonna very quickly rattle through the support bands. Le Band Extraordinaire were quite cool. Lots of variation in their sound and, despite a bass breakdown in the middle of the third song, did enough to impress me. I even managed to shake hands and congratulate them afterwards! The Puppini Sisters came on as [...]

Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Max
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This has been coming for a long time. It was around this time last year that The Verve decided to reunite for the second time in their career. Since then they’ve toured all over the place and slayed every festival they have appeared at this summer. But now is the ultimate test of their reunion [...]

Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Max
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