I don’t just use Twitter as a new version of an RSS feed. I’ve always said that I’d be using Twitter on some of my escapades to gigs and such and Monday give me the chance to try it out. Howling Bells will be releasing their eagerly anticipated, and sure to be brilliant, second album, [...]

Posted on February 27th, 2009 by Max
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2009 will be a quiet year for Sigur Rós following their critically acclaimed world tour last year in support of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, which was my album of 2008. At least, that’s what the theory would go. Turns out this is not the case. As well as releasing a DVD featuring [...]

Posted on February 27th, 2009 by Max
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Andrew will be the first single taken from the debut album by the brilliantly crazy Crystal Antlers. Tentacles gets released on the 6th April on Touch & Go Records and this is a pretty good representation of what the band sound like. Once again their rhythm section is c0mplex, enthralling and unstoppable in a track [...]

Posted on February 27th, 2009 by Max
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Guitar lines from The Edge with effects settings all the way up to 11. Appearances at the Grammys and the Brits when they weren’t even nominated. Constant promotion thanks to the BBC. Yes, a new U2 album is with us. No Line On The Horizon is the same old U2. Bono is still around mouthing [...]

Posted on February 27th, 2009 by Max
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St. Vincent (or, to use her real name, Annie Clark) first came to my attention thanks to her guest appearance on Amanda Palmer’s debut album last year. Her vocals on the cover of What’s The Use Of Wond’rin’?, from the musical Carousel, were a really lovely listen but my own laziness means that I haven’t [...]

Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Max
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