Guilty Pleasures: KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall was my life in year eight. I loved her. In fact, when I was thirteen and my sister took me to see KT play in the Roundhouse in…
Local Heroes: The Marvellous Medicine Interviewed
Where does your name come from? Fond memories of Calpol? The name just captures our eccentric, fun-loving attitude to music-making – we also like the idea of music as a…
Not averse to a Pedestrian march: Frightened Rabbit’s Pedestrian Verse
For a Scottish band so lauded by American audiences, it’s surprising that Frightened Rabbit haven’t encountered greater recognition over here in the UK. And all the more surprising seeing that…
Dream On: Indians’ Somewhere Else
It is fascinating to learn of the origins of Indians, the ‘musical alter ego of Copenhagen resident Søren Løkke Juul’ (as label 4AD puts it), because, after listening to their…
Failing their collections
Delphic’s influences have always followed them around like embarrassing relatives at their 16th birthday party. Their synthy first album and Manchester heritage prompted a slew of comparisons to New Order,…
It’s a love story
As soon as my little sister hit her teens, I set about my sibling duty: I was determined that she would be the coolest kid around. I loaded up her…
Swing low sweet Caravan Palace
Had you stumbled into y college room an hour before the College Bop last term, you would have found me dancing, alone, in my underwear, to the sound of the…
