The XX – XX
15%
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
14%
Florence & The Machine – Lungs
6%
Miike Snow – Miike Snow
6%
Metric – Fantasies vs La Roux – La Roux
5%
Metric – Gold Guns And Girls

As the line between true Indie bands and the mainstream seems to become more and more blurred. I have recently been kinda shying away from listening to bands I ought to maybe give a little more time to. Traveling down to Cambridge, I wondered if the night ahead would really inspire me, as lately I have [...]

I have an unusual relationship with Devendra Banhart. There are times where I absolutely love him and think he’s genius; there are also times where his voice completely grates my nerves and I can’t shut it off fast enough. What causes my manic reaction to his music is anyone’s guess, but either way he’s a [...]

I’m loathe to reference anything having any association with Michael Jackson at this point, as it seemed we’d finally reached a point where people had stopped feeling it necessary to eulogize him at every opportunity (or active camera feed). But this is one of those rare combinations that absolutely, unquestionably should not work, yet somehow [...]

I was reading an interesting article by Alexis Petridis on The Guardian discussing whether you should try to influence your kid’s tastes in music. I don’t have kids myself, though as I’ve mentioned before I do have a 12 year old niece with very strong opinions on music. But this idea of should I or [...]

Forget the pornographic thoughts the name conjures up, these boys from Dublin are a welcome addition to bands I love in 2009. From the tracks I have heard, the new e.p they are releasing – Secrecy & Sex – on 360 Degree Music (UK)  November 9th is a pretty eclectic mix. Put together by Niall Holohan [...]

It seems the boys in The Rakes have called it a day. Some might say it’s 2 albums too late, of course. It’s entirely possible I might be one of those people. Oh sure, Ten More Messages had some nifty singles on it – ‘We Danced Together’, ‘The World Was A Mess But His Hair [...]