Posted in Norwich, tagged gigs, reviews on June 3, 2008 | No Comments »
You could easily be mistaken for thinking Kids In Glass Houses are in fact American, what with them singing about Californ-i-a with a definite borrowed American twinge - until they talk that is, they’re straight out of the valleys. Following in the footsteps of fellow Welsh rockers Funeral For A Friend and Lostprophets, Kids In [...]
Posted in Norwich, tagged gigs, reviews on June 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Looking as though he could well be in the Murderdolls, Peter Wilson, better known as Duke Special, modestly shuffles onto the stage alone. Showcasing, and showcasing is certainly the right word, new songs and old from 2006’s ‘Songs From The Deep Forest’ accompanied by himself, a gramophone and a screen, better known to some as [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged Music, reviews on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
The Pigeon Detectives claim to have album No. 3 written, and they could knock it out in the studio if they really needed to. Good to see they’re taking their time over them then. Emergency is the return, had they actually gone anywhere, of the Pigeons. And that’s exactly it- they haven’t gone anywhere. Whilst [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged Music, reviews on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Having already released three songs from debut album, ‘A Larum’, its release was highly anticipated, there’s no Cajun Dance Party skimping either, 14 three minute plus songs. The Box came first both as single and on A Larum and is very much a different being on A Larum to what we encountered a year ago. [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged Music, reviews on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Pop-emo is on the way up again. Whilst MCR are feeling the brunt of the outcries of emo-fan suicides, bands such as Paramore are breeding a new, expanded fan base. Kids in Glass Houses are no different, Give Me What I Want is even on Radio One’s playlist.
Having already supported bands like the Manics, Lostprophets, [...]
Posted in Norwich, tagged gigs, reviews on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
It was a night of chipped teeth and grabbed balls at the Waterfront as a surprisingly sparse crowd greeted the Holloways brand of dancey indie guitar pop. The support came from the impressive and confident local band The Interpreters and the passionate acoustic-punk of ex-Million Dead frontman Frank Turner and the crowd warmed to each [...]
Posted in Music, Norwich, tagged gigs, reviews on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When you actually see The Courteeners, you soon realise how much of an impact they are having, how much people have really connected with them. Every song can be related to, it isn’t quite Definitely Maybe, but it’s not a million miles away. Playing to an audience that was filled with more 30-somethings than you’d [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged Music, reviews on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve heard the phrase “Arctic Monkeys with strings” banded about with reference to this band over the past couple of weeks, and it’s exactly the narrow-minded phrase I’ve come to expect from music fans and journalists alike nowadays. While it is easy to write off ‘The Age of the Understatement’ as something Alex Turner is [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged Music, reviews on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
There’s a definite formula to Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago. Justin Vernon’s dulcet layered tones sweep across his beautiful lo-fi nu-soul acoustica, in torn, raw, emotive fashion somewhere between Scott Matthews and Brett Dennen. The vocals really carry For Emma, Forever Ago as it was in serious danger of being just another singer-songwriter hitching [...]
Posted in 60 Second Reviews, tagged reviews on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
This is the first of what I hope will be a regular feature: the 60 second music review. The idea is a basic enough one; hit play, hit the stopwatch and get writing. This is an experiment more than anything, as I’ll tinker with the time limit, the format and the subject to find a [...]
