Despite the hours it consumes, it’s rare for our newfound 21st century staple of “MySpace surfing” to yield something genuinely special. Of course, it does happen – but the amount of exciting music uncovered is nowhere near proportionate to the amount of time spent looking.
Beat of the Week
Dad Rocks! – BOTW 10
With a name inspired by the terrible Father’s Day gift compilation CD genre of the same name, Dad Rocks! is the new solo project from Mimas frontman Snævar Njáll Albertsson.
Glass Bricks – BOTW 09
The perfect summer-sounding band Glass Bricks are about to self-release their debut mini-album Craquelure, while a Midwest/East Coast tour is on the offing. Chance meetings, internet grooming and mid-state relocations have seen this band produce some upbeat saccharine-sweet music.
Hocus Tocus – BOTW 08
With summer looming and the sun finally starting to smile down on us, we should be looking forward to and planning our summer escape. With the eruption of an Icelandic volcano and British Airways staff striking, however – why not try the classic British beach holiday?
Becoming Real – BOTW 07
Last Friday I witnessed something novel almost unseen these days. It was February’s Dirty Bingo and the shackles of trend were off. On the bill were Colours, Sex Beet and Fair Ohs. Colours took to the stage. Fresh from their support slot with hotly tipped US band Real Estate.
HEAvy HAwai – BOTW 06
With only three years until we hit those troublesome teens it seems the naughties flew by in the blink of any eye yet a hell of a lot happened. Our jeans got tighter than the economy, we saw the slow death of “Indie” music and the emergency of something far more exciting and fresh.
Inertia Blooms – BOTW 05
Hailing from Wolverhampton Inertia Blooms have an expansive sound. Songs peak and dip, taking you on a dramatic ride, one moment in a state of calm the next engulfed in an intense screaming guitar lead break. Moving stuff.
iDiOSYNC – BOTW 04
Listening to Shards you first wonder whether it’s going to burst into a hard house floor filler, and yet it turns out to be something quite different, but equally compels one to jump up and down erratically. A proper floor filling monster.
Wise Children – BOTW 02
Wise Children are an indie-folk band from the South Coast of England made up from Robin Warren-Adamson, Charlie Richards and Jamie Wilson
James Cleaver Quintet – BOTW 01
On first glance with a name like that you’d be fooled into expecting perhaps a Jazz fusion band may be on offer. Oh no. The JCQ play garage hardcore with intense ferocity that would probably make any jazz musicians explode into tiny particles upon one short blast of a listen. They’re working on a new [...]
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