Art Brut – Alcoholic’s Unanimous
A motley hodgepodge of exclamatory lyrics, including groggy demands of “Bring me tea, bring me coffee, I was up all night,” Art Brut’s latest single places the band in that
Depeche Mode – Come Back
“Come Back” from Depeche Mode’s upcoming album Sounds of the Universe is a sign that the thirty-year-old band is showing its age. The song is predictably electronic New Wave, but
The Boy Least Likely To – A Balloon On A Broken String
With a step away from a sing-along sound that has become characteristic of The Boy Least Likely To, “Balloon On A Broken String” will get your toes tapping to the
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Skeletons
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs new single, “Zero” from their upcoming LP, It’s Blitz! is brimming with synthesizers and electronic influence, so much so that drummer, Brian Chase, and guitarist, Nick
Music – Interview – School Of Seven Bells
What do you get if you cross two seraph-voiced beauties with a guitarist from a cult spacerock band? Well, throw in a dash of otherworldly lyricism, woozy dreampop melodies and
Fever Ray Interview
The facts: Fever Ray is the solo vehicle for the musical experiments of one half of Swedish switchblade-electronica proponents The Knife, Karin Dreijer-Andersson. The Knife create dance music with an
N.A.S.A. – The Spirit of Apollo
A student’s life is often a difficult one. You stagger home on Monday afternoon after 65 consecutive hours partying. You’re drenched in party foam, you have an 11 o’ clock
The Rakes – Klang
The Rakes may not have had the international success of tourmates and sound-a-likes Franz Ferdinand, but damn if they don’t have stubborn longevity. Klang, their third album, resumes the band’s
Peter Bjorn & John – Living Thing
If you happen to bump into Peter Moren, Bjorn Yttling or John Eriksson on your travels treat them with the utmost respect, and perhaps try to wangle an invite back
Interview with Bell X1’s Paul Noonan
Reading a (postively-worded) review of Bell X1’s fourth collection of wittily-worded and warmly-written songs this week, one sentence jarred with me: “Bell X1, now Ireland’s second biggest rock band.” Somehow,
Hunger
Hunger stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) member who led the 1981 hunger strike where Republican inmates in the Maze prison tried to win
Watchmen – Interview with Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup reckons that the biggest hurdle he had to overcome during the filming of Watchmen was getting over the feeling that he looked ridiculous. To create Dr Manhattan, the
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
If any book could benefit from a big screen adaptation, surely John Boyne's 2005 fable is ripe for the picking. Boyne created a wonderful plot premise: Bruno, a nine-year-old German
Interview with Greg Wilson
Back in ‘83, Greg Wilson was the first man to mix two records together live on television under the scrutiny of The Tube audience and a smug, bemused, aviator-sporting Jools
Interview with Peter Bjorn & John
“Peter Bjorn and John are complete jokers,” a man In The Know informs me ahead of chatting to one third of Sweden’s most thrilling indie-pop three-piece. “One of the few
Phosphorescent – To Willie
Willie Nelson knows pain. He’s been through it, he’s wallowed in it, he’s come out the other side of it. Though to younger listeners he may come across as a
Ida Maria – Fortress Around My Heart
There are some pop outfits that reek of a desperation that’s almost tangible. Indie-popettes that, 5 years ago, would have been gyrating onstage at the MTV Awards in a pair
Get Smart
Get Smart is a remake of the satirical 60s sitcom that tracks the adventures of a bumbling American spy, and his more competent female partner, Agent 99. The film provides