Only The Lonely Know The Glow Is Failing
Do the Last Sound count as veterans now? Any band that survived the Dublin underground with the same identity for this long surely does. This 7″/digital single is like much
The Rubberbandits – I Wanna Fight Your Father
In times of economic depression and societal unease, what we all need is two musically talented guys from Limerick with plastic bags over their faces.
The Sound of Arrows – Nova
There are very many things wrong with this song, let’s start with the title, Nova? Really? Why would you name your song ‘average explosion’ that’s so embarrassing, but it was
Lady Gaga – Born This Way
Lady Gaga’s most recent release Born This Way is the sort of song you would disregard as background noise and assume it was the Saturdays or some other lyrically incompetent
The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness
It was a long overdue epiphany which saw the Strokes give up on their mediocre solo albums and what have you to re-unite with a bang! Despite the hiatus, the
Jedward – Lipstick
Jedward have made a re-appearance onto our airwaves having forgotten for a short while why it was that we were gooey-eyed about the Dublin born brothers with quiffs so impressive,
James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
One of the highlights from James Blake’s enjoyable but slightly patchy album features all the calling cards of the sound he establishes on that record – his often disfigured white-boy
Zoo Kid – Out Getting Ribs
I’m already totally unnerved by Zoo Kid after about 30 seconds of his video. A shocking ginger Morrissey quiff and a guy who can’t be much older than Dylan Haskins
Cass McCombs – County Line
Cass McCombs is a genuine mystery cat. His website is just an absurd series of photos of an LA meathead poseur in nightclubs, he does practically no press, skips from
Anna Calvi – Jezebel b/w Moulinette
Look, coming over the hill! It’s a load of hyped January bands defending the honour of Gay Dad! By making the BBC Sound of 2011 short Anna Calvi certainly seems
PJ Harvey – Written On The Forehead
Upon hearing this through the tinny speaker of a clock-radio the other day, my early morning brain kind of wished I had actually stumbled upon some freak coincidence on a
Last Night At The Jetty
Given the frequency with which we slobber over any recorded noise he makes, it may seem that we are part of some unofficial Panda Bear fan club, and in truth
Christmastime In Dublin Town
Given that we have no option but to be inundated with the classic canon of schmaltzy Chrimbo musical fare for the last twelfth of every year, it’s a bit of
The Dying Seconds – Kid Logic
Kid Logic is the first single from their delayed-but-soon-to-be-forthcoming second album proper by locals The Dying Seconds. Since releasing their eponymous debut, The Dying Seconds have swelled to a five
OMD – VCR (xx cover)
Having recently heard Kieran Hebden plough through this song in a totally different direction with a recent Fourtet remix, its weird to hear how effective an incredibly straight-laced cover version
Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith)
There’s something a little bit dislikeable about Crystal Castles ever since they became embroiled in an internet skirmish about plagiarism of chiptune music and abuse of Creative Commons privileges. I
Games
When Antony Hegarty managed to transform Oneohtrix Point Never’s arpeggiated drone dirge Returnal into a soulful piano dirge a few months ago, it was the first time we realized here
Limit To Your Love
While the cover of last month’s Klavierwerke EP featured a blurred photo of the artist’s profile, this single sees London electronic maverick James Blake baring his soul, somewhat. Shedding the