Articles tagged with indie

Have you ever wondered if there was more to Kentucky than Fried Chicken? If you have, you would have probably discovered that there is also a lake, a zoo and a Science Centre. Well, now I bring you its best export. And no it doesn’t involve mutated meat covered in breadcrumbs. It instead appears in the form of five young men, dipped in nothing but rock and roll sauciness (see what I did there). They consist of Jim James on vocals and guitar, ‘Two Tone’ Tommy on bass, Carl...

One of the strongest albums of the year, Bloc Party have just re-released their “A Weekend in the City” collection with the addition of “Flux”, their new single. The collection was originally released in February of this year, and quickly launched Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong to superstardom, building on their debut, “Silent Alarm”. A distinctly different sound, the lyrics have much more depth than the oblique nature of their debut, with Kele...

Canadian identical twin sisters Tegan and Sara return with their fifth full length album, ‘The Con’, which builds on their previous collections to become a duo who are a force to be reckoned with.

Produced by Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla, The Con has a raw style to it, with the duo’s vocal harmonies providing a quick, sharp punch. Technically, the tracks are raw and exposed – many of the songs see Sara lagging a fraction behind Tegan, giving a rather nice feeling of...

You know, I didn’t really like the first single they released from this LP. But this got more than a few positive reviews and so, I thought it might be worth actually listening to from start to finish. And the thing is, I thought I had already.

But the album I heard when I listened the most recent time resembles nothing like that thing I must’ve thought I heard.

Bottom line? This thing is good. But not for the reasons you’d think. Lupe...

Headlights' debut, "Kill them with Kindness" is a mixed bag of an album. On one hand, it's musically very strong, padding the ground paved by such bands as Stars, the Shins and Spoon (though the fact that these similarities all begin with ‘S' is purely coincidental). However, on the other hand, it's, well, not very memorable. Not one of the songs has you humming along after work after bugging you all day with a nagging chorus like Stars can do, or have that...

Last Month (30th May) saw one of my most anticipated gigs for a while – Editors at Brixton Academy in London, the first night of a 3 night run at the venue.

After getting there 10 minutes before doors opened, I was expecting the queue to be round the block, but thankfully it wasn’t, and we managed soon to get right at the front of the stage on the barrier, on the speaker stack at the left. 7:30 soon rolled round and ¡Forward, Russia! took to the stage. Whilst not my sort...

Following in the footsteps of other (British) critics’ darlings “The Streets”, Hard-Fi have produced a debut album which recounts British street life with perfect and sometimes brutal honesty. It’s infused from beginning to end with the bravado of British chav attitude (for more information see this Wikipedia entry) – ‘nobody likes us and we don’t care’ – but whilst they...