REVIEW // DANANANANAYKROYD @ LEVI’S ONES TO WATCH, VIBE BAR, LONDON
Dananananaykroyd headlined the first night of the Levi’s Ones To Watch 5 night revue in East London last night (7th July). Playing to a rapturous, sold out crowd in Brick Lane’s Vibe Bar, the Glaswegian sextet treated them to a stunning set jam-packed with hits from their debut album, ‘Hey Everybody’ and a succession of [...]
-->REVIEW // HOCKEY @ LEVI’S ONESTOWATCH, VIBE BAR, LONDON
Who can remember a year more deliriously giddy with the sound of brand new, unashamedly ace pop music than this very one whizzing us by.Nope? Thought not. La Roux, Micachu and the Shapes, Little Boots, FrankMusik, Passion Pit, they’ve all soundtracked a hum-dinger of a year so far and, on tonight’s soul soaring regal spectacle, [...]
-->REVIEW // ST VINCENT – ACTOR
A rare thing it is indeed these days to hear a second album surpass an impressive first. But that’s exactly what Annie Clark of St Vincent has managed to achieve here.From the very first haunting moan from the flute, to the last string of the violin. The aptly titled second album Actor is all about [...]
-->REVIEW // WAVE MACHINES – WAVE IF YOU’RE REALLY THERE
From an album opening with the line ‘the day is wasted, if you’re not wasted’ you’d probably expect Pigeon Detectivese-sque boorish lad rock, but Liverpool funclub Wave Machines offer no such thing.Specializing in fragile white-boy funk and shiny shiny melancholia, ‘Wave If You’re Really There’ recalls an uber-chilled Hot Chip, combining intellectual lyrics with disco [...]
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