REVIEW // BLITZEN TRAPPER – BLACK RIVER KILLER EP
Portland, Oregon is a Seattle-like hotbed of musical creativity, with The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Sleater-Kinney and Elliott Smith to alphabetically-name but a few all hailing from there. Joining such illustrious company are folktronica five-piece Blitzen Trapper, absorbing their Rose City locale and influences like northwest American couscous. Of their geographical bedfellows, The Shins [...]
-->REVIEW // SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO @ PLUG, SHEFFIELD
When a gig involves many important looking boxes – well, amplifiers, mixer and synths, keys and many many wires, not forgetting lots of pretty whirly lights you know it’ll be a cracker. Thus, Simian Mobile disco was one of those indeed. To further light up my little world, they started with ‘Sleep Deprivation’ a tune [...]
-->REVIEW // THE BRUTE CHORUS – THE BRUTE CHORUS
Recorded in one take in front of 300 fans, the bravery and proficiency of The Brute Chorus’ self titled debut calls for respect. It’s a shame then that the songs let them down. They are by no means poorly arranged or played, in fact quite the opposite, it’s just almost the half the dozen songs [...]
-->REVIEW // KEEGAN DEWITT – ISLANDS
‘Islands’ is Keegan DeWitt’s official debut album. However, this native of Portland, Oregon has not been idle before this release, having been showcasing his talents as a film score composer (being nominated for the Independent Spirit Award) and performing as a songwriter in New York’s Lower East Side, where he has supported the likes of [...]
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