There are times when, listening to a song, another band pops into your head. And it’s inappropriate. You couldn’t imagine going up to the the songwriter and saying “Hey, you know that song you wrote, about the death of your parents in a tragic mud-wrestling accident, it really reminds me of “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”!). [...]
All posts for the month May, 2010
Imperialous – Metric at Shepherds Bush Empire
The more I think about it, the more I’m starting to believe that the real brains behind Broken Social Scene isn’t Kevin Drew and the beardy one, but Leslie Feist and Emily Haines. Just check the evidence. Before they came along, BSS were a couple of guys bumming around Toronto. Next thing, they hook up [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 25, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/25/imperialous-metric-at-shepherds-bush-empire/
Can We Please Move On From The Month Of May
I can’t say it’s been a great month so far. We’ve had some properly crap stuff happen round here that has got me concentrating on anything other than listening to music. Plus, the music industry seems set upon going to war with music bloggers that threatens to stop this being a worthwhile exercise. The whole [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 23, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/23/can-we-please-move-on-from-the-month-of-may/
The Besnard Lakes Are The Subject Of This Post
This year’s been a bit of a funny one for music so far. Some old stalwarts, Broken Social Scene and The Hold Steady, have produced eagerly awaited albums that can be summed up with the word “Meh”. Joanna Newsom and The National have produced albums that can be summed up by saying “Well, not as [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 19, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/19/the-besnard-lakes-are-the-subject-of-this-post/
Clinging to the Radio (Dept)
Some albums are lovely to just have around, playing in the background whilst you’re doing the washing up, or playing on your headphones on a crowded Tube trying to read. Last year it was Bibio’s “Ambivalence Avenue”, this year it’s shaping up to be The Radio Dept’s “Clinging To A Scheme”. I first wrote about [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 17, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/17/clinging-to-the-radio-dept/
The Dylanest Man On Earth
Ah, these crazy Swedes. When they aren’t making cars based on jet fighters, building hot sweaty rooms from pine, or drinking themselves into oblivion in a more chirpy way than Finns, they write music. Lots of it, too. Latest Swede to hit these shores armed with a guitar and a way with a jaunty tune [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 15, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/15/the-dylanest-man-on-earth/
Live – Joanna Newsom, Royal Festival Hall
Joanna newsom is a genius. There, I said it. The G word. A proper, certified, unambiguous genius. There is no-one, but no-one out there (except perhaps Sufjan Stevens) who writes music so perplexing, so full of unexpected twists and turns, with lyrics so poetic and mysterious. She’s something of an enigma. After all, she’s also [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 12, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/12/live-joanna-newsom-royal-festival-hall/
Hungoverlonia
My word, I feel rotten today. The combination of a late night and about 2 bottles of white wine at a friend’s 40th, ending in a minicab ride through central London discussing the politics of the Bangladeshi immigrant community with the driver (as you do), has resulted in me feeling a little tender. Given that [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 9, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/09/hungoverlonia/
Wolfie! Here, Wolfie!
Wolf Parade are one of those funny old bands that, on first listen, you think “Oh yeah, angular, post-punk rockers with some arty bloke yelping on top”. But something grabs you, some little catchy tune, a drum roll here, a guitar lick there, and before long you’re humming along to it on the Tube even [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 8, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/08/wolfie-here-wolfie/
Squalor Victoria and Albert
The National are the American Elbow (or, for the Americans amongst you, Elbow are the English The National1). Purveyors of heartfelt, grandiose music, with a touch of prog in amongst the melancholy. And then there’s the history of both bands; both struggled for years before slowly, painstakingly building a loyal and suprisingly large fan base; [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 7, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/05/07/squalor-victoria-and-albert/
