Music, in case you hadn’t read the memo, is as much about tribalism as anything else. Some music – like gospel, Welsh close-harmony singing – brings people together. Others, such as the massed choirs of football fans, or genres like Emo and Oi, are as much about separating a group of people from their peers. [...]
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Totally Wire-d
Posted by loftandlost on June 9, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/06/09/totally-wire-d/
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/
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/
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/
Russian Around
Russian Circles have made something of a name for themselves by making music that sits somewhere between Mogwai and Mastodon on the noise spectrum – vast, intricate instrumental soundscapes that build on repetitive guitar riffs, overlain by thumping bass and some remarkable drumming. Over three increasingly diverse albums, guitarist Mike Sullivan has tried to develop [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 23, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/04/23/russian-around/
Live Review – The Xx
The Xx caused something of a stir last year. Coming from nowhere (ok, Putney), they quickly became media darlings and their debut album nestled near the top of almost everyone’s best-of lists. But all’s not been rosy with the band; following the departure of keyboardist Baria Qureshi from exhaustion, they then went to cancel shows [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 7, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/03/07/live-review-the-xx/
Mastodon Rock
Heavy metal is full of daft ideas. From Iron Maiden singing songs about the genocide of the Native Americans whilst screaming like their bollocks are caught in a mangle, through Judas Priest’s superb “I’m not gay in all this leather and this mustache isn’t a coded message that I like a bit of the other, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 28, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/28/mastodon-rock/
The Week Of Mixed Gigs – Midlake, or Poor Band (Minor Key)
Many years ago, I went up to the eastern Highlands of Scotland with a bunch of friends, for a long weekend of walking and drinking. Mostly drinking. One sunny day, we took a walk up into the mountains to Loch Brandy, and (as tends to happen in Scotland) the weather turned. There we were, hunkering [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 23, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/23/the-week-of-mixed-gigs-midlake-or-poor-band-minor-key/
The Week of Mixed Gigs – Beach House
I really like Bush Hall. A lovely old hall, replete with cherubs over the stage (shabby chic, the missus called it) a nice bar and a friendly clientele who generally shut up when the band are on. And in London, that’s unusual. So we were fully expecting a nice, pleasant evening watching a band I [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 18, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/18/the-week-of-mixed-gigs-beach-house/
The Week of Mixed Gigs – Freelance Whales
Fifteen seconds. That’s just about all it took into the first song of Freelance Whales‘ set at The Borderline before the hairs on my arms stood up. Must be a record. Still, it’s kind of what I expected. Their album “Weathervanes” (out March 16th in the US, and not at all in the UK yet) [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 16, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/16/the-week-of-mixed-gigs-freelance-whales/
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