21st May 2015 With our weekly Throwback Thursday article suffering from lack of interest due in most part to the hubristic whims of dead rock stars (not even the sniff of a retweet by the likes of Roy ‘The Big… Continue Reading
15th May 2015 In these times of ecological decline, corporate hegemony and inequality in various forms, it is all too easy for one to feel pessimistic. In writer and director Chris Goode’s thought provoking verbatim piece ‘Stand’, however, we… Continue Reading
11th May 2015 With frontman Sam France’s penchant for volatile stage antics (smashing himself in the face with a microphone, climbing speaker-stacks, confronting hecklers, breaking his own leg), Californian psychedelic rockers Foxygen have established a growing reputation for… Continue Reading
Song: I WonderArtist: The GantsYear: 1967 A little known 60s garage rock band from Mississippi, The Gants provided an infectious burst of breezy two minute pop with their 1967 B-side ‘I Wonder’; a song that, like the band, has since… Continue Reading
4th May 2015 It’s that time again. When “cynical” teens are lamented for “not engaging with politics”, the elderly are criticised for voting (I mean how dare they!!) and politicians are criticised for…well doing their job. So as the tightest… Continue Reading
2nd May 2015 After the positive critical reception of 2012’s Get Disowned and their acquiring of a record deal with flagship independent label Saddle Creek Records towards the end of 2014, the time seemed ripe for Philadelphia indie… Continue Reading
23rd April 2015 With their inventive approach of sampling retro public information films, archive footage and war time propaganda materials atop euphoric soundscapes of electronic rock, London-based history fetishists Public Service Broadcasting can lay claim to being one… Continue Reading
Song: PollyArtist: NirvanaYear: 1991 Dating back to at least 1988, ‘Polly’ was one of the earliest examples of Kurt Cobain boycotting his Sub-Pop ready grunge sound and instead deferring to his natural penchant for hooky songwriting. Deemed to be too… Continue Reading