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
20th April 2015 “Rock n’ roll is cold”, Virginia musician Matthew E White sings on the lead single from his excellent sophomore record Fresh Blood, released last month; judging by the atmosphere at The Marble Factory tonight, it can also… Continue Reading
16th April 2015 Based on the real life episode of the Cottingley Fairies, ‘The Light Burns Blue’ tells the story of seventeen year old Elsie Wright who, along with her younger cousin Frances, created the five famous photographs… Continue Reading
Song: I’ll See You in My DreamsArtist: Joe BrownYear: 1997 Taking a song that was then over seventy years old, British rock and roller Joe Brown added his genial Cockney charm to exquisite effect in his cover of the much… Continue Reading
14th April 2015 With their new album just a day old, Villagers visited St George’s on the first night of a thirteen date UK tour and the ecclesiastical surroundings proved conducive to the beautifully crafted songs of the… Continue Reading
11th April 2015 With forty of the UK’s best online music writers having had to decide upon a shortlist of 120 from over 6,000 entries, and that number subsequently having to be whittled down to a final eight acts for… Continue Reading
Song: Come See About MeArtist: The SupremesYear: 1964 Seductively kicking in with an unmistakable Motown groove, ‘Come See About Me’ became The Supremes’ third consecutive number one single and survives as one of the group’s signature tunes during a prolific… Continue Reading