Home & Away: Mad Mackerel
Being natives of Oxford we are lucky in having a still vibrant local music scene thanks in no small part to the success of heavyweights like Radiohead and Supergrass and new indie… Read More
Warpaint Announce UK/Irish Tour
Rough Trade Records’ Warpaint have just announced a return to UK/Irish shores in the form of a May 2011 tour. If you haven’t heard the sound of this stunning quartet yet, jump… Read More
Home & Away: Culture Bully
Maybe it’s the sharp contrast to the sub-zero temperatures which I found myself in a mere seven months ago, or maybe it’s the generally relaxed feeling that resonates throughout the city, but… Read More
Findlay Brown – Promised Land
Promised Land may not be a new track, with the original crooned by Joe Smith in 1989, but it’s Findlay Brown‘s version that has found its way into my heart after I… Read More
Pallers – Arctic Hymn
I’ve been in love with Pallers’ slow and sweeping electronic goodness since I first got my ears on their Humdrum EP (we also later featured The Kiss on the Immersed in Wires… Read More
The Christmas Gig Mixtape
Although not all of us want to admit, we love Christmas songs. The problem has always been the cheesy pop nonsense that is usually regurgitated into the charts around December the 10th… Read More
Bands to watch: EMA
I seem to have missed Gowns when they released the drone-folker Red State in 2007, or were on Upset The Rhythm last year, but as they have gone the way of the… Read More
Noah and the Whale – Wild Thing
We may be the in bleak mid winter here in the UK, with more snow than you can shake a stick at, but that hasn’t stopped TBW favourites Noah and the Whale… Read More




