Music

29 December 2011

December music reviews

Below are my most recent reviews for Shout4Music, and this will be the last blog post detailing such reviews. I’ve decided to create an additional page collecting links to my reviews, with a view to using the blog page for more in-depth and hopefully more interesting posts. So keep an eye out for both the new reviews page and some proper blog entries in the new year.

Album Reviews:

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Magic of Youth

River Seven – River Seven

Filligar - The Nerve

Henry’s Funeral Shoe – Donkey Jacket

Gig Reviews:

Alabama 3 @ Kentish Town Forum

Amplifier @ Islington Academy

Mariachi El Bronx @ Kings College

19 December 2011

2011 in Music at PopMatters.com

I’ve made a few contributions to PopMatters.com’s review of the past year in music. My blurb on PJ Harvey’s very successful year can be found in the Artists of the Year section, while in the piece on the 75 Best Songs of 2011 I have two write-ups, one on Elbow’s ‘Lippy Kids’ and the other on Lana Del Rey’s ‘Video Games’. Looking ahead to 2012, I’ve tipped Marques Toliver as one to watch in the new year.

1 December 2011

November music reviews

It’s been a busy month…

The Good The Bad Q&A

Smokey Bastard – Tales From The Wasteland

The Miserable Rich – Miss You In The Days

Hello Bear – ‘Indulgence’

The Minutes live @ Kentish Town Forum

The Super Happy Fun Club – Go Fun Yourself

The Kinks – The Kinks In Mono

Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire de Melody Nelson

Sigur Ros – Inni

Dusty Springfield – Goin’ Back

Hymns – Cardinal Sins/Contrary Virtues

Thee Spivs – Black And White Memories

Summer Camp live @ Efes, Dalston

Pinemarten – If You Thought There Was Any Doubt

8 November 2011

October music reviews

Here are my Shout4Music reviews for the month just gone:

Meg Baird: Seasons on Earth

Little Fish: ‘Wonderful’

Andy Burrows: ‘If I Had A Heart’

The Wonder Years: Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing

Paley & Francis: Paley & Francis

Emika: Emika

Big Deal @ The Scala, London (live review)

The Good The Bad:

Sonic Youth: Hits Are For Squares

10 October 2011

September music reviews

Not too many reviews for September, as I was away for three weeks, so just a few albums here:

Nick Lowe – The Old Magic

New Town Kings – M.O.J.O.

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Terrible Angels

Marmalade – Fine Cuts: The Best Of

26 August 2011

August music reviews

Here are my reviews for Shout4Music.com from the past month:

Grimes – Geidi Primes

Mike Oldfield – Incantations (Reissue)

Jerzey Street Band – ‘Haigy’s Girl’

Big Deal – Lights Out

Tinariwen – Tassili

British Sea Power – ‘Georgie Ray’

The Antlers – live review of their performance of the album Burst Apart at the Screen on the Green

26 August 2011

Wilderness Festival review

Another festival review – this time of the inaugural Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire. I was only at this one for the Saturday, due to moving house the same weekend, but the review of that day can be read in its entirety here.

3 August 2011

Camp Bestival reviewed

I was away in Dorset last weekend to review Camp Bestival for Skiddle. It’s a festival aimed specifically at families, but I managed to have a great time without fitting into the intended demographic. The full review is online here.