Saturday, July 4, 2009

Preview: Somerset House Summer Series 2009

liela moss at somerset house 2008 (c) kate goodacre
Somerset House, The Strand, London WC2, July 9th-11th, 13th-18th and 20th, 2009

An unlikely home for a series of pop concerts, Somerset House is like the…

Tim and Sam’s Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam – Summer Solstice

Tim and Sam’s Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam – Summer Solstice (Static Caravan)
June 22nd, 2009
4.8/6.0

With blue skies more of a fixture…

Cherbourg – Into The Dark EP

Cherbourg – Into The Dark EP (Chess Club)
June 1st, 2009
4.8/6.0

Cherbourg’s second EP could easily be filed in the ‘London nu-folk’ drawer alongside bands such as…

The Big Pink – Stop the World

The Big Pink – Stop the World (4AD)
June 29th, 2009
4.3/6.0

Having been coming up on the blindside for a while now, The Big Pink are poised…

Deerhunter – Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP

Deerhunter – Rainwater Cassette Exchange (4AD)
June 22nd, 2009

5.3/6.0

Why more people with genuinely excellent aural palates aren’t frothing for the Atlanta four piece in this…

Answer Me

the answering machine, february 2008 (c) kate goodacre

The Answering Machine – Another City, Another Sorry (Heist Or Hit Records)
June 15th, 2009
4.9/6.0

It’s been a long time coming, but Another City, Another Sorry is worth…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (Universal/Polydor)
June 29th, 2009
5.0/6.0

At the start of their first show on UK soil for far too long, Yeah Yeah…

Free Hugs, But Lacking In Punch

It Hugs Back

It Hugs Back
Kings Cross Scala, London
Thursday May 14th, 2009

Having a poor band name isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and hasn’t held back many musical acts.…

Festival Previews: Kate’s Latitude 2009 Dirty Dozen (Ones To Watch)

bat for lashes press pic
Henham Park, Suffolk, July 16th-19th 2009

Now in its fourth year, Latitude’s fast becoming one of the most popular festivals in the UK. Set on the…

Festival Previews: Camp Bestival 2009

wild beasts (c) kate goodacre
Lulworth Castle, Dorset, July 24th-26th 2009

With the overwhelming number of music festivals littering our English summers, it can often prove a complex matter picking which…

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