The band’s output echoes that of the 1960s in its ethos, with a freewheeling approach and evocative melodies reminding the audience of The Velvet Underground or The Beach Boys, and even The (surprisingly-unfashionable-right-now) Beatles.
Live Reviews
Fine Fever
Crucially, without an encore on the horizon, nobody shouts for Heartbeats or Like A Pen. It’s positive proof, if any were required, that the unique sound of Fever Ray transcends the appeal of her previous incarnation as one half of The Knife.
Live Reviews
Alright On The Night
Often one feels transported out of the venue onto a brightly lit, yet endlessly straight motorway in the middle of the night.
Music: Reviews
Fever Ray- Triangle Walks
An introduction that takes in a distinctly African tribal percussive sound is quickly joined by Andersson’s distinctive, drawn out vocals to create an effect that comes across as otherworldly in the extreme.
Album Reviews
Sparks Of Joy
Overall, this is a promising debut album. Packed full of electronic beeps and squiggles, it’s clear Sparks was influenced by the decade of his birth.
Live Reviews
Two Suns Break Through The Storm
Khan’s voice soars into space, smashing planets and stars in its wake. It’s a truly breathtaking moment.
Live Reviews
The State Of Tings
It wouldn’t be right to say overconfidence is the band’s weakness, but their faith in tried and tested methods will surely have a disastrous effect on their future force.
Live Reviews
Radio Soundclash Runs Riot In Brixton
TV on the Radio re-write musical genres, their music spanning jazz, hip-hop, indie, electro, pop and more. Hip and street-chic sounds don’t come much looser or better than this.
Live Reviews
St. Vincent Paints A Musical Masterpiece
St. Vincent with Blue Roses Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Wednesday, July 8th 2009 Fittingly set in the cultural surroundings of the ICA, just the shake of a corgi’s tail from the Queen’s pad, tonight this venue offers a soiree of highbrow music from both St. Vincent and Blue Roses.
Music: Reviews
We Have Band – You Came Out
You Came Out, the latest single from experimental London trio We Have Band, follows the routes to post-punk utopia pioneered by the likes of Public Image Limited and Scritti Politti in the late 1970s.