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Category Archives: Music
Wye Oak : ‘Civilian’
Check out ‘Civilian’, the lead single from an album of the same name by Baltimore duo Wye Oak. It’s one of those tracks that made me stop what I was doing and hunt down the full length, like in the … Continue reading
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Sun Airway: ‘Put The Days Away’
In anticipation of Springtime adventures, we’ve been spending a lot of time tinkering with old bikes recently, which reminded me of this video by Philadelphia’s Sun Airway. Their album, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier came out late last year on … Continue reading
Exclusive: New My Autumn Empire Song
As you may know, we’ll be hosting a performance by My Autumn Empire on 2 November, in support of new record The Village Compass. My Autumn Empire is the nom de plume of Benjamin Holton of epic45, who has been … Continue reading
worriedaboutsatan Release Free Rarities Album
worriedaboutsatan played a stunning set for us in the depths of last Winter at ON/OFF, the Ikon Eastside closing party, playing a continuous fifty minute set of dramatic, state-altering ambient techno. Their 2009 debut Arrivals stands as one of my … Continue reading
Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Finally got around to viewing Andrew Douglas’s 2003 documentary about The South, inspired by Jim White’s album Wrong-Eyed Jesus!. White acts as a tour-guide of sorts, driving around small town in a borrowed and beat-up Chevy Impala, offering up insightful … Continue reading
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EL Heath
Snailbeach Mines Trust (Wayside & Woodland, 2010) Back in the depths of last winter, I visited the desolate, alien landscape of Parys mountain quarry mines near on Anglesey, Wales, a collosal, gaping wound in the island’s countryside. Listening to Eric … Continue reading
Tame Impala
I must admit to being rather ignorant of the Australian music scene but after reading the blog buzz around Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker, the Perth band’s first full-length, it’s been on heavy rotation as Summer draws to a rainy close. And … Continue reading
Everything You Do Is A Balloon
All has been quiet in the Boards of Canada camp since the 2005 release of The Campfire Headphase, but lately I’ve been revisiting the warped, darkly nostalgic soundscapes that made them one of the most revered electronic acts of the … Continue reading
The Trip
The Trip was broadcast in the wee small hours of the morning on Channel4 in 1999. In its first series, it combined stunning footage of NASA launches and military excercises with (at the time) cutting edge electronica with the second … Continue reading
Sound It Out
Sound It Out is the official film of Record Store Day 2011, which falls on 16 April this year. It tells the story of Sound It Out Records – the last record shop in Stockton-In-Tees – and the community that … Continue reading →