LA-based trio Liars are back with their seventh album Mess. It’s abrasive, it’s fun, and at times it’s completely terrifying (Check out my review here). We had a chat with singer, Aussie-born frontman Angus Andrew about the ideas behind the new album, performing electronic music live, and the concepts behind conceptual art… How long did […]
Brooklyn three-piece Liars’ newest release, Mess, is stranger, synthier and more brutal than ever before. It’s terrifying and I love it. Mess is a great album, a definite electronica-fuelled reinvention, a massive progression from WIXIW and Sisterworld. It’s loud and relentless and the kind of album I’ve really enjoyed listening to from start to finish. […]
Ball Park Music took the indie scene by storm in 2011, with the release of their criminally perfect debut album, Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs. Stellar songs like Literally Baby and It’s Nice to Be Alive, as well as the uncomfortably relatable Sad Rude Future Dude introduced us to a fun-loving five-piece intent on producing loud, lively and […]
Firstly, I’ll just say that I hadn’t heard Kevin Drew’s solo work until now, only Broken Social Scene. So I had no idea what to expect of Darlings. It did take a few tracks to realise that the chaotic intensity of BSS would not be a feature of Darlings. I found myself patiently waiting for […]
It’s hard not to feel a little disillusioned after listening to King Krule. Not only is his writing intensely personal and immediately accessible, the guy is 18 years old (soon to be 19 – as if that makes it any better). 6 Feet Beneath The Moon is a darkly beautiful listen. Archy Marshall’s throaty baritone […]