In an effort to shine a light on the unknown artists and songs that pass through the mailbox of a music blogger, this hopefully regular series will pick the MP3s most deserved of attention from nialler9 readers. Hey.. that’s you … Read More…
If you were at The National show in the Olympia last night, you will have heard this song serve as the introduction to the band. Much has been written about Bon Iver’s recording methods of hibernating in a remote cabin … Read More…
The Dodos are a band from San Francisco who featured on the latest podcast. Their debut Visiter is rather beautiful. Here’s an example: ‘Undeclared’ is a bright, breezy, unashamedly twee, 2 minute naive pop paean to unrequited love. Lovely jubbly. … Read More…
New single from Robotnik’s forthcoming album Pleasant Square. I first caught Chris Morrin in the Boom Boom Room (R.I.P) a couple of years back and he impressed with his upbeat tunes and entertaining stage demeanor. He had a song called … Read More…
Judging by the amount of mails, it seems some of you were listening to myself on Phantom yesterday where I reviewed Why?’s Alopecia. Glad some of you are into it too. It’s my favourite album of the year so far. … Read More…
You’ve got to admire Milan Records PR team who are capitalising on Beirut blog buzz to get this record by Alaska in Winter noticed. Entitled Dance Party in the Balkans it does indeed feature the talents of Zach Condon on … Read More…
Since catching Montreal indie dream-popsters supporting Final Fantasy in December, my interest in the debut album Five Roses has grown and grown until it hit my playlist apogee this week. It’s a thrilling no-filler record made entirely by Graham Van … Read More…
I got kind of psyched about doing up some more in the Memphis Series. The original intention was to showcase some of the musicians from my hometown who would probably never be able to get out of Elvis’ shadow. I … Read More…
Or how The City Channel finally justified its existence… I saw this video on the channel tonight. Along with Adele, Santogold, Vampire Weekend and The Ting Tings, Laura Marling featured in BBC’s Sound of 2008 poll. Just 18 years old, … Read More…
Music bloggers are always leaving bands in their wake like abandoned teddybears, as they forge ahead looking for the next band before discarding them once again for something more shiny and new. Personally, I try not to forget to investigate … Read More…
We finally recorded number eight last night, despite being overcome with random giddiness all day yesterday. Do you ever get like that? When you can’t help but do something silly by default. Anyway, I made it very difficult for Aoife … Read More…
