Review: Submerge Festival 2016
Submerge is a brand new, multi-venue festival that takes place in Bristol over a late November weekend. It presents an innovative combination of music and arts across a handful of novel institutions in the city, such as Church of St Thomas The Martyr and The Tunnels underneath Temple Meads train station. Placing emphasis on the […]
Wes Anderson has directed H&M Christmas Advert
From the director who brought you The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited and The Grand Budapest Hotel, comes this advertising miracle before Christmas. Enlisting the expertise of a stalwart anderson cast, Adrien Brody plays the train conductor that has to deliver some bad news on Christmas eve. Gathering all the elements of a quintessentially Anderson […]
Review: Telephones – Vibe Telemetry
With previously released disco grooves on Sex Tags UFO and Full Pupp Label, Henning Severud, better known as ‘Telephones’, issues his debut album ‘Vibe Telemetry’ on Gerd Janson’s Running Back record label. According to the label, Telephones’ “Vibe Telemetry is inspired by the pure feeling of listening to house, disco and techno, prior to knowing […]
Goula explains the delicate conceptual framework behind his debut release
Following the debut release of Cognitive Shift Recordings’ Overview Effect, I asked Roger Goula a few questions that gave us a deeper insight into the influences of the musician and the production of the record. [dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap] London based composer and multi-instrumentalist, Roger Goula studied classical guitar in Barcelona and graduated in both music composition from […]
Review: Peluché – Utopia Village
Following a collection of pop singles including ‘The Guy with the Gammy Eye’ and ‘Ohio’, the London-based trio Peluché release their seven track debut EP ‘Utopia Village’. The EP was recorded in Utopia Village, Camden, with the songs that make up the release the last to be recorded in the studio – now due to become […]
Review: Bayonne – Primitives
Bayonne’s rich tapestry of musical assortments that makes up Primitives is a refreshing listen. Attention to detail rarely goes amiss yet can often be overlooked in our perpetual haste to do things as quickly and efficiently as possible. Thankfully this is not the case with Bayonne’s rich and intricate compositions that prove just how much […]
Review: Simple Things Festival 2016
With Simple Things celebrating its 6th year of the multi-venue, city-wide commemoration of left field music, we weigh up the festival that appears to tick all the boxes. Things we expected: 1. A wide variety of Bristol venues would be used. In previous years, anything from the city’s most mainstream venue to its underground police […]
Review: Fauna Twin – The Hydra EP
The Hydra showcases Fauna Twin’s ultra-suave pop arrangements, Lynchian imagery and the roar of the city coming together in one attractively patterned jungle. French/Welsh pop duo of Claire Jacquemard and Owain Ginsberg (leader of Hippies Vs Ghosts and We Are Animal) have produced their four track debut EP entitled The Hydra. “Our influences are a […]
8 Tracks – Peluché
London-based alt-pop trio, Peluché, present a varied song-writing palate, whilst also trying to disregard common trends and expectations of a band just starting out. Multilayered, unpredictable and emotive. These qualities are the building blocks of Peluché’s operation, as they draw from attachments towards the craft itself, and the freedoms it can provide. With their debut […]
Review: Virginia Wing – Forward Constant Motion
Virginia Wing encourage experimentalism and sonic discontinuity on their second full-length LP, Forward Constant Motion. Initiated by guitarist Sam Pillay’s development of Labyrinthitis, the south London synth-pop duo have delved into an exploration of the decay of the human body. The condition in question results in vertigo and disorientation which would come on in spells […]