Review /\ Outlook Festival 2016
Set around the picturesque and historical site of Fort Punto Christo, Outlook Festival returns for its ninth year and raises the festival bar even higher. [dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]unning back to back with sister festival Dimensions, Outlook has established itself as one of the finest purveyors of underground drum and bass and hip-hop music, both for its […]
Review /\ Outlook Festival 2016
Set around the picturesque and historical site of Fort Punto Christo, Outlook Festival returns for its ninth year and raises the festival bar even higher. [dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]unning back to back with sister festival Dimensions, Outlook has established itself as one of the finest purveyors of underground drum and bass and hip-hop music, both for its […]
Jimmy LaValle & The Album Leaf: Moving To A Different Frequency
With their sixth full-length studio album about to be released, I posed Jimmy LaValle a set of questions that gave rise to an analysis of how they approached Between Waves, and how The Album Leaf is about more than just a sonic experience. Producing a steady flow of ambient, instrument-lead music for the past 20 […]
Review: The Highest Order – Still Holding
The Highest Order, Toronto’s four-piece cosmic country fusion, return with their second installment, Still Holding, released August 16th. Their label, Idée Fixe, is Toronto’s home of “music for contemporary adults.” No other title could be more fitting, as Still Holding, the sophomore album by cosmic country quartet The Highest Order sticks up its middle finger […]
Review: Farmfest 2016
The ideal boutique festival is a blueprint that UK seems to specialise in, and everyone here is more than spoiled for choice. But still, surfacing a gem from the crown proves difficult when there is so much of it. Farmfest is UK’s South West, 11 years in and gaining confidence at each stride. Nestled in […]
Review: Sigur Rós – Bristol Lloyds Amphitheatre
With the immanent hinge upon which Britain balanced on Wednesday evening, there felt no better way to spend it than to lose oneself to beautifully apocalyptic post-rock. Thousands of punters migrated to Bristol’s harbourside last night to see the second installment in a series of four gigs for Bristol Summer Series. With a backlog of […]
Review: Matmos – Colston Hall
Baltimore duo Matmos have used a variety of stimuli to feed their electronic experimentalism over the years, but Ultimate Care II might just be their most immersive. Matmos has been simmering away in the underbelly of electronic experimentalism for over 20 years. The pair have offered a variety of fully immersive albums in that time, […]
Bristol Psych Fest 2016 Review
With Stolen Body at the helm, Bristol’s third Psych Fest has proven itself to be an innovative, eclectic representation of the national scene. With all the acclaimed “Psych Fests” happening the world over, it’s no surprise that garage and psych has made a significant come back in recent years. And it’s certainly no different in […]
Review: Cate Le Bon + Alex Dingley – Colston Hall
Endearing pop-eccentric, Cate Le Bon, plays Bristol’s Colston Hall during her European tour of Crab Day, her most left-field release to date. Cate Le Bon, hailing from Penboyr, Wales, came into the public realm when she supported Gruff Rhys of Super Fury Animals back in 2007. Since 2008 she’s been making records, both in Welsh […]
Interview: Speaker Cone – Masayoshi Fujita – “I’ve never been classically trained”
For our latest episode of Speaker Cone (our series of recorded conversations with the people doing interesting things in the industry of music, art and Culture) – we catch up with Masayoshi Fujita from London based record label Erased Tapes. Masayoshi Fujita, known also under the moniker Le Fog, grew up in Japan but has since moved to […]