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Boo is the first album from Sarah and Jacob Snavely, otherwise known as Dag for Dag- a Swedish/American sibling duo based in Stockholm. Released February 2010, Boo has furthered their popularity following the two EP’s previously released by the double act. At first I found the album pretty difficult to interpret, with strange metaphors and  [ Read More ]

This is not what I had in mind when I saw the album cover, what a great surprise- the opening track “Pictures” has so much energy and an incredible dated sound like that of The Beatles combined with The Kinks and almost a bit of a punky Ramones feel mixed in, overwhelming none the less.  [ Read More ]

Similarly to Caitlin Rose’s new album this show’s a string folk influence however from the first song “50 White Lines” seems a lot darker, especially with the backing vocals chanting the song title in a lingering manner, it becomes slightly haunting. “Just a Feeling” has something very Fleetwood Mac about it, which I enjoy, purely  [ Read More ]

I first listened to “Dead Flowers” on a long old train journey and as soon as I heard “Shotgun Wedding”, it felt very fitting for cheering up a gloomy day ridden with typical British weather- a definite good mood setter. “Answer in One of These Bottles” puts across a feeling I think every one of  [ Read More ]

Canadian quintet Wintersleep have emerged from Halifax and with their second self titled album show some bizarre qualities mixed together that seem to work. The opening track “Lipstick” is vocally comparable to a combination of Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil and Death Cab for Cuties Ben Gibbard. A lot of albums with this sound are easily  [ Read More ]

I think everyone’s beginning to appreciate dubstep that little bit more at the moment, with the likes of Skream, Rusko and Joker being posted all over Radio1, however contrary to popular belief it goes much further. I’ve heard people label it as “boring”, “repetitive” and “annoying” but I guess that’s a matter of opinion. The  [ Read More ]

This is the first of 2 self titled Wintersleep albums, and it is a noticeable start for the band. From the opening track “Sore” it is easy to presume that this was a first album from the band. With shaky vocals and careful instrumentals the band are clearly testing the waters before beginning to show  [ Read More ]

As I first listened to Timshel’s EP “The Vagabond Cain” all I could hear was a bizarre Pearl Jam cover band who have decided to write their own material, however after listening a few times I came to realise this wasn’t the case at all. The mixture of classic rock and grunge along with an  [ Read More ]

Hennessy Keane are a duo from Hampshire which I originally found difficult to believe considering their obvious West American country influence. The band formed just over a year ago yet have that successful experienced country sound. The boys obviously have raw talent and this calming album doesn’t fail to show this. Lyrics on some tracks  [ Read More ]

“Time to Get Real” is an overpowering album, beginning with “Rainy Night” which holds that typical country feel with a striking harmonica introduction portraying a noticeable influence of Neil Young which becomes more apparent as you listen to the album. Reel grew up in County Armagh, Ireland and first picked up a guitar at the  [ Read More ]