Monday 24 December 2018

MGMT - 02 Academy, Leeds, December 16th (LIVE REVIEW)


The Leeds O2 Academy is full to bursting, a decent feat for New England based cerebral indietronica duo MGMT, considering we’re well into the Christmas run-up. It seems eons ago that frontman Andrew Van Wyngarden and keyboardist Ben Goldwasser were helping French techno duo Justice trouser a Grammy award for sprinkling their infectious Gallic grooves over ‘Electric Feel’, as well as second album ‘Congratulations’ debuting in the top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic; but then, pop can be a fickle beast. 

Tuesday 18 December 2018

The C.I.A. - S/T (ALBUM REVIEW)


The C.I.A. is yet another project on Ty Segall’s increasingly crowded calendar. In fact, ‘S/T’ will be the sixth release this year to have the Californian’s name included on the credits. Released on In the Red Records, for this recording, the super-prolific multi-instrumentalist has enlisted the services of partner Denee Segall, who’s clearly in backs to the wall survival mode on each of the double handful of short, sharp, furious tracks.

Sunday 2 December 2018

Beans On Toast 'A Bird In The Hand' (ALBUM REVIEW)


Beans on Toast shuffles into double figures with A Bird in the Hand, and on album number ten the prolific indie folk singer shows some signs of maturing; much like a fine wine, he may have developed some more sophisticated overtones, but at the end of the day he’ll still get you drunk.