A stars-and-stripes collagen plumps the bikini-clad body of Best Coast’s music like a botoxed slab of Blackpool rock. Such lo fi stupidity fills 32 vacuous minutes with headless bambi-crap that’s backward even for the picket-fence pout that surrounds its plastic ‘50s context. Coincidentally ‘The Only Place’ with its titular …
Exlovers are a dreamy new band from the city of Lahndahn, and have already be championed by the likes of BBC’s Marc Riley and Nylon Magazine. The five-piece guitar band put a modern spin on the sounds of nineties indie, shoegaze and britpop, yet they cite more obscure influences such …
On hearing their debut single, ‘King City’, there’s something about Swim Deep‘s sound that has a sense of familiarity and yet at the same time the vocals, reminiscent of Oliver XX, breathe like fresh air out through your headphones into your ear drums. These mixed with trad indie riffs …
I played the first track of this new album ‘Point Of Go’ and thought it was bloody brilliant! I was initially met with unusual album artwork cover content with a vintage sprinkled, propaganda-like, and mildly de-saturated image collage. The message, I was unsure of, but the music itself spoke volumes.…
Ahead of their performance on Friday with the Roundhouse Choir, Planet Notion talks to Charlie and Josh of Beaty Heart about apocalyptic literature, Madonna and Slush Puppies.
When did each of you get into music?
Charlie: I’ve played drums since I was about eleven years old and I played up …
Ahh the art of the mixtape, an assemblage of personally selected songs usually reflecting the musical tastes of its compiler or sometimes linked by a theme or mood. Whether it’s to make a statement, an ode to loved ones, or just streams of your beloved tracks, we heart mixtapes in …
As you should know by now, Fixers are our BOTW. A short while ago, we got sent a sampler of their album, which is being released in early 2012. Their lead single released just a few months ago, ‘Majesties Ranch’, opens the album with tropical twilight samples leading into the …
The main man of Fixers, our delightful BOTW, gives a cracking interview with yours truly on the Oxford music scene, extra-musical influences and reveals more than one of his unusual habits. A great read!
Why should people listen to your music as opposed to that of any other bands/artists?…
Hey, guys! We gotta treat for you on this chilly Tuesday lunchtime: it’s Fixers‘ video for Majesties Ranch! Wow! And we gotta say what a treat for your eyes (and ears) this video is. As well as featuring the numerous handsome members of the band, the video has piles …
Hello, good morning, guten tag, bonjour, hey, hi… hi. It is Monday morning and you may be feeling a little bit sleepy from partying your weekend away, or you may be reinvigorated from your long Sunday morning walk in Hyde Park. Have you been to Winter Wonderland yet? We’ve heard …
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