The new album by the Antlers, "burst apart", has defintiely been one of the grower albums of the year so I was quite keen to go and see them live. I was a little unsure of how the "hospice" album would work live though as I've always found it to be a quiet album - even though my favourite song by them, "kettering" is on that album. As such I was ( Read more... )

I haven't really had much time to check out the new Feist album but much like "the reminder" it''s a grower. This gig was another rarity in which there were actually friends going along with me - Clara, Paulo and his wife Sarah. Paulo and Sarah were sitting further back again though so were mainly pre and post discussion buddies. Unfortunately for ( Read more... )

I think I may have reviewed the last Iron and Wine gig I was at back in 2008. My main gripes were that he played the same set as he had back in 2008 and that he had rejigged all of his acoustic tracks to work with a full band. Due to this I wasn't really in a rush to see him again, even though I really enjoy his music. Then they announced that he ( Read more... )

I went to see 'Of Montreal' play on Thursday night. It was a bit of a panic as I had been asked to make substantial last minute changes for a presentation the following morning 40 minutes before the gig began ( Read more... )