Labourious and pretentious are probably the two most oft used adjectives in the description of post-rock, and, in spite of my love the genre, I’d probably agree with the two synopses. However, I would not do so with the terms taking a negative connotation. Sure, it may be a little hard to listen to at [...]
A Church building. A Church building. A gig at a Church building. Me at a gig at a Church building. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect: the bigot in me would have loved a sing-along around a fire, but the reason within me supposed that it would be no different than any [...]
Ah, Digbeth at 7PM on the evening of many people’s Christmas work’s parties: never before had I seen such lewd behaviour from the supposedly reputable professionals; though I will not be so disgusted as not to admit that watching those who would otherwise be determined to prove their superiority to you publicly relieving themselves is [...]
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Dual vocals? Check. Varied instrumentation? Check. At first, it may seem that Lydia are little more than ‘just another’ American indie/alternative band, but they do something different; something amazing even, yet I can’t put my finger on it. This December; It’s One More then I’m Free isn’t an album, it’s a musical journey, no [...]
OK, the Birmingham music scene has become something close to my heart in recent months, and I hate to see the tripe which we are capable of producing, in such stark contrast to our rich history. The white-man rap stylings of a certain Mr. Dialysis are my latest sufferances of our recent musical ineptitude. His [...]
