The Films hail from South Carolina and are a poppier and bouncier version of the Libertines. So they’re probably the first US band to claim the Libs as an influence. Good or bad? Judging from this single, the follow-up to ‘Black Shoes’, their idolation of the narcotics-numpty is no bad thing, as this is a [...]
Battle – Break the Banks
Teetering on the brink of fame seemingly since the concept of fame began, London quartet Battle keep misjudging their releases, failing for example to build upon the buzz of the incredible ‘Tendency’, released back in 2005 on Transgressive. That single reached #37 in the hit parade, impressive for a band that hadn’t yet released an [...]
Feeling Gloomy in JuniorDr
We heart Feeling Gloomy. So an indie press staffer, who’s also associate editor of Junior Dr magazine, spoke to the lovely Carl about his miserable club. The magazine is here and the article’s on page 13.
Join us in celebrating Feeling Gloomy’s 2nd birthday on September 15th.
How I Became the Bomb – ‘Let’s Go!’
HOW I BECAME THE BOMB
Let’s Go!
(Goldrush)
Bubbly comes from Champagne; luscious indie-pop from Murfreesboro. Shouldn’t that read Montreal? True, but this band, which takes its lyrical inspiration from cable news channels and tech RSS feeds, is causing a stirr in Tennessee. And I’ll resign my Canine Defence League membership if they haven’t gleaned a thing or [...]
Robots in Disguise – ‘The Sex Has Made Me Stupid’
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE
The Sex Has Made Me Stupid
(President Records)
When deciding upon pseudonyms, these Berlin-based punkettes spurned haute nomenclature, instead settling on Dee Plume and Sue Denim. Minimal expenditure of intellect yields such witticisms. Sigh. Wind that formula around Gang of Four guitars, alluring wails and Chris Corner (he of Sneaker Pimps) programmed beats and the [...]
iLiKETRAiNS – ‘Progress Reform’
Funereal post-rockers with a penchant for pretentious typography finally release their debut LP Elegies to Lessons Learnt on 1st October on Beggars. In the meantime, we take a look back at their EP Progress Reform.
The incredible thing is that while their contemporaries are slurring about dumped girlfriends and pints of Stella, iLiKETRAiNS’ songs are frickin’ history lessons. What balls to [...]
The Carling Weekend: Reading
James Russell, photographer for gigwise.com, Disorder, and the indie review shot The Carling Weekend: Reading, which took place 24th – 26th August.
Kele Okereke’s Bloc Party played the Main Stage on the Saturday
The complete set is here
CBGB & OMFUG
CBGB’s only had one rule: artists who wanted to take to its stage had to produce their own original music. What was supposed to be a bluegrass and country club turned into the world’s most celebrated indie rock club three years after it opened its doors in December 1973. Bands which played the small, dank [...]
