“Dublin in the rain is mine/A pregnant city with a Catholic mind.” That’s a good couplet for Holy Week, if you ask me. That’s also the first line of the new album Dogrel by the Irish post-punk band FONTAINES D.C. It’s a great line, even taken out of context, but when you hear it on … Continue reading FONTAINES D.C.-Dogrel
Tag: Postpunk
Corrections-Projection (A Meditation on Modern Post-Punk)
I had a very interesting conversation with Sam Nicholas of London's “post-post-punk" band, Corrections, who just released his new, state-of-the-art LP, “Projection", on France's Icy Cold Records. I’m going to request that you now switch over to whatever it is you stream music on and find it. Soak it in while you read this. I … Continue reading Corrections-Projection (A Meditation on Modern Post-Punk)
The Twilight Sad – IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
A cleverly titled record. For all the hype, we are left wanting more. I’ve followed The Twilight Sad fairly obsessively since a friend burned a copy of their debut LP “Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters” for me in 2007. It was a breath of fresh air at the time. I didn’t have to ask where they hailed from. The thick accent vocalist James Graham crooned, … Continue reading The Twilight Sad – IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
Things to Come
Welcome. However you found your way here, you're in the right place. We have some fine writers that are absolutely obsessed with music and little else, to their discredit. At least it works out in your favor. We are here to bring you honest reviews of the most interesting music out there. We are also keen … Continue reading Things to Come
