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Milk Crisis is driving music, the relentless beat, electro-handclaps, squalling guitars and a stocatto horn riff that just won't quit. If you listened to thi... Read more »

The road to Suffolk is a long one coming from Scotland, but that's not to say Latitude Festival, now celebrating its third year, doesn't merit the miles. Bil... Read more »

Pinning down an of Montreal gig isn’t as easy as telling your mates: “Yeah, I went to see a band tonight.” The costumed troupe plays their ... Read more »

Whilst watching Dananananaykroyd's (****) contagious brand of jitter-punk unfold onstage, a fellow concertgoer asks me what their name is. “I really li... Read more »

If you’re looking for a sonic documentation of schizophrenia (outside of Wesley Willis, RIP), you need look no further than Skeletal Lamping. In the mi... Read more »

“A lot of people don’t believe that rock and roll can save your soul…I don’t think any one of these people have ever seen The Hold S... Read more »

One of the most interesting things about this record and band is sifting through its self-propagated mythology. The LA quartet not only claim to have been ar... Read more »

With the likes of MGMT, Late of the Pier and countless others mining '80s synth-pop sounds, it was only a matter of time before a group pursued that period&r... Read more »

Mastodon remain a befuddling proposition; while crafting sounds that are increasingly more accessible to a non-metalhead audience, the group keep the concept... Read more »

In many areas of life, great things come in pairs: for your dinner, you’ve got fish and chips; for an evening drink, maybe a gin and tonic; for the lat... Read more »

It’s hard to find a common musical thread amongst the showcase at The Bowery tonight. First up, New York import Golden Ghost (***) – a plugged in... Read more »

Hailing from hardcore heroes Million Dead, and with his recent album Poetry of the Deed adorned in punk rock iconography, one would expect Frank Turner to sh... Read more »

The Golden Hour is an event that takes place monthly at the Forest Café, combining literature readings, bad jokes, music, funny jokes, dancing and vis... Read more »

“I’m a maniac. And the older I get, the more pissed off I am,” growls Henry Rollins. With his fevered tones, and his bulky frame poised lik... Read more »

There are two faces to Ontario’s Crystal Castles, both physically and musically. Comprised of show-stealing frontwoman Alice Glass and the seemingly re... Read more »

Returning with another slab of arena-ready rock come Brooklyn’s The Hold Steady. Craig Finn still expounds bittersweet life lessons over Tad Kubler&rsq... Read more »

Credit the presence of Jon Brion (Kanye West) or cameos by pop singers, but False Priest is easily Of Montreal's most accessible album since 2004's Satanic P... Read more »

Growing Pains harks back to a pre-millennial indie rock sound, somewhere around when Ash were gonna be the next big thing. And, with Dinosaur Pile-Up’s... Read more »

It’s been a common saying that most parents hope their progeny grow up to be more successful than they were. If that applies to godparents then Arizona... Read more »

A raw combination of the ethics of punk rock and a bubblegum sensibility; a relentless touring, gigging and recording schedule; a distinct influence from the... Read more »

Young Blood and the Panama Kings’ material as displayed on this expanded single, come across as being very informed of the Sub Pop sounds of today &nda... Read more »

It's about five minutes in to The Supreme Genius of - halfway through the channelled James Brown funk of Took My Lady To Dinner - when one realises that King... Read more »

With electro-pop groups continuing to gain ground on the mainstream music scene, and the genre itself leaving its marks on everything from hip-hop to metal,... Read more »

Id Engager, whilst a bizarre choice to close Of Montreal's forthcoming Skeletal Lamping, makes for an excellently jilted dance-pop single. Though a little li... Read more »

“I want to try something out,” Mike Skinner declares. He wants the crowd to wait for the appropriate moment, then – basically –&lsquo... Read more »

When Australian math rockers Pivot take the stage at Nice ‘N' Sleazy, it’s almost a challenge to the audience. Addressing an assembly of hipsters... Read more »

There must be something in the water over in Rosyth, and these Fifers have been drinking litres of it. Bringing together a lil’ psychedelia and a dash ... Read more »

Sans Watson Twins, sans Rilo Kiley, ginger indie-pop dream Jenny Lewis breezes into Glesgie in October, hot on the heels of her new LP Acid Tongue, welcoming... Read more »

A conversation of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s merits could be the same today as it was in the 70s. Fan 1: “Have you heard that new album by ... Read more »

Alegranza is just what Scotland needs when faced with autumn’s volatile clouds and persistent winds: Escapism. We need marimbas; we need warm Spanish v... Read more »