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Sonic Youth - The Eternal

For a band that has been around for almost three decades and released 24 albums, Sonic Youth have consistently managed to avoid the mid-career doldrums. There is always just enough progression from one album to the next to keep their dedicated fans loyal. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:33 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Sonic Youth, The Stooges, PJ Harvey, Pavement, The Germs

Dear darkness won't you cover, cover me again?

White Chalk , PJ Harvey’s seventh studio album has been haunting my waking and sleeping hours for months now. I first heard it when I was loaned a copy for about a week, from a very kind record label employee. She had been raving about how good it was Read More...

Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:20 PM by Lloyd | 4 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, PJ Harvey

Just what I needed - Scout Niblett Returns

OK so I recently got my hands on two tracks from the latest Scout Niblett EP called Just do it/Dinosaur Egg . Now for someone like me who played Scout’s last album Kidnapped by Neptune to death, this was quite an exciting prospect. I had first heard Scout Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:33 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Nirvana, Cat Power, The Cars, Scout Niblett

Rose Kemp – A hand full of hurricanes

Opening like a long lost Jeff Buckley outtake, Rose Kemp’s A hand full of hurricanes is a bold statement of intent. Moments of beauty brushing up against harsh guitar noise a la Sonic Youth. Kemp mines her tortured persona in much the same way that Tori Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:27 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, PJ Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos

Sons & daughters - The Repulsion Box

Sons & Daughters formed in Glasgow in 2002 among the post-rock movement that was sweeping the land, led by the likes of Mogwai. Naturally, a band formed over a shared love of Johnny Cash (who wanted to write short songs with strong melodies) didn’t Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:11 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Mogwai, PJ Harvey