Navvy
By Fiona McKinlay • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: short playersThis wee English band don’t do a shabby job of indie electro pop with male and female yelping, twisty guitar parts and quirky synths.
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The Answer
By Fiona McKinlay • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: short playersGruff, old fashioned and hairy (or at least, they sound very hairy), this is a pretty standard edition rock song
Bell X1
By Fiona McKinlay • Apr 18th, 2009 • Category: long playersThey top charts back home in Ireland and have their songs played on American teen dramas, but there still exists a big gaping hole where Bell X1’s UK success should be.
Travis
By Fiona McKinlay • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: gigsWatching Travis live is hilarious, and not only because Fran Healy appears to be performing dressed as Inspector Gadget tonight (hat and coat – no actual gadgets, sadly).
Red Light Company
By Fiona McKinlay • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: jrwee, short playersBearing a resemblance to Arcade Fire’s ‘Rebellion (Lies)’ in its uplifting and spirited choruses, ‘Meccano’ gives the impression of a band much higher in numbers and giddily optimistic, rather than the sullen and leather-clad reality of London five piece Red Light Company. Vocalist Richard Frenneaux doesn’t sound half as magical on record than he does [...]
