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I Was A Cub Scout

By • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: jrwee, short players

This limited edition cassette release marks the end of a two piece who were, barely a year ago, every indie scenester’s new favourite band. With such a meaty but delicate sound, it’s easy to see why – and equally hard to comprehend why they had to call it a day so soon. They could have [...]



Liam Finn

By • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: long players

Grown up pop with an experimental edge, Liam Finn is one of those solo singer songwriter types that don’t just know how to write a pretty tune and strum a few guitar chords, but instead make huge albums that sound like the collective work of an army of creative and unique musicians.



Idlewild

By • May 28th, 2008 • Category: gigs

Despite Roddy Woomble commenting on how comfortable everyone looked sitting in the venue’s neat rows of seats, it took less than the length of set opener, ‘Paint Nothing’, for a few hundred restless feet to race towards the edge of the stage.



The Heart Strings

By • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: short players

There’s a bizarrely Disney-like feeling to this tune that sounds like Duke Special – or any other softly-sung singer songwriter



Archangel

By • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: short players

One of those slow burners that will probably struggle to win over many fans first time, this is a kind of subtle dancefloor gem.