The Loving Palms – "Runaway" (Single) Review

The casual listener could be forgiven for assuming that Runaway, the latest single released by The Loving Palms, was written and recorded on some sunny coast of Hawaii, but look a little closer at the liner notes and you’ll find that this eclectic, lazily-cool tune was forged in a decidedly chillier collaboration between Yorkshire, Scotland and, thanks to sublime slide guitar playing courtesy of Christine Bougie, Canada.   

Miles Kane – “Colour of the Trap” Album Review

Miles Kane is a productive lad. In only a short few years he’s gone from playing guitar in The Little Flames to piloting The Rascals, collaborating with Arctic Monkeys, and co-fronting The Last Shadow Puppets with best mate Alex Turner. It’s safe to say that Miles Kane has his fingers in a number of musical pies.

Stereogum Presents..."A Tribute to Is This It" Album Review

It’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since the release of The Strokes’ debut album Is This It. A surge of great singles in the early noughties from bands like The White Stripes, The Hives and The Coral saw indie guitar pop re-enter the public consciousness in a way not seen since the mid-nineties, but there was one group scaling the heights of popularity like no other. They were The Strokes, five immaculately dishevelled New Yorkers armed with an arsenal of instant pop classics.

Crystal Stilts – “In Love with Oblivion” Album Review

Brooding Brooklyn-based quintuplet Crystal Stilts made waves in 2008 with their debut album Alight of Night. The group attracted acclaim from critics who complimented their downbeat lyrical subject matter, brusque guitar sound and reverb-heavy production. But not everyone was convinced of the group’s modest greatness, with some critics condemning the band for borrowing too heavily from classic lo-fi bands such as The Velvet Underground and The Jesus and Mary Chain.