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FFS – FFS on DOMINO RECORDS, available on CD, Deluxe CD, double album Once upon a time, approximately 10 years ago an idea was set in motion for Scottish art rockers Franz Ferdinand to try and work some musical magic with fellow pioneers Los Angeles brothers Mael a.k.a. Sparks a band who defy description, trends […]
SNOWAPPLE AT THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB, CLERKENWELL, LONDON 6TH FEBRUARY 2015 Two years ago in Islington, three tall Dutch girls are performing. They call themselves Snowapple, the show is great so I buy the CD, this was their first album. Once home I realise that the CD I bought really beats expectations, the melodies are rich […]
SPARKS Celebrating 40 years since the release of Kimono My House in the UK – 19th & 20th December, THE BARBICAN LONDON 2014 As we entered the elegant Barbican hall, various recordings of the popular song ‘Come-on-a-My House’ set the evening’s jubilant theme. Sparks were about to perform their third album, Kimono My House on […]
Time to get naked and back to nature – those sunny Californians Grandaddy are back in town to promote their excellent new album ‘Sumday’ to an ever-growing fanbase, hungry to pick up where 2001’s highly praised The Sophtware Slump left us – musically fulfilled and in a state of euphoric joy. Its predecessor, the equally […]
Sometimes the public gets what it deserves, always moaning about the lack of cutting edge music around, yet invariably lapping up the same old stuff. Most bands seem happy to reinvent the past, yet there is an old act reinventing the future. Thank God for Sparks! Make no mistake, Lil’ Beethoven is bang on it: […]