Issue 4
Neu!
Also featuring: Of Montreal, Doc/Fest, Memphis & The Magic Kids, The Thermals, Maps & Atlases & more
Our cover feature is with Michael Rother of the legendary Neu! We delve deeper into the world of underground music in Memphis via the magic kids recent rise to fame. We have a Doc/Fest special, so lots of documentaries covered in our film sections, reviews galore and plenty more features for you to dive into.
Features
It has always been very difficult for bands whose music can’t easily be categorise...
Maps and Atlases are in a quiet mood - so much so that it takes a good 20 minutes ...
You don’t need me to tell you about Memphis’ rich musical history....
Live Reviews
Maps and Atlases
When did Maps and Atlases gather such a healthy following in Leeds?...
Michael Rother & Friends
Michael Rother can effortlessly convey an uplifting emotion and transport a person...
Various
The Nerds, punks and turkeys descended on Memphis in the usual Gonerfest swarm for...
Everything Everything
Everything Everything are a band who truly divide opinion - people either seem to ...
Chapter Sweetheart
Although Chapter Sweetheart state being influenced by such bands as The Nation of ...
Mudhoney
Godfathers of grunge Mudhoney showed us exactly what a live band should be capable...
Stewart Lee
Last years ‘If You Would Prefer A Milder Comedian’ ranked as some of Stewart Lee’s...
Summer Camp
When I spoke to Summer Camp in interview a few weeks ago, they felt they had becom...
Veronica Falls - Cloud Nothings - Nerves
The opening band Nerves are young kids....
Album Reviews
Tyvek
Imagine a modern band’s take on scratchy, late ‘70s DIY (post-)punk bands and you’...
The Walkmen
As the 20th Century drew to a close, it seemed obvious that something had to chang...
The Thermals
There is something undeniably charming about The Thermals, and I’ve never quite ma...
Avey Tare
With Animal Collective experiencing a recent spell in the limelight, expectations ...
Bob Dylan
Writing about Bob Dylan feels like a fruitless task in many ways....
Brian Eno
Forty years into his career, news of yet another record of ambient music by Brian ...
Elliot Smith
As soon as I saw the track listing for this, my instant thoughts were “what, no......
The Fresh and Onlys
Imagine a modern band’s take on hazy, late ‘60s psychedelic garage, and you’re ima...
Jay and Silent Bob
“Every saga has a middle age, and this is what happens when Jay and Silent Bob get...
Let’s Wrestle
From The Butthole Surfers’ ‘Hairway to Steven’ to Nick Lowe’s ‘Bowi’, album title ...
Marnie Stern
Marnie Stern is as uplifting as she is complex, and has had two albums to push her...
Munch Munch
Munch Munch apparently began as a laptop duo, recording No Limit and Lighthouse Fa...
Sufjan Stevens
Once Sufjan announced that his new album was to be called ‘The Age of Adz’ and unv...
Swans
Swans are one of those rare band that have transcended “band” status and now more ...
Film Reviews
Antony Butts
For a forty-year period from 1949, the Soviet Union carried out an aggressive nucl...
Adam Low
A film within a film about a play within a play, in many respects....
Rickie Stern & Anne Sundberg
Show me a picture of Joan Rivers and I would know who she is, ask me what she did ...
Yonny Leyser
For all the mythologizing and romanticizing that has gone on around the beat write...
Music Documentaries
Leszek Gnoinski & Wojciech Slota
Ahh, that ever familiar sound of Polish punk-rock....
Gary Menotti
R.E.M.’s last live album worked so well for two reasons: firstly, it delved deep i...
BBC4 documentary
This could have been a riveting plunge into an era and label boasting a diverse an...
Soundtracks
In my humble and arguably warped view, this remains one of the greatest films ever...
Mike TV
