Maria Turauskis | MTTM - More Than The Music

Jan 28, 2012

New Music: Internet Forever

On the surface, Internet Forever appear to be just another cool alt-indie act, ideal for hipsters, but not necessarily on anybody else’s radar. The band have toured with Johnny Foreigner and Los Campesinos!, and have their impending album launch party set for The Old Blue Last in Hoxton. Their debut was produced by the likes of James Rutledge and Dreamtrak, a duo that have worked...

Jan 17, 2012

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First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar

Listening to First Aid Kit is always a slightly bizarre experience. Music by the Soderberg sisters is so irrevocably of another era that it is very easy to forget this is music by two very young Swedish girls. Like the group’s previous releases, The Lion’s Roar is awash with country folk influences from Gram Parsons to Fleetwood Mac, and each track (and indeed the girl’s...

Jan 1, 2012

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Next Best Things – New Music Predictions for 201...

Here are a selection of new artists we think will be really hot in 2012. Friends Excellent, excellent band. Not exactly a new band (these guys have been knocking around for nearly a year now releasing free singles), Friends make very hip lo-fi indie. They may be very Brooklyn and very dream-pop, but they are in no way tiresome or aged. Instead, they are fresh, raw and immediate,...

Dec 31, 2011

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New Music Round Up: 2011 with The Next Best Thing

What a year it has been for new music. Whilst it may seem like a fairly stereotypical and staid statement to make, this year has been yet another great year for new bands, new artists and new genres. Through our first year covering new artists, the Next Best Thing has introduced 57 exciting new acts, some of which are really starting to make waves in the music world. A key new act...

Dec 12, 2011

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09/12/2011 | The Drums – Shepherds Bush Empi...

First impressions of this high profile live offering from The Drums is the disappointing tone of pretension heavily present in the air. The Drums are perhaps known for their slightly foppish hipster audience (yours truly included), but the sheer proliferation of posers, taking innumerate photos of themselves and not actually engaging with the music is somewhat...

Nov 19, 2011

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15/11/2011 | Summer Camp – Jericho Tavern, Oxfor...

Summer Camp emerges on the teeny stage of the Jericho Tavern to a sea of expectant and enthusiastic students. The secretive, ambiguous boy/girl duo commence with a quiet and subdued, un-miced ditty of quiet vocals and a ropey acoustic guitar. However, just when the audience starts to think that something might be awry – that there might be issues with the sound etc., a full,...

Nov 6, 2011

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31/10/2011 | Patrick Wolf – O2 Academy, Oxford

Patrick Wolf is somewhat of an enigma. Recognised as a highly creative, theatrical and intriguing character, Wolf’s music flirts with both the dramatic and the accessible. Indeed, throughout his latest album, Lupercalia, he has demonstrated some significantly longwinded moments of mellow, commercial pop, even gaining a playlist slot on very middle of the road BBC R2 with some of...

Nov 1, 2011

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Surfer Blood – Tarot Classics EP

Tarot Classics is the new EP from indie rock quartet Surfer Blood. Out on 25th October, Tarot Classics is the first release from the band since their debut album Astro Coast released in 2010, which saw the West Palm Beach four-piece gain a huge amount of critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, as well as notable kudos from the whole indie spectrum. Surfer Blood follow on from...

Oct 30, 2011

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New Music: Chapter 24

Chapter 24 are a new art punk band with plenty of exciting Riot Grrrl and first wave punk influences. This four piece band, consisting of two girls and two guys, are making significant waves in the underground indie scene, and with an eponymous EP released earlier in the year, along with an imminent US tour, the band are surely destined for success. The group have had excellent...

Oct 14, 2011

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11/10/11 | Gruff Rhys – Sub 89, Reading

Quite an old crowd grace this long-standing Reading venue – mostly late 20s to mid-40s grown-ups who think it is acceptable to attend a gig wearing a fleece from Millets. You know, people who have mellowed. This attendee demographic would initially make sense when placed in cursory context of Gruff Rhys’ musical career. At 41, he is not particularly young himself, and...