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Mar 27, 2011

The Cellophane Flowers – If I Was A Girl EP

Those of you who adored the quirky, alternative pop of The Cranberries, sit up and pay attention! The Cellophane Flowers are about to become your new favourite band. Melodic, retro pop rounded off with Italian front woman, Francesca Corradini’s, raw and distinctive vocals, If I Was A Girl is a guaranteed summer soundtrack. Opening track Yes I Am makes an impressive start to...

Mar 23, 2011

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Alexi Murdoch – Towards The Sun EP

Towards The Sun is, to put it very bluntly, a chilled out, miniature masterpiece of a record. This mellow seven song collection will have you glued to your headphones from start to finish and leave you craving more when it’s over. We start this compact adventure with the EP’s title track. Towards The Sun eases you in with beautiful acoustic guitar, complimented perfectly by...

Mar 22, 2011

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Dan Parsons – Firestarter

It’s been a while since I found an album I genuinely loved. Last year brought me albums from Lissie and Joshua Radin which I really liked, but nothing that I was overly excited about. As More Than The Music’s self-appointed ‘Head of all things Australian’, I was eager to learn more about Brisbane’s Dan Parsons and his new album Firestarter. There’s immediately something...

Mar 22, 2011

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Kassidy – Hope Street

Hope Street is the debut album from Glaswegian four-piece Kassidy. These young folksters have been getting a range of comparisons, from Elbow to Mumford and Sons. But I’m sure that’s just to do with the facial hair. That’s not to say fans of Mumford etc will not like Kassidy, because at its heart Hope Street is a folk-pop album. It is obvious though that there are many...

Mar 22, 2011

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19/03/2011 | The Wombats – Spring and Airbra...

Tonight Belfast is visited by Liverpudlian trio The Wombats, and what a welcome visit it is. This evening’s gig is a pit stop on the band’s current UK tour heralding the release of their new album This Modern Glitch, due 25th April. The queue of half frozen people lingering outside Spring and Airbrake and the fact my bones are now in pain due to jumping about like a loon...

Mar 19, 2011

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17/03/2011 | Chase And Status – O2 ABC, Glas...

Following on from a string of DJ sets, Chase and Status returned to the stage amidst a flurry of pyrotechnics and bass drops, proving that electronic based artists can perform just as competently as any guitar based outfit. The much anticipated No More Idols tour has taken the London duo around the country, taking in venues such as Camden’s Roundhouse and the O2 ABC in Glasgow....

Mar 18, 2011

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Hauschka – Salon Des Amateurs

Fresh in the wake of Foreign Landscapes, Hauschka has released his new full length album Salon des Amateurs. Stepping away from strings and full scale orchestral compositions of his previous album, Salon Des Amateurs is a bold, plonking, percussive album; Rhythmic, Synthetic, electronic sounds in minimal, complex, catchy piano based constructions. Hauschka is the pseudonym for...

Mar 18, 2011

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Scoundrels – Sniff It Up EP

Some bands make it easy for you. They give you a sound, tone and texturewhich often makes them easy to pigeonhole. Not Scoundrels. With different musical influences rife on their soon to be released EP Sniff It Up they are certainly no group catalogue to a particular style. You cannot fail to hear shades of a ‘Deep South’ tradition, yet it is blurred by modern day British...

Mar 18, 2011

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11/03/2011 | Iron & Wine – HMV Pictureh...

I first heard of Iron and Wine through a young Devendra Banhart as he tried to bring his brand of freakfolk to the masses. Banhart’s compilation of contemporary folk music The Golden Apples of the Sun, introduced Iron and Wine in amongst the young acts at the time, including such luminaries as Antony & the Johnsons, Joannna Newsom and Coco Rosie just to mention a...

Mar 17, 2011

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The Epstein – I Held You Once EP

EPs are great, aren’t they? The band have to convey to the listener what they’re all about in just a few tracks, so there’s no time for filler. Or those annoying intro tracks that don’t feel as though they qualify as songs, but you feel obliged to listen to, at least the first time, for fear of being rude. No, with an EP you get ploughed right into the music, and if you...