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ALBUM REVIEW: These Furrows – Treasures
These Furrows enjoyed a successful 2011: basking in considerable airplay from Huw Stephens on Radio 1 and Huey Morgan on Radio 2; joining the likes of General Fiasco, Don Broco, Rise Against and Rizzle Kicks on the BBC Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds; and reveling in mainstream recognition from publications such as Q and Kerrang!
LIVE: Alt-J at the Great Escape, Blind Tiger, 11/5/12
Alt-J are one of the hottest up and coming acts on the scene right now, and proof (if proof was needed) of this came in the form of a queue around the block to get in to see them at Blind Tiger on Friday 11th May.
SINGLE REVIEW: These Furrows – No Invitation, No Welcome
These Furrows’ latest offering, single ‘No Invitation, No Welcome’, is an upbeat, genre-transcending number characterized by jagged, distorted power chord progressions, melodic and intricate guitar licks and kick-driven drum patterns.
ALBUM: Beans On Toast – Trying To Tell The Truth
Beans On Toast’s 3rd Album ‘Trying to Tell the Truth’, released on 1st December, is a typically simple but fun jaunt through such topics as the difficulty of choosing new shoes, the March super moon, the London riots, and of course sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
Finally, after an excruciating touring hiatus, Exit Ten celebrated their final gig of a 23-date tour at the legendary Barfly on Monday 5th December, with tour pals Never Means Maybe and Fei Comodo.
ALBUM: Angels & Airwaves – Love: Part2
Angels & Airwaves’ second musical installment in the Love project, fittingly named Love: Part 2, was released on the 1st November to coincide with the release earlier in the year of the Angels & Airwaves produced film Love. Love the film is an atmospheric and tense journey into the psychological impact of isolation on a lone astronaut, and the subsequent introspection into the importance of love and human contact.
LIVE: Hoodlums, Wheelbarrow, 30/11
A small but intimate crowd gathered at the Wheelbarrow in Camden on Wednesday 30th November to celebrate the first birthday of Flowerpot’s residency with an electrifying set from 5-piece pop-rock outfit Hoodlums.
