Day: 30 March 2011

Album Review: Heytesburg – From The River I Come, To The Desert I Go (2011 EP)

Heytesburg perform music which my iTunes wonderfully characterises as Darkwave. Which is clearly one of the best genre names I have come across; it to some extent also serves as a great definition of the band’s sound. Their music is dark, brooding and multi-layered. There are elements of psychedelia and industrial rock drifting through their…

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SXSW 2011: Part Six – SPIN Party feat. TV on the Radio and The Kills – plus Boy & Bear open the Billboard Bungalow (18.03.11)

My Friday began with a bit of running around, grabbing the obligatory complimentary breakfasts that a couple of the events were running. This resulted in me catching up with Jonquil again (see part one), as I surprisingly sung along to a few of their tracks in the process. It seemed that they had caught on…

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SXSW 2011: Part Five – The Strokes play for free and James Blake headlines the Central Presbyterian Church (17.03.11)

Now, here’s where things get really fun. The Auditorium Stage sees some of the festival’s biggest names play free shows to the public. So, you can imagine the shitfight to get into the venue – some 40,000 people making their way to witness the now legendary New Yorkers. In fact, the only reason I got…

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