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Bands You Should See #12: PIPES
Written by Dom - Friday, 18 Jun, 2010 – 17:11 | One Comment
Bands You Should See #12: PIPES

Music should be an exciting experience, whether this is through chilling melodies and haunting lyrics or pogoing around your bedroom to your new favourite band. Pipes provide excitement of the latter kind serving up a …

Bands You Should See #11: Polarsets
Written by Dom - Monday, 14 Jun, 2010 – 13:05 | 3 Comments
Bands You Should See #11: Polarsets

Fresh from opening up the Evolution festival in Newcastle, North East band Polarsets have the confidence and the songs to make a name for themselves in the next year. The three-piece …

Bands You Should See #10: Not Squares
Written by Spoonfed - Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 14:58 | No Comment
Bands You Should See #10: Not Squares

Hailing from Belfast, Not Squares have perfected that type of ESG meeting Q and Not U indie dance that you used to go nuts to back in your third year of uni.  Marrying out-there yelps, …

Bands You Should See #9: FM Belfast
Written by Dom - Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 14:41 | One Comment
Bands You Should See #9: FM Belfast

Boy have we got a treat for you today, and it comes in the synth-ridden form of Icelandic electro band FM Belfast. Okay, so their arrival to the music scene may not be hot off …

Bands You Should See #8: Washed Out
Written by Dom - Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 10:55 | No Comment
Bands You Should See #8: Washed Out

Washed Out is the solo work of one Ernest Green, a young guy from Georgia who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds like the sparse, distant electro pop of ’80s pioneers Visage combined with the melodic …

Bands You Should See 7: Lemonade
Written by Spoonfed - Friday, 23 Oct, 2009 – 10:12 | No Comment
Bands You Should See 7: Lemonade

Psych-electronic trio Lemonade are an undiscovered gem of musical loveliness, producing epic warehouse filling soundscapes full of genre-spanning noise. With a spontaneous mix of dub, electronica, grime and jungle, their sound is experimental to say …

Bands You Should See#6 The Postelles
Written by Spoonfed - Friday, 16 Oct, 2009 – 15:47 | No Comment
Bands You Should See#6 The Postelles

To stand out in a market filled to saturation point with long-haired, skinny-jeaned boys with guitars is a considerable feat. The Postelles achieve this with ease, blending saccharinely sweet tunes with a Motown sound that …

Bands You Should See#5 Male Bonding
Written by Dom - Friday, 4 Sep, 2009 – 10:00 | No Comment
Bands You Should See#5 Male Bonding

A three-piece from the flourishing DIY scene in Dalston, Male Bonding have become something of a fixture on the North London warehouse scene ever since they ripped up that insane house party thing called Rage …

Bands You Should See #4 Portico Quartet
Written by Dom - Friday, 28 Aug, 2009 – 10:00 | No Comment
Bands You Should See #4 Portico Quartet

Relatively new to the jazz scene, Portico Quartet have been causing waves over the past couple of years with their unique ethereal, unearthly and haunting sound. Their music embraces a world of …

Bands You Should See #3 Gentle Friendly
Written by Dom - Friday, 21 Aug, 2009 – 9:56 | One Comment
Bands You Should See #3 Gentle Friendly

Gentle Friendly are possibly the best example of musical trial and error, with members David Morris and Daniel Boyle having played in a plethora of bands before settling into their musical niche of experimental electronica. …

Bands You Should See #2: The Sceptres
Written by Dom - Thursday, 5 Mar, 2009 – 11:08 | No Comment
Bands You Should See #2: The Sceptres

It might be the sea air or something, but Brighton seems to have this uncanny ability to spew out amazing bands almost at will. It’s as if at the end of each day everybody who …

Bands You Should See #1 Lofty Heights
Written by Dom - Tuesday, 17 Feb, 2009 – 17:02 | One Comment
Bands You Should See #1 Lofty Heights

Lofty Heights is the name of a friend of ours called Greg Griffin who lives in this gigantic warehouse up in Manor House. Possibly because he’s living miles away from a decent pub, he spends …