Everything From Volume 1 Issue 27

Stricken City (Found in: Making Waves)
“I really wanted to be on The OC and then it got cancelled,” says Stricken City guitarist Iain.
 
Free Blood (Found in: Making Waves)
John Pugh, one half of Free Blood, has a simple plan: “We just want to fuck with people.”
 
These New Puritans (Found in: Features)
Kate Jackson said of being 19, “Once And Never Again.”
 
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above (Found in: Albums)
Brace yourself: here’s an album of free jazz, no wave, funk and noise...
 
Sleeping States - There The Open Spaces (Found in: Albums)
Bedroom artists could soon find themselves with their own section in HMV.
 
Metronomy (Found in: Making Waves)
“It’s more enjoyable, spending time on your own in a little room,” says Joseph Mount, aka Metronomy.
 
Holy Fuck - Holy Fuck (Found in: Albums)
Holy Fuck are either spouting bollocks or - if what they say is true - are nothing short of genius.
 
The Dash at 93 Feet East (Found in: Live)
DASH FRONT MAN MARC HAYWARD IS rutting his Fender Telecaster like a crazed Hendrix hound dog…
 
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (Found in: Albums)
There’s something of a Europhile Sufjan Stevens about the prodigious 21-year old...
 
Jakobinarina - The First Crusade (Found in: Albums)
On Fridays The Cure are in love. And Icelandic septet Jakobinarina can no doubt concur with that...
 
We Start Fires - We Start Fires (Found in: Albums)
You can’t pay the bills with time, but you can use it to pay your dues with the big fella upstairs.
 
The Fiery Furnaces - Window City (Found in: Albums)
Although stylistically similar to 2004’s ‘Blueberry Boat’, ‘Widow City’ feels far more musically self-assured...
 
Haunts (Found in: Making Waves)
London monochrome four-piece Haunts have written the best lyric we’ve heard since David Bowie warbled...
 
Black Lips (Found in: Features)
If Black Lips were a sport they'd probably be rat hunting. Or bobbing for rattlers. Or wolf wrestling.