Massively popular in their native Ireland, Bell X1 have yet to set the UK on fire but they hope to do so with Flame (Ha! Do you see what I did there?). And there chances look good. Flame is a great song and the band have a very distinctive style, a mix of disco beats, […]

Beth Orton’s fourth album and will be a welcome addition to the libraries of the legion of fans she has built up over the last decade or so. All, bar one of the tracks, are self penned with the exception being the title track which is a collaboration with Jim O’Rourke (producer and Sonic Youth […]

Wow. What a night. I don’t quite know where to begin… so I’m going to go for the start.
We arrived at The Octagon a bit after 8pm, about half way through support band Brakes’ set. They’re pretty darn cool. Lots of short and sharp punky song but also so nice melodic numbers.
They finished, and we […]

About time too!