“…a deep appreciation of the best, most exhilarating traditions of rock’n’roll.” Uncut **** Drowning pop compositions in jittery poly-rhythms is indie rock’s move du jour, but The Shaky Hands aren’t trendy; they make fine-boned, classic rock’n’roll in the Strokes’ vein.” Pitchfork “Prodded by clattering drums and scraping guitars, frontman Nick Delffs often sounds desperate, … Read more
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone were guests of Stephen Merchant on his BBC 6 Music show on Sunday afternoon. Stephen spoke to Owen about his new album, influences, and current tour. Owen and his band played some live tracks in the hub before setting off for the first of two sold-out shows at London’s Luminaire. … Read more
Alasdair Roberts, one of Scotland’s best young singers and songwriters, will be playing some shows in May (and June) from his new album, Spoils, released 27th April on Drag City. Spoils ingratiates new compositions in a deeply personal manner with the world of traditional music, that has sunk beyond the horizon for too many of … Read more
“…an inspired bricolage of folk, blues, gospel, psych pop, garage punk, hip hop, electronica and chain-gang chants…” Uncut **** “…this one-man experimental collection bewitches and beguiles on repeated listen.” Mojo *** “…gloriously deranged trash-can blues.” Time Out **** “David Adamson once again combines obtuse sampling and production techniques with an astute songwriting … Read more
Jeremy Jay will be in the UK for a few days in March before heading off to the sunnier climes of Austin, Texas for SXSW. He will be headlining the Macbeth, Hoxton on Wednesday 11th March so catch him now to experience the wintry wonderfulness of his latest album Slow Dance released on K Records on … Read more
From Kraftwerk to Leonard Cohen, The Smiths to Suicide, and Pet Shop Boys to Smog, Chicago, Illinois, one-man musical army Owen Ashworth – a.k.a Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – has been bracketed with all manner of illustrious names in the course of his eleven year career! He will be returning to the UK this … Read more
Skeletons were born in Ohio, in the belly of a music school located in the state’s poorest county. After self-releasing three long-players on the Shinkoyo label, they refined their particular brand of pop music with the release of “Git” (Ghostly International, 2005) as Skeletons & the Girl Faced Boys. Dispersing across the big country after … Read more