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The escapade to destroy pop music and rid the world of Pitbull isn’t an easy one.

23/02/2015

I think there's enough songs about the stars now, Coldplay have about 40....

No shades of grey here, it’s pure high definition vibrovision

19/02/2015

The Greasy Slicks are a headline act, even if security doesn’t recognize their drummer....

Loitered Lens : Luke Haines

08/02/2015

Photos of Luke Haines at Islington Assembly Halls, January 2015...

I’m just a primate falling in love (Diagrams)

02/02/2015

I couldn't quite say : 'Oh yeah I had a master plan and it all turned out exactly how I wanted!'....

Pretty Vicious

30/01/2015

Pretty Vicious: four disaffected indie teenagers eager to put their hormone-fuelled stain on the music scene...

Loitered Lens : Diagrams

25/01/2015

Diagrams live at the Lexington...

The Marigold : Kanaval

23/01/2015

An intersection between prog, drone, cinematic noise and the cathartic gospel...

Loitered Lens: The Dough Rollers

23/11/2014

Drowning out the critics with a drop of Dublin's finest distilled malt, The Dough Rollers rock the Apollo...

Reeves Gabrels [Interview]

22/11/2014

Reeves Gabrels, currently guitarist in The Cure and formerly David Bowie’s collaborator in Tin Machine, interviewed...

Loitered Lens : Lux Lisbon

26/10/2014

Photos of Lux Lisbon live in concert...

Loitered Lens : The Vaselines

12/10/2014

Kurt Cobain called The Vaselines' Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee his favourite songwriters....

Reeves Gabrels and his Imaginary Fr13nds [Live]

09/10/2014

Just someone else’s guitarist? Not a chance. Gabrels is every inch a worthy frontman. ...

When Empires Fall

15/09/2014

An interesting and highly varied mix of indie-rock and progressive rock. Uptempo rockers with trebley guitars sit alongside atmospheric keyboard-led ballads....

Machine People at The Sticky Frog

25/08/2014

They grabbed the audience from the first chord and refused to let them go, playing only original material and building a set that couldn’t terminate without some random violence...

Loitered Lens : Gold Lake

20/07/2014

Photos of Gold Lake at the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen...

Bis versus Cradle of Filth

14/05/2014

The quality and hooks build themselves up with subtle but sinister precision....

Tori Amos : Unrepentant Geraldines

24/04/2014

Striking a balance between vivid imagery and staying the right side of the absurdity barrier. Her lyrics might be colourful, but they are never lurid....

Keel Her [Album]

07/03/2014

Mood music matching the most foul of moods...

We’re Here For a Good Time, Not a Long Time

04/02/2014

We're Here For A Good Time Not A Long Time is a story of love, loss and a list. It is slow, it is subtle, it is emotional and it is tender...

Dum Dum Girls : Too True

22/01/2014

'decadently nihilistic, appealingly rebellious and alluringly savage' Dum Dum Girls....

Ronin – Jambiya Video

18/12/2013

With the amazing release of Abisso by OVO it’s seems a ripe time for Bruno D’s other amazing band Ronin to make a reappearance. The iron being red hot this time they’ve chosen to...

A picture of The Pixies by Nick Henderson

Loitered Lens : The Pixies

08/12/2013

The Pixies, taking the Lady Bracknell approach to band relations. Nick Henderson catches the band (and a glimpse of a Kim) at the Hammersmith Apollo....

A picture of Torres by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : Torres

17/11/2013

Photos of Torres, playing at The Borderline, London. 13 November 2013...

Veronica Falls : Tufnell Park Dome [Live]

12/11/2013

Showing no great deviation from the sound of their second record, but also that they’re far from out of ideas, Veronica Falls light up Tufnell Park Dome...

A picture of the Jesu Album Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

Jesu : Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

30/10/2013

Is the success of 'The Great Leveller' enough to elevate this release? More of an EP with filler than an album, so arguably not....

Drugstore : The Best of Drugstore

16/10/2013

Maybe it's musical Marmite, inspiring only deep devotion or outright contempt. Drugstore are not static enough to pin a genre upon....

Anna Calvi : One Breath

07/10/2013

As with all material on this sublime record, Calvi thrashes her inspirations into unique statements....

Pompeii Graffiti : Interview

06/08/2013

Songs about falling in love with lesbians, a song about Battlestar Galactica, songs about losing friends, songs about high school romance, songs about feeling like a loser...