After the release of their debut album and successful European tour, London proto-rockers Antlered Man are gearing up for festival season with a performance at this year’s Camden Crawl. I caught up with Danny Fury (guitar) and Sam Ray (bass) for a chat about Camden, UK music and masturbation. The last time TGTF saw you guys was supporting Lower Than Atlantis… Danny: Yeah, that gig was tough for me. As soon as we got to... Continue reading Camden Crawl 2012 Interview: Danny Fury and Sam Ray from Antlered Man

Hey, dear readers, it’s Orestes and I bring you up to speed with 4 albums currently being spun in our stereos (well, actually the one at my real work, as I had to pawn my own. shit): Jess Morgan / Aye me The Skinny: Hope you like your folk quiet, sparse and full of longing, as Jess Morgan‘s long [...]

The Great Escape (Brighton, 10-12 May '12) // Words: Saam Das There are quite literally hundreds of bands playing at this year's The Great Escape , the self-confessed leading new music festival in Europe. With that in mind, we've narrowed down a list of just ten recommended acts to catch across the three days of the festival, as well as throwing in some more general tips seeing as this is the third time we've been down to Brighton. Keep reading, and come along. I've neglected to include recent Camden Crawl picks like BASTILLE, Swiss Lips and Clock Opera ...

WHAT: Up to 15,000 people, 300 bands, 30 venues WHY: It's become a one-stop shop for big names with something to prove to themselves, up and coming acts getting set for big summers and the little men fighting their corner WHEN: 10th-12th May WHERE: Across Brighton WHO: THURSDAY: Maximo Park, Friends, Niki & The Dove, Jonquil, Toy, Mystery Jets, Eugene McGuinness, Zulu Winter, Django Django, Willy Mason, Cloud Nothings, Fever Fever, Deaf Club, Jamie N Commons, Bastille, Ben Kweller, Francois & The Atlas Mountains, White Arrows, Weird Dreams, Gross Magic, Cut Ribbons, Shabazz Palaces, Sunless 97, Gemma Hayes, Tribes, Gaz ...

Camden Crawl (London, 4-6 May '12) // Words: Saam Das The 2012 Camden Crawl draws ever closer, kicking off this Friday with a party at Koko, headlined by Death In Vegas but also featuring the likes of Funeral Suits . The real party begins on Saturday however, as a mass of bands play across dozens of venues in the NW1 area, along with other events such as comedy and spoken word. We've compiled ten of our suggested highlights of the festival below. I've obviously had to leave off numerous other highlights, considering the sheer number of bands and events such ...

FG album reviews, live reviews, current film reviews and DVD release reviews from March all handily indexed for your reading pleasure below. ALBUM REVIEWS: The Mars Volta - 'Noctourniquet' // Simon Opie Skint & Demoralised - 'This Sporting Life' // Emily Solan Antlered Man - 'Giftes 1 & 2' // Simon Opie // includes free mp3 of 'Platoono Of Uno' Miike Snow - 'Happy To You'  // Rajan Lakhani Lee Ranaldo - Between The Times And The Tides // Simon Opie // includes free mp3 of 'Off The Wall' LIVE MUSIC REVIEWS: Swiss Lips @ Water Rats // Saam Das Restlesslist @ Power Lunches // Simon Opie Silent Opera: 'La Boheme' @ VAULT Festival 2012 // Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn FILM REVIEWS ...

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Antlered Man – 'Giftes 1&2' (UK Release: 5 March '12) // Words: Simon Opie I have really looked forward to this album since 'Surrounded By White Men' first burst onto my consciousness and was most unfairly overlooked for single of the month . Antlered Man radiate cool in what they do and how they do it and this album pulls together tracks that have already been released in different formats and some new stuff, too. Does it live up to my unrealistically high expectations – not uniformly is the answer, but it does present a singularly intense musical experience. Opener, 'Outrages 1 ta ...

Antlered Man - Giftes 1&2 Hailing from the Godawful South London borough of Bermondsey – once officially home to more career criminals than anywhere else in England, now home to commuters toiling to make end meets in a faceless, sporadically violent suburb– Antlered Man have set themselves up as ambassadors of adversity, kicking against the grind of their locale with an uneasy hybrid of sound. They’ve picked up comparisons to Mike Patton’s more outré projects, and the mathematical detail of System of a Down, and this debut, released on their own Goo Grrrl imprint, splurges on jerky tempo changes, spastic rhythms and crunching metal assaults. It’s an ambitious first album- although at times the bands ambition outstrips their studio skills, leaving parts of Giftes 1&2 suffering from occasional muddy production. On balance however, Antlered Man prove themselves capable of transgressing genre with a sharp, nocturnal wit and dark swagger.   Lyrically, singer Damo Ezekial Holmes veers from the anti capitalist rage of the throbbing, excellent current single Surrounded By White Men, to an obsession with the freakier members of existence, as seen on the patricide detailing Schizo Tennis. The latter track has a lot that’s both good and bad about Antlered Man contained in one song—musically it’s one of the albums highlights; an unexpected lullaby of prairie gospel as a setting for a twisted story of child abuse and murder. The delivery is all good, but the lyrics leave nothing to subtlety, and when Holmes is singing about ‘caving in daddy’s head with a claw hammer’ it degrades the song from fine creeping horror to cheap slasher gore, more teenage boy trying to impress than genuinely unsettling. Aside from this occasional lyrical cheesiness, Antlered Man have delivered a strong first album- throughout they strive to contort their songs into new directions, never settling for an easy out ...

This may be a strange, dual-antlered hybrid of quirky intention and fervent ambition, but it takes great care to bridge the divide and a lot of love has clearly gone into Giftes 1&2. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com

The Camden Crawl, Indie music’s yearly festival of fresh talent and hammered A&R; men, has announced its first wave of acts. Pick the 3 best known out of these lot and accept that unless you get to their venue 5 hours before they play YOU AIN’T GETTING IN. That's just the way it is sunshine. So, in alphabetical order we have: ADMIRAL FALLOW /  ALABAMA 3 / ALPINES / AND SO I WATCHED YOU FROM AFAR /  ANTLERED MAN /  ARROWS OF LOVE / BASEMENT / BASTILLE / BAXTER DURY / BEN WESTBEECH / BLACKLISTERS /  BLACK MOTH / BLACKHOODS / BOY FRIEND / BRANDT BRAUER FRICK /  BRONTIDE /  BXENTRIC /  CASHIER NO ...

Camden Crawl have announced the initial evening line-up, with the likes of Charli XCX, Dog Is Dead, Iceage and Icona Pop all featuring. ADMIRAL FALLOW/ALABAMA 3/ALPINES/AND SO I WATCHED YOU FROM AFAR /ANTLERED MAN /ARROWS OF LOVE/BASEMENT/BASTILLE/BAXTER DURY/BEN WESTBEECH/BLACKLISTERS / BLACK MOTH/BLACKHOODS/BOY FRIEND/BRANDT BRAUER FRICK /BRONTIDE / BXENTRIC /CASHIER NO. 9 / CHARLI XCX /CHEW LIPS / CYMBALS /DOG IS DEAD / D/R/U/G/S / DUTCH UNCLES / ECHO LAKE /FANZINE /FEAR OF MEN /FICTION / FUNERAL SUITS / GHETTS / HAWK EYES /HEY SHOLAY / ICEAGE / ICONA POP /JAMES CLEAVER QUARTET /JAPE /JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE/KEEP ...

T he Great Escape Festival have unveiled 91 new acts for this Summer's event. The full list can be seen below, with some of our top picks in bold. Maximo Park / Mystery Jets / Booka Shade / Alabama Shakes / Natty / Lianne La Havas / Ema / Swords">Forest Swords / Madeon / Errors / Willy Mason / Rolo Tomassi / Foy Vance / Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny / Micachu & The Shapes / Maxxi Soundsystem / We Have Band / Loney, Dear / Tanlines / New Look / Koreless / Shabazz Palaces / Toy / Lower Than Atlantis / Kwes / Gross Magic / Disclosure / Duologue / Jonquil / Exitmusic / Spoek Mathambo / Haim / Pale Seas / Foxes / Swim Deep / The Computers / The Skints ...

Words: Saam Das For the lazy/organised among us, you may wish to sample our list of twelve tips for 2012 all in one ago. In which case, you're actually in the right place for once. Honourable mentions appear after the jump. And if you wanted to check last year's for comparision, then here's our Futuresounds of 2011 . Part 1 - Alabama Shakes, Alt-J, BASTILLE Part 2 - Charli XCX, Daughter, Friends Part 3 - Michael Kiwanuka, Niki & The Dove, Tank">Oliver Tank Part 4 - Spector, The Staves, Team Me HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Rajan Lakhani - The Civil Wars // Clock Opera // Dry ...