That must be one scary-ass dog. The Quietus : Recently while wandering around our Hackney home, the Quietus has seen newspaper hoardings proclaiming ”‘Beast Of Hackney’- exclusive pictures” and heard mutterings in the local shop that something foul and huge and slavering of jaw was patrolling the grassland that lies between the Olympic Stadium and Tottenham Reservoirs. One woman, student Helen Murray, said she only just escaped from the animal, which left her terrified. “I tried to stay calm as I wasn’t sure what kind of animal it was or if it was even alive,” she said. “I had my ...

Mysterious creature actually dog belonging to drummer

Since way back, San Francisco has form for breeding trippy, psychedelic and effortlessly cool rock and roll bands. From 60’s giants such as Creedence Clearwater Revival and Sly & the Family Stone, to more atmospheric contemporary jams from the likes of Wooden Shijps and Comets on Fire, there is something about the West Coast that makes guitars riffs loose, hazy and played with an ease that that is almost timeless. Sleepy Sun are a band very much from this school, but offer up something of a transitionary set on their third album Spine Hits . The line up itself has changed ...

Well, here's a movie we sort of forgot about entirely. First announced last summer, Simon Pegg signed on to star in "A Fantastic Fear of Everything," an ambitious, oddball tale being co-directed by an interesting pair: Chris Hopewell (who has helmed music videos for people like Radiohead, The Knife and The Killers) and by Crispian Mills (the front-man of Britpop also-rans Kula Shaker). Well, their result of the collaboration is now available for all to see, and certainly, it delivers in the visual department. Penned by Mills, the film follows Jack, a children's author-turned-crime-novelist whose deep research into ...

The Darkside's second and last album, had mixed reviews. It moved away from the psychedelic folk rock and went towards the regular indie fare that filled the alternative charts of the time. But there are still some atmospheric classics such as Rise that builds up slowly and then goes into a wobbly sonic guitar freak out. In it’s own way sounding like The Doors, this is due to Pete Bassman’s solitary vocals and the length of the song. Another highlight is Tornado , it’s sinuous guitar catches the listener. Organs are used extensively in the background. Sterling ...

Lloyd Cole 's solo career hasn't brought a huge deal of success with just the one chart hit - Like Lovers Do back in 1995.  I'm not sure if it has been Lloyd himself or the record label but some of his better material has been left behind as LP tracks with the stuff released as singles being weak. This, the second single lifted from Bad Vibes in 1993 is an example of what I'm referring to:- mp3 : Lloyd Cole - Morning Is Broken Bad Vibes isn't a great album - it's certainly my least favourite of all ...

The second in a new series looking back at classic Britpop albums investigates Kula Shaker's K.

Die Britpop-Band Atomic veröffentlicht heute ihr neues Video zur Single "Heartbeater". Ihr gleichnamiges Album wird am 28. Oktober über Redwinetunes in hiesige Plattenläden gelangen. In dem schwarz/weiß-getränkten Streifen sehen wir das Quintett in klassischer Rock-Atmosphäre ihren Song performen. motor.de präsentiert euch exklusiv das neue Video der Band aus dem Bayrischen Wald:  Atomic – "Heartbeater" In DIY-Manier veröffentlichten die beiden Brüder Thomas (Vocals) und Rainer Marschel (Vocals, Gitarre) sowie Dominik Teubert (Bass), Daniel Mederer (Gitarre) und Thomas Schedlbauer (Schlagzeug) ihre erste EP "The Big Issue". Anschließend folgten Support-Shows für Tomte und Madsen. Um ihren Indie-Gitarren-Sound weiter zu verfestigten, legten Atomic ...

Luke Haines has confirmed plans to release his new solo album 'Nine And A Half Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling Of The 1970s And Early '80s.’ Popular myths about Luke Haines' career #1: The Auteurs were criminally ignored in their own time. In fact, the band enjoyed critical acclaim and were even nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. However, the press inches afforded to The Auteurs were rather over-shadowed by the acres of coverage lavished on Cast B-sides and whether or not Kula Shaker were Nazis or just silly hippies. Now better known as a scabrous, hilarious writer Luke Haines ...

Photos by Louise Nindi FRIDAY 2011 marked Standon Calling's seventh year of public operation and the three day event promised much by way of bands and festive silliness. Friday morning: after we took one of the festival's easily-arranged taxis from our London flat, a trip that lasted no more than an hour, we arrived in blistering heat around lunchtime and began in good spirits: expedient tent-circle establishment and the drinking of an inaugural ale. Line ups consulted, fancy dress at the ready, the 405 had arrived in style and in this fashion intended to continue. Friday's line ...

At the end of The Flaming Lips’ set at Montreal’s Osheaga Festival where they played their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, singer Wayne Coyne got two fans up on stage. The bride was dressed as Dorothy from Wizard Of Oz, the groom as a Lion. While the band played a muzak rendition of Do You Realise, Coyne married them declaring “By the power of the Flaming Lips, the universe and LSD, I now pronounce you man and wife!” Remember Hush by Kula Shaker? Frontman Crispian Mills has taken a career turn ...

Brit comic actor to team up with Britpop veteran for 'A Fantastic Fear of Everything'

Brit comic actor to team up with Britpop veteran for 'A Fantastic Fear Of Everything'

As you may or may not recall, almost exactly a year ago I posted two compilation of 90s British music as a tribute to both Britpop and the excellent, legendary, immense, spectacular blog Mars Needs Guitars and its maker Merz. In 2009 he shared dozen and dozens of songs from the wonderful Britpop era in a long, extensive, and impressive series of posts. As an hommage to a great man and a great scene I compiled two sets of these songs here . Volume two has been down for quite some time but is now up again, so do check that ...

Encore une fois, je vais vous parler d’un album totalement incroyable. Une pépite londonienne, encore une fois. A croire que Londres sera toujours un véritable berceau de la musique. Voici donc Kula Shaker. En 1er lieu, un nom de groupe pareil doit avoir un sens, une origine. Figurez-vous que c’est lors d’une discussion avec un [...]