Sonic Youth are one of those hardworking indie bands that treat rock n roll as a day job, rather than some religious experience, whereby inspiration comes in the form of divine intervention. They are the carpenters, plumbers and labourers of indie rock. The Eternal… – their 16th studio album, of blood, sweat, out of tune

Although Patrick Watson may have won the Polaris Music prize in 2007 with Close To Paradise…, the Canadian’s latest experiment in sound could possibly win him a prize for the most eclectic album of all time if such a prize existed. From the opening strings of ‘Fireweed’, Watson takes you through a nocturnal journey

If you were to compare Bob Dylan and Bright Eyes, you might say that this is Conor Oberst‘s crack at doing a Basement Tapes on it. Only problem is Oberst, unfortunately, isn’t Dylan and The Valley Mystic Band, aren’t The Band.
On Latest South…, the introspective Bright Eyes has shed his melancholy tendencies and

At a time when the Irish Government has officially declared itself a Banana Republic and U2 continue to charge their spinal tap, tax free, rock n roll machine into the next millennium, it’s comforting to talk to a penniless band who – regardless of economic status – are steering their musical ship across the Atlantic.…