Someone once said that music makes the world go round and in that spirit we enter the world of neon Indian for their recently released Errata Annex E.P...Inspired by the sounds experienced over a year of going out on the road promoting albumEra Extraña, this cleverly titledremix ep certainly takes the listener on a journey of sorts. As a digital only release it's perhaps a shame that there won't be a wax copy as the sounds found here are some of the warmest we've experienced in a while. The songs are ba...
The saying that there is gold in them there hills can usually be attributed with relative ease to the work of Nick Cave and his various Bad Seeds. It's no surprise then that their latest album, the uncharacteristically calm but nonetheless menacing underneath Push the Sky Away is the work of the evil genius in deeply subtle mode. With a children's choir and possibly the most subtle performance they've put in for a long time the video itself is a monochrome tribute to the talent of a band that can wor...
The last time Texas released an album of new material was way back in 2005 with the somewhat over polished Red Book which none the less contained some top material. Following that album there was a BBC Sessions compilation and a hiatus during which Sharleen Spiteri pursued a solo career and the band's guitarist Ally MacErlaine suffered ill health. But it's 2013 and following the aforementioned hiatus and some intermittent tour dates they're back with a new single and album, both named The Conversation. ...
DISCLAIMER: The below opinions are not facts but simply very one sided, biased views from a cynical and seen it all aging comics fan whose really trying to look on the bright sides of things. That the opinions expressed below happen to be true as well is merely coincidental. Hope you all had a bag stuffed and pocket filled Free Comics Day and got what you were looking for, got what you needed and your life was changed for the better. Or something like that. At the very least I hope you got some fun free...
Following his return with the album The Next Day earlier this year the ever unpredictable Mr David Bowie returns with a third video from the well received album, this time the title track.With an eye to the controversial it features the man himself as a Jesus like figure in a pub in New York surrounded by various bishops and freaks and features Gary Oldman as a priest. Check it out below: Directed by Floria Sigismundi, who directed previous release (The Stars) Are Out Tonight and the clips for Dead Ma...
Tom George is known to many on the Liverpool scene as a musician, poet and journalist, but he has recently been making forays into the art world as a member of the Not Just Collective.Not Just is a loose-knit group of creatives who met whilst volunteering for the Liverpool Biennial last year. Following a debut show at Domino Gallery this January, the collective are now preparing to occupy the Camp and Furnace's Gallery space for a group show entitled 'Recurring'.Featuring ten artists work, the show will...
In an ever changing world music is a constant. It's often hard to keep anonymity when social media makes everything so visible but this is not a problem for Colour of Bone, who keeps his identity hidden behind the gorgeous mask of this vaguely Tim Burton-esque video. The electroinfluencedrock fusion thatcharacterizesthe song is a perfect companion to the surreal and oft-colorful imagery that keeps your eyes glued to the screen for the duration.Directed with a wonderfully free hand by Rock. Paper. Film...
The music video is an ever changing, creatively versatile and equally tactile mode of performance art. Put images together with music and it's a fusion that creates magic. This is particularly the case for the engaging and cinematic new video from Port St Willow. Soft Light Rush from Port St. Willow on Vimeo. Directed by Hana Tajima, it takes a journey through a lush yet hauntingly sparse world via a twenty-five minute long suite that flows along a beautifully as the sound of a stream in the middle o...
It’s the end of Coffee Culture… for now. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t got more to give! For the final edition of Coffee Creatives we asked Franka De Mille, owner of some truly excellent rootsy, chamber folk sounds about her coffee experience… What influence has coffee had on your work? It is ever-presentthrough the whole creative process, from writing lyrics, recording, engineering, mastering - coffee has been the fuel of my creativity for years. It helps me to focus and is almost a ritual. W...
If you’d have asked me a year ago about coffee and creativity and how they’re linked, I’d have thrown my head back and snorted in derision. Possibly. But back then, no-one asked me, I didn’t answer and now I’ll never know what I would have said or done. But a year is a long time and much has changed since then. Just over a year ago, I emerged, Bambi-like, blinking and not too sure on my legs, as one of Liverpool’s five Cultural Champions. With no real clue what we were doing, the five of us – me, Johny...
