Music

Beats & Bars: The beginning of a legacy

Thursday 1 July, 2010

Fly Yellow Moon Fyfe Dangerfield

Friday 25 June, 2010

The Dance Faithless

Tuesday 22 June, 2010
Conrad Bird at Beats and Bars

Acoustic music, poetry, and a nice cup of tea. Matthew Wells speaks to the organiser of Warwick’s best open-mic night

Fly Yellow Moon

With his debut solo effort, Guillemot’s front man Fyfe Dangerfield has largely abandoned his usual…

The Dance

Listening to a Faithless album inevitably feels like panning for gold; although your patience gets…

Features

Albums

  • The Boxer Kele Okereke

    Tuesday 22 June, 2010 The Boxer

    So, following the trend set by the likes of Brendon Flowers, Slash, Fyfe Dangerfield, Kele Okereke…

  • Slash Slash

    Tuesday 22 June, 2010 Slash

    Slash is often considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, and it goes without saying…

  • High Violet The National

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 High Violet

    With The National’s fifth studio album comes the band’s third masterpiece

  • The Chaos The Futureheads

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 The Chaos

    ‘Oh the chaos, but what’s it got to do with us?’ The Futureheads declare on the opener of the…

  • Disintegration — Deluxe Edition The Cure

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 Disintegration -- Deluxe Edition

    The Cure, quite frankly, are one of the most unusual bands ever to grace the airwaves…

  • Total Life Forever Foals

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 Total Life Forever

    For many bands, a second album release is the turning point of a music career. …

  • My Best Friend Is You Kate Nash

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 My Best Friend Is You

    The irrelevant and inconsequential ramblings of a teenage girl…

  • Plastic Beach Gorillaz

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Plastic Beach

    Upon first seeing the cover for Damon Albarn’s third album at the helm of his …

  • Lights Ellie Goulding

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Lights

    Within the past year, the British music industry has been subject to an influx of …

  • Good Morning Mother Stars And Sons

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Good Morning Mother

    Unique. Piano-pop. Brash, intelligent indie-pop. The truth is, it’s pretty hard to place Stars and …

Archive

Live

  • Xiu Xiu Taylor John's House, Coventry

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Xiu Xiu

    It’s a matter of love, first of all. Xiu Xiu, the Oakland-based project centred around …

  • Rolo Tomassi The Flapper, Birmingham

    Thursday 11 February, 2010 Rolo Tomassi

    Jealous is an understatement. Pretty much every member of Rolo Tomassi is younger, hotter, and …

  • Regina Spektor Birmingham O2

    Tuesday 19 January, 2010 Regina Spektor

    Regina Spektor, who has been described as ‘kooky’ and ‘alternative’ but whom I can sum …

  • Muse Birmingham NIA

    Monday 23 November, 2009 Muse

    Raj Bhatoa explains why Muse are the act to see before you die

  • Bowerbirds Cargo, London

    Monday 23 November, 2009

    I had the opportunity to indulge in my ever-so-grating-and-patronizing tendency of forcing bands so new …

  • Kings of Convenience Warwick Arts Centre

    Tuesday 27 October, 2009 Kings of Convenience

    My first brush with this Norwegian duo was in a friend’s shed five years ago. …

  • The Cribs The Assembly

    Tuesday 27 October, 2009 The Cribs

    The Assembly in Leamington was the latest stop on The Cribs current nationwide tour, which …

  • St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Tuesday 27 October, 2009

    The first international performance to test the acoustics of the Arts Centre’s all-new (doesn’t seem …

  • Bombay Bicycle Club O2 Academy, Birmingham

    Tuesday 13 October, 2009 Bombay Bicycle Club, O2 Academy, Birmingham

    Inspiration for band names comes from all over the place these days. Belle and Sebastian …

  • Metric Kasbah, Coventry

    Monday 22 June, 2009 Metric

    In the last issue of the Boar I wrote that only taking one support band …