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Villagers – Howling at the Moon (Static, 2010)

By |June 17th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Villagers is the nom de plume of one Conor O'Brien, the young Irish gent with the piercing blue eyes positioned above these words. Having released his debut album Becoming A Jackal on Domino Records last month to widespread acclaim (surely topping the album charts in Ireland is nothing to be sneered at), O'Brien has been steadfast in moving his Villagers around the country like a pack of wayward Irish gypsies.

The Big Pink – Interview with Robbie Furze (Static, 2009)

By |September 22nd, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Recently setting the stereo at Webcuts HQ on fire with their debut release A Brief History of Love, we speak to Robbie Furze of The Big Pink as he explains the power of love and offers us a brief history of this incredible electronic/shoegaze duo.

The Besnard Lakes – London – 19 August 2010

By |August 23rd, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , |

Touring off the back of their third studio release The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, the Quebec-based The Besnard Lakes returned to London to treat us with some more of their epic Beach Boys meets Spiritualized jams. Given the massive sound present on ...The Roaring Night, there was some anticipation in how the band were going to pull this off as a four piece. With the newer tracks being a lot denser and harder to recreate live without either a 10 piece line up or a maze of effects and loop pedals, assistance came via laptop, which helped embellish the sound and keep true to their recorded material.

Continuum Books 33 1/3 – Elliot Smith – XO, Big Star – Radio City

By |January 24th, 2010|Categories: Book Reviews, Reviews|Tags: , , , , |

A look into Continuum's must-read 33 1/3 series of books that investigate the history and stories behind some of the greatest albums ever made, including reviews of the most recent releases in the series -- Big Star's Radio City and Elliott Smith's XO.

TV on the Radio – Interview with Jaleel Bunton (Static, 2008)

By |November 4th, 2008|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Having just released one of the stand-out (and Webcuts approved) albums of 2008 with the awe-inspiring brilliance of Dear Science, Static's Chris Berkley spoke to Jaleel Bunton, drummer of Brooklyn's roof-raising TV On The Radio as

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