In Depth by Dom Gourlay
V Festival - or the Virgin Media Festival to give it its correct title - may be the least favoured of its kind as far as music connoisseurs are concerned. A quick flick through the line-up doesn't exactly set pulses racing, as bland non-entities like The Script and Paolo Nutini rub shoulders with has-beens whose sell-by date expired over a decade ago (Ocean Colour Scene, Happy Mondays). However, cast all snobbery to one side for two days and delve a little deeper into the mixing pot and there are actually several gems to be found along with moments of real inspiration here. »
In Depth by Dom Gourlay
Robin Allport and Duncan Jones are the guys behind Club AC30, yet another successful club night that morphed into one of the most vital, and groundbreaking independent record labels of the past decade. »
In Depth by Dom Gourlay
This past week's run of excellent features on slowcore reminded Dom Gourlay of the influence the initial wave of "shoegaze" labelled bands had on many of the artists aligned with that genre. »
In Depth by Dom Gourlay
Once upon a time, "shoegaze" was a dirty word; a derogatory term invented by journos of the day to describe a cluster of bands with one common aim that transcended the normal verse-chorus-verse ethic courtesy of vocals so low in the mix they were barely audible»
In Depth by Dom Gourlay
Welcome our fourth MySpace Trail. This one belongs to April. Hi, April! On the horizon, new sounds for open ears from the likes of Exit Calm, Glissando and Mint Ive. Our starting point: iLiKETRAiNS»
In Depth by Dom Gourlay
Michael Parkinson and Arthur Scargill apart, Barnsley doesn't exactly conjure up images of much more than bleak winter mornings reminiscing about the early shift at Goldthorpe Colliery. Yet this is where the story of Verve-tickling four-piece Exit Calm begins»
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