Music

Niteworks – NW: Ath-sgrùdadh

 Steven Kellow    Gàidhlig, Music  

Bha mi tric den bheachd gun dèanadh measgachadh de chiùil caran tradiseanta ‘s Gàidhealach ‘s ciùil dannsa eileagtronaigeach gu math, agus bha mi gal org fad ùine.  ‘S e an ceòl aig Martyn Bennett as fhaisge dhi, ach cho math ‘s a bha e gu sònraichte bochd chaoicheal e barrachd ‘s deich bliadhna air ais a-nis.  Cha robh mi air a leithid de cheòl a’ chluinntinn bho daoine sam bidh eile, gus a’ mhìos seo. Tha Niteworks air a bhith mun cuairt airson ùine a-nis — Read more →

Songs of the Month: September 2015

 Steven Kellow    Music  

September was a month whose sonic soundscape was dominated by the release of a few choice albums for me.  CHVRCHES’ new album Every Open Eye was an absolute triumph and similarly Disclosure’s second album Caracal managed to produce a few good tunes that added to their catalogue of house masterpieces. So I’ll kick off with the one tune that stood on its own two feet for me before picking over the highlights of those two fine albums. Major Lazer – “Get Free” If you’re familiar — Read more →

CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye: Review

 Steven Kellow    Music  

The Bones of What You Believe is comfortably one of my favourite albums of all-time.  Not many other records capture that singular sense of a band, one of drama and one of musical enchantment in the way that Bones did. CHVRCHES sophomore album Every Open Eye shows that the spirit of 80s is still alive and well in the 21st century and that they are a dynamic band that can do something different and still pull it off.  It’s not Bones, but in many ways — Read more →

Nero – Between II Worlds: Review

 Steven Kellow    Music  

Nero are champions of a dark, electronic sound and are one of the most distinctive acts in British music of recent years.  Between II Worlds is the long-awaited follow-up to their hit album Welcome Reality of 2011, with it being a long four years to wait for a fresh slice of their particular brand of dance music.  It was worth the wait. This album does a great job of evolving slightly beyond what Nero had done before but keeping the familiar tones of old.  It’s — Read more →

Songs of the Month: August 2015

 Steven Kellow    Music  

La Roux – “Uptight Downtown” After re-inventing herself, or her band, as a solo artist – La Roux kinda disappeared from the fray for a while after the hugely successful debut back in 2008.  However, that’s not to say she’s been and gone – with last year’s album Trouble in Paradise providing a few great songs including this one. Set around the London riots of 2011, it’s a disco infused pop song that manages to blend a funky beat with the soaring vocals that you’d — Read more →

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