In 2001, Rival Schools released their debut album United By Fate, toured the world (including a stop in Ireland at the Witnness festival) and won over critics and fans alike. Then they split up. A second album (referred to as the Lost Album) later leaked online; a collection of near completion but shelved by the [...]

This album has been out a couple of years now, but it’s only recently I got into Tobacco (via his main project Black Moth Super Rainbow) and got hooked. Like movies and their sequels, it’s rare that a side project proves to be far more interesting than the flagship act, but that’s just what happens [...]

One of our favourite albums of 2008 was Chad VanGaalen’s Soft Airplane; a collection of “heartfelt songs and lo-fi tinkering” which hasn’t been too far from our record player over the last 12 or so months. VanGaalen has made quite a name for himself as a songwriter, producer and animator – and now he’s dabbling [...]