Dan Mangan – Rows Of Houses

18 March 2012 | aaamusic

Joining the immense list of folk-rock hopefuls is Dan Mangan, with his latest single ‘Rows Of Houses’. Despite some slight wobbles in the drums early on, it’s a fairly solid tune, working on the dual foundations on wistful folk … Read More

Bear Driver – Big Love

18 March 2012 | aaamusic

“We play noisy pop songs”. Yes Bear Driver, yes you do. ‘Big Love’ is a song that wouldn’t go amiss on my cousin’s youtube playlists. To clarify, this means an awful lot of that hazy poppy psychedelic music that … Read More

Gentlemen’s Club – Everything In Colour

18 March 2012 | aaamusic

 

When first hearing EP opener ‘The Fix’, there’s a bewildering mental leap from the skittering percussion and uneven, possibly-unhinged vocal delivery in the intro and verses that make me feel like I’m listening to Paris Suit Yourself’s cleaned-up … Read More

A Plastic Rose – Build From The Ground Up

18 March 2012 | aaamusic

This Saint Patrick’s Day I review Northern Ireland’s ‘A Plastic Rose’ with their new single, ‘Build From The Ground Up’.

After being invited to play on two of Snow Patrol’s capacity crowd shows this year already, A Plastic Rose … Read More