Blog: The Point Of Everything

We All Want Someone has discovered the two b-sides to the Arctic Monkeys' forthcoming single 'Don't Sit Down Cos I've Moved Your Chair' . 'IDST', or if you prefer: 'If Destroyed Still True', and 'The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap' are both heavier than 'Don't Sit Down...' and are both, well, better. [Read more]

Glass Drop is the second album by three-piece instrumentalists-who-sometimes -sing Battles. You have probably already heard 'Ice Cream'. I didn't think much of it at first but yeah, now I can see and hear its brilliance. It is at the bottom of this post if you are curious. 'Inchworm' is the [Read more]

Jools Holland had two rather contrasting performers on his live show last night. Let's play spot the difference. I'll start: one of the bands has confetti; one doesn't.

In 2006, I don't think anyone would have expected to even remember The Horrors in five years, let alone think they were set to become one of the most interesting bands around. All the initial coverage of Faris Badwin et al surrounded their appearance on the cover of NME when [Read more]

Tom Vek has been out of action for about five years and in the interim has become everyone's favourite indie musician. New album Leisure Seizure is out at the start of June and has got musos the world over salivating onto their laptops. After we got a taster of what [Read more]

Seems like it has been ages since we first heard the wonderful Odd Blood (It was January 2010, which was rather a long time ago now, pre-ash clouds). But the American group are still touring said album, even though we have all moved on to the sophomore ash cloud at [Read more]

Welcome to the late 1980s/early 90s everybody. Bon Iver, everybody's favourite cabin dweller-turned-rapper's-deligh t was live on Jimmy Fallon's show last night and rather than perform the stunning 'Calgary', which we heard last week, he played a two-song medley, beginning with Donny Hathaway song 'A Song For You' before going onto [Read more]

Fleet Foxes make their US television debut for their second album, Helplessness Blues, which came out a few weeks ago. It is kind of stunning, even if NME gave it four out of 10, mainly due to lead singer Robin Pecknold slagging the magazine on Twitter. But enough about NME. [Read more]

After literally months of telling myself I should start a blog and putting it off for literally no reason I started a blog in January 2010. And after a few months of indifference I got my act together last summer and The Point Of Everything began to change into something [Read more]

After the live show on Tuesday, last night's Later With... Jools Holland saw Wild Beasts bring first single from the album 'Albatross' and 'Lion's Share' to the circle stage. And seeing the tracks performed live gives you an idea of the sound the band have gone for on new album [Read more]

It has been great watching The Casanova Wave growing over the past year, all on the back of one glorious, sumptuous EP, which featured on The Point Of Everything back in October. Sadly, there has been little else since, but repeat listens to said EP reveal more secrets, nooks and [Read more]

The wonderful James Vincent McMorrow is back with a lovely new video, this time for 'Sparrow And The Wolf'. It would be a great, uplifting song if the chorus was not so sad: "I see no joy in this world," he sings. Attempt at 'music journalism: James Vincent McMorrow is [Read more]

Yourstru.ly Presents: tUnE-yArDs "You Yes You" from Yours Truly on Vimeo. Tune-Yards: Your new obsession. Album highlight 'You Yes You' gets the Yours Truly makeover. There is a few loop pedals, a wonderful voice, a bassist and a four-string guitar. Everything you need to make a memorable five-minute track. Merrill [Read more]

Wild Beasts are busy cementing themselves as everyone's favourite band in 2011. Their new album, Smother, has been gaining critical acclaim from all quarters and the fans are also lapping it up. And deservedly so - it is glorious, a triumph of artistic talent. Wild Beasts brought 'Bed of Nails' [Read more]

Ever since I started this blog, I have been waiting for Bon Iver to release a new album. His debut, For Emma, Forever Ago is, I am sure I don't need to tell you, one of the most acclaimed records in the past decade. And it was recorded in the [Read more]

Warpaint aren't the only all-female band worthy of your ears. Those Dancing Days have been doing their plucky swedish guitar-driven pop for a good few years and their new album Daydreams and Nightmares is well worth your ears. And let's face it, it's got a lot more energy than the [Read more]

Last night, The Gorgeous Colours took to the stage at The Workman's Club in Dublin where they launched their new single, 'It's OK To Be Normal'. I wasn't there (because contrary to popular belief, not everyone in Ireland lives in Dublin. But they still enjoy music) but I have been [Read more]

My last two posts featured Arctic Monkeys and Death Cab For Cutie and were hardly the most complimentary - I apologise for nothing. But now, a band who are utterly captivating and sound so... now, so... fresh and exciting. They already featured on The Point Of Everything back in December [Read more]

Two new Death Cab For Cutie songs today. One is very good and 'traditional' DCFC. The other leaves you waiting for something interesting to happen for four minutes and it never does, Seems to be in line with the rest of what we have heard from Codes And Keys thus [Read more]

And so continues the trepidation that awaits the first full listen to Arctic Monkeys fourth full-length album due out next month. I have already talked about 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair', which sadly sounds dated after more than ten or so listens, and 'Brick By Brick', the [Read more]