An Archive of Incendiary Magazine 2002 – 2017
If legends are to be believed, a young Spike, expressing zero interest in his father’s workplace, taught himself to play on the railway lines. His cork-popping, banjo-wanking, tempo-shiftery opens a section of music which could be the one jazz band going bananas…
Mr Gav’s July Dancefloor roundup Part 2
The recording spread like wildfire across old school Geocities pages, all brimstone and bible quotes and spinnyskull.gifs. All in a day’s work for sinister religious propaganda, with but one glaring downside… the recording was pants.
“I wanna make music that doesn’t have too many goals. But maybe I wanna make music that doesn’t fall into any genre.”
Continue reading “Incendiary interview White Williams”
“I’m sorry but mention of Moebius/Rodelius can never be far away in a review of a release such as this; (Poco!’s naïve chiming being reminiscent of something off Sowiesoso) but never let that be seen as a bad thing. ”
Continue reading “Takahiro Kido – Fleursy Music”
“Yes I know, another modern folk record drawing heavily on the Pentangle/Sandy Denny vibe. However this is never a bad thing, especially if the music is as good as it is on A Table Forgotten.”
Continue reading “Faun Fables – A Table Forgotten”
“Just at the point when you think “right, enough, no more cod teenage psychology thank you very bloody much”, a searing chorus saves the day and you end up singing along. And what is it with the bloody jauntiness? ”
Continue reading “Friska Viljor – Tour de Hearts”
“In short, good ideas and great songs.”
Continue reading “James Pants – Welcome”
“This isn’t a bad album, and in isolation the tracks may fit well into a compilation or soundtrack, but they simply don’t sit well together.”
Continue reading “Syclops – I’ve Got My Eye On You”
“Are we getting anything here that we couldn’t get better by visiting the bargain bins at the local HMV? The novelty of the new release perhaps, and maybe that’s enough in the 21st century: where Duffy, Winehouse and Ronson can repackage the sixties and become superstars.”
Continue reading “Sonny J – Disastro”