North Atlantic Oscillation - 'Grappling Hooks' Album Review Posted

The North Atlantic Oscillation is a climatic phenomenon in the North Atlantic Ocean of fluctuations in the difference of atmospheric pressure at sea-level between the Icelandic low and the Azores high. Eh? Really? Oh, sorry.... North Atlantic Oscillation are a Scottish three piece that play an expansive, dreamy electronically tinged blend of shoegazing indie but with a heavy slice of pop sensibility. The overall sound sits somewhere between Maps and Delphic with a dash of the current new wave of shoegaze stylings. Read More...

Boe Weaver

Listen, if you will, with your mind’s ear to the sound of Dick Dale teaming up with The Stooges to soundtrack 70’s Blacksploitation and porn flicks with a sideorder of garage psychedelia. If you can do this then you are somewhere near imagining what the world of Boe Weaver sounds like. It’s all scratchy, valve amplified guitars, surfy riffs, strange sci-fi sounds and a mighty funk, the like of which would turn Prince purple with envy. Read More...