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Dollars to Pounds: ∆ (Alt-J)
When a bunch of boys in a band live together, you imagine they eat total crap: endless beige dinners of pie and chips, baked beans on toast, heaped plates of over-cooked pasta and late night … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Alpines
Sandwiched between the butchers, the Pound shops and the stinky fish mongers of Dalston, is Ridley Road Market Bar, where I recently stopped in to meet up with glacial drama-pop duo Alpines. The place was … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Night Works
Last month a video popped up by an outfit called Night Works, which caused quite the stir. Even though there are three men in the slow-tracked promo, it wasn’t clear who, if any of them, … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Weird Dreams
The first time I saw Weird Dreams they were lit up by fairy lights, performing in the bowels of a boat moored on the river Thames. Although it was imperceptible at first, the rising tide … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Breton
I have a thing for abandoned buildings. There’s a creepy children’s hospital near my apartment in east London that I’ve been dying to explore for years, so I admit what drew me to Breton initially was not … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Mmoths
Sometimes life’s a fluke. At least that’s how the past 12 months of Jack Colleran’s existence seems to have played out. A year ago he was studying for this final exams, the end of high … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Kindness
Adam Bainbridge aka Kindness is a man of mystery, owner of stone washed denim and possesses long dark hair that could make any girl covetous. He’s fond of flooding his songs with balmy layered vocals, … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: The Proper Ornaments
There’s a saying around some parts of east London: the Totnes massive roll deep. Actually I’m probably the only person who says that, but it’s true. Totnes was known, if at all, for its pot, … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Toy
The first time I saw Toy was unintentional. They were supporting Big Deal and they were a helluva lot of hair, immersed, along with the audience, in a groove-heavy, swirling wall of sound. Two months … read more »
Dollars to Pounds: Keaton Henson
Keaton Henson will not be coaxed out to meet me in person, he doesn’t want to talk on the phone. Over email I wrote, “I’m a nice person to have coffee with,” and he replied: … read more »
