This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. It is no hyperbole to say that The National have made some of my favourite albums of…
My favourite songs by The National tend to be the ones where the restraint that typifies Matt Berninger’s singing style can only hold out so…
The above sloganeering was appended to the download code for the 7″ of the National’s two new 2011 songs – “Think You Can Wait”, the…
Is anybody else using Pinterest. My friend Sarah’s gotten me hooked on this virtual pinboard, which makes it easy to collect pictures of anything you…
I’m annoyed at my lack of organisation last year; that it’s ticked over into 2011 and I haven’t had the chance to finish up my…
SHOW OF THE YEAR: The National, Phosphorescent (O2 Academy, Glasgow) 26th November 2010 Nevermind gig of the year. Musical moment of the year must go…
Presenting to you, in no order other than alphabetical by artist (because I’m not that much of a masochist) what might just be my ten…
BAMS logo by Struan Teague Last Year’s Girl calls itself a music blog. And you know what December means for music bloggers. Yes, it’s time…
In which, even when she is being the world’s most rubbish and lazy music blogger, Lis puts together a selection of songs that have caught…
…what makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood? So I suppose if any band was going to kick me out of my…
JJ Bull is a young singer-songwriter type from Aberdeen, but he now lives in Glasgow… and yes, I know him, because we’re not above that…
I heard someone say once that writing doesn’t happen when you’re too busy living. It seems as good an excuse as any for leaving the…
