Note To All Orchestras, You Should Sound More Like This

I was going to continue talking about The Times today, but I've something much more important... A new band!

All the way from Atlanta, Georgia come Manchester Orchestra, indie rock with a bit of everything else thrown in. After hearing about these guys from a friend, and missing out seeing them playing, I went out and got their album. I ended up buying their newest one, Mean Everything To Nothing.



Their sound is a strange mix of almost everything, but it stays together with a sense of continuity. Formed in 2005, we're clearly dealing with proper music fans here... You can hear influcence from Grunge, Shoegaze and Folk, all thrown together, all expertly performed, and the end result is something that will amaze you.

The photo is by a mysterious man called only "Brady" and who has an interesting photo blog. I wonder if it would be possible to do our blog using only photos and still get our style of semi-coherent music reviews across...?

Agitated Radio Pilot

One of the good things about working in a record shop is that there's lots of opportunities for finding good obscure bands. I came across these by accident really. Only for the name and the artwork I would have just ignored them, instead I bought it, listened to it and liked it.



Agitated Radio Pilot is the solo project of a man called David Colohan, who's been in many Irish folk bands apparently. The album, World Winding Down, is quite the mellow album, very relaxing. Plenty of melancholic guitar songs. The album itself if 2 CD's that have a symmetry in them, one brilliant piece of songwriting. It's well worth checking out.