A Free Man

A Free Man is stopping back in th UK for a couple of hours before heading on to the sun, sand and sea. Seemed a good time to fit in a quick chat with an exciting British band. Frightened Rabbit are a quartet anchored by brothers Scott & Grant Hutchinson. They hail from north of […]

A Free Man is still wandering the wilds of southwestern Sweden, but before I left Blighty I lined up a chat with East London road warriors Blah Blah Blah. Their new EP “Death To The Indie Dancefloor”, which the Guardian called “Arctic Monkeys performed by Madness circa “Baggy Trousers, is out today. I’ve been impressed […]

“Yeah I am sick and tired of people who are living on the B-list
Yeah they’re waiting to be famous, and they’re wondering why they do this
And I know I’m not the one who it habitually optimistic
But I’m the one who’s got the microphone here…”
-Frank Turner - “I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous”
A Free Man […]

Last autumn Eugene Francis Jnr’s single “Poor Me” caught my attention - a lyrically clever, folk influenced little ditty. I wrote a snippet about it on my personal blog, but was surprised at the time that there was so little information out there about the artist. The lack of information in this, the information age, […]

I have no clue how I got my hands on Columbia’s “The Sound of the Suburbs” compilation in my senior year of High School. I certainly didn’t get it from the local mall’s record shop - they didn’t get much more daring than U2. I most likely picked it up in the college town a […]

I listened to k.d. lang’s album “Drag” on repeat while I was quitting smoking last year, so she’ll always have a special place in my heart. Her new LP, “Watershed” came out in January and what I’ve heard of it is outstanding. The steel guitar alone on “I Dream of Spring”, an appropriate track for […]

The Deal sisters are back with a new LP. The Breeders‘ “Mountain Battles” is due on April 7 from 4AD. It’s their first since ‘02 and if the first single, “Bang On”, is any indication - a stylistic departure. They come at you with a fuzzy, hip-hop bass beat and Pixies-esque vocals. A must. Pre-order […]

One of the guilty pleasures, among things like beef flavored Rice-a-Roni, that I hang onto from the States is American reality TV. We get the king of that genre, American Idol, a couple of days after it airs in the U.S. I have found a way to get completely hooked again this year. I rarely […]

 

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“When I was just a skinny lad on holiday by the sea,
I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, and a tape she gave to me
With the Black Flag First Four Years and the Minor Threat Discography,
And punk rock saved my life.”
-Frank Turner - “Back In The Day”
London based singer-songwriter Frank Turner’s came to some […]