Like the only kids who grew up in their native Reykjavik with a Dylan record, Seabear appear much more likely than their compatriots to resort to the acoustic guitar and 4/4 time signatures.
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It’s almost as if HIJK’s music is inside out, like when you put a shirt on the wrong way and everyone can see the stitching.
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Distance and Time draws itself out by degrees, working with the tone of an emotion rather than trying to encapsulate everything.
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The strange progression throughout The Live Artex might perplex some listeners – ‘is this the one band or a mix tape?’


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Frank Black, perhaps more than any other in this genre, is a confidant for those lost souls crying out “What the fuck does it all mean?”
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At Sea is a cruise ship soundtrack like no other.
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A Night at the Opera, as operatic in its scope as its title suggests, is pop music done to perfection.
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The term “Genius” gets tossed about quite frequently with Stevie Wonder.
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When a musician dies early, we are allowed to imagine the lofty heights they were destined to reach, to embellish their achievements, and are encouraged to ignore their failings and misfires.
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The year 1973 was something of an annus mirabilis for prog rock
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For the uninitiated, The Pipettes might appear to be singing and dancing in the wrong decade.
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The title is something of a misnomer: The New Young Pony club may have created a playroom, but it’s only at times fantastic.
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