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The Outroversion Music Blog
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Music reviews, mixtapes, live events, festivals all with a very personal touch from a uk couple.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 304 )
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Music in Oxford: Witney Winter Festival @ Fat Lil’s // 18.12.11
Colour Change For Camouflage A modest turnout early on for the energetic showcasing of youthful Colour Change for Camouflage. Word on the street spoke of the... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Album of the Year/decade: Bright Eyes- The People’s Key
The review I wrote for Bright Eyes’ curtain call says everything I could ever want to about this record. When I’m 100+ years old in the year 2099 I wouldn’t be... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Albums of the Year: Girls- Father, Son & Holy Ghost
Girls - Father, Son & Holy Ghost “I saw Girls in 2009, having been promised sun drenched surf rock from the 60s- this I did not get. They were more like a... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Albums of the Year: Red Hot Chili Peppers- I’m With You
Upon further listening this album is so much better than everyone thinks. Josh’s vocals, Police Station, the general feel of the whole thing. As good as... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Witney Winter Festival- Sunday 18th December
Witney Winter Festival Sunday 18th December This Sunday Fat Lils in Witney is showcasing nine of the very best from above, inside and below Oxford’s indie radar... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
An Evening With: Conor Oberst (Napoleon’s Hat)
There’s a playlist on my ipod of everything i’ve acquired that Conor Oberst has recorded. I spent half the day listening to new music but as my girlfriend... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Albums of the Year: Lights- Siberia
Lights I’ve always felt with Lights you can tell what season it was when the songs were written. Her debut album, The Listening was specked with frostiness in... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Tracks of the Year: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Police Station
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Police StationThis song is as good as Californication and lyrically- it’s better. It only really depends on whether it’s released as a... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Tracks of the Year: Devon Sproule- Unmarked Animals
Devon Sproule- Unmarked Animals“A more unique and masterfully created track is hard to find. Since I first heard this track from her new album it’s been in my... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Tracks of the Year: Horrible Crowes- I Witnessed a Crime
The Horrible Crowes- I witnessed a crime Reggue infused with magnificent lyricism. I’ve listened to this track a stupid amount of times this year and am... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Albums of the Year: Horrible Crowes- Elsie
The review says all to be said about Brian Fallon and this record. It’s quite the masterpiece and remarkebly underrated. The Horrible Crowes It might have been... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Albums of the Year: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
I’m starting off my albums of the year round up with what I suppose is a fairly mainstream album, being the solo debut of a member of Britain’s biggest band of... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Outroversion’s December 2011 Mixtape
Outroversion Presents: December 2011 Mixtape Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds- If I had a gun Blitzen Trapper- Street Fighting Sun Darkness Falls- Hey! Team... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
New Artist: Harbour
HarbourBourne out of the ashes of The Echoes, Harbour are very much the same band but with completely different songs and a tangeably different sound. Does... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
New Music: Spector
SpectorUpon hearing Spector I had a rush of emotions that I haven’t been too privy to of late.The feeling of frustration that I hadn’t heard them sooner, that... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Bright Eyes & First Aid Kit: We’re Gonna Be Friends
Bright Eyes and First Aid Kit I don’t particularly like White Stripes but always had a soft spot for this track. In addition First Aid Kit are a sore spot as... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Stuck on Repeat: Devon Sproule- Unmarked Animals
Devon SprouleA more unique and masterfully created track is hard to find. Since I first heard this track from her new album it’s been in my head a few times a... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Outroversion’s November 2011 Mixtape
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds- Stop the ClocksHowling Bells- The Loudest EngineDevon Sproule- The Unmarked AnimalsThe Subways- Kiss Kiss Bang BangThe... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
New Music: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds If Liam Gallagher had called his band something as pretentious as Noel’s debut album, Beady Eye would have been even more... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
New Music: Frontiers
FrontiersFrontiers are four guys from Nottingham who are having some quite sideways glance inducing things said about them. Their sound is akin to the more... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC