Sweeping The Nation — Or as we know them round here, The Band We Once Played A Quiz Machine With. Thirteen years in Islet are not only proven as one of Britain's most underappreciated acts, they're cast iron one of our greatest live bands, kinetic energy in the re... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Well, now. What an all-round shitshow that has been, eh? We won't go on about the same things everybody else has been on about, only to specify that it has been quite a good year for recorded music, not that we really posted about it because who ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Being twenty things that, knowing our previous record, will be very scattershot in terms of actually coming good. Sorry, everyone.There Is No Year is the slightly confounding title of Algiers' third album, due 17th January. The Underside Of Power... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Onwards in our survey of our favourite stuff that tells the story, or at least a hyper-specific version of it, of each year of the decade just finishing. 2013, then. It doesn't feel like it, either now or reading the contemporary view, but it was... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS caught up with Islet's Mark Daman Thomas to talk about his new solo project Farm Hand more info

Sweeping The Nation — 20 Low - The Invisible Way[iTunes] [Spotify] [Amazon]Low haven't been slowcore as such for a while now, but their raw delicacy still requires taking the time and effort to lose yourself in. This tenth album, for its occasional nods at gospel and ... more info

DrownedInSound — Released by the Movement proves once and for all that Islet need to ditch this façade of normality and just go bat-shit crazy. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Sweeping The Nation — His Clancyness - Zenith DiamondJust four and a half years or thereabouts since we first wrote about Jonathan Clancy's solo project he announces an album, Vicious out 7th October. Actually, maybe because it's now officially a trio, it sounds more in t... more info

Let's Get Cynical — So last month, Shape Records were kind enough to send me the new single from Islet, makers of one of last year’s most intriguing albums, Illuminated People (which I reviewed for Muso’s Guide here). Of course, I then repaid that kindness by … ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The propulsive madmen/woman of Cardiff jagged frenzy and instrument-swapping Kraut-psych-absurdity are back with a second album, Released By The Movement, in the autumn, from which comes a single out 10th June that, obviously, sounds nothing like nor... more info