Music Fan's Mic
Blog URL http://musicfansmic.com
Located Brighton, East Sussex United Kingdom
Tags album reviews, alternative music, experimental music, musical opinions, new music
Opinion and album review-centric, Brighton-based music blog. Band interviews and various opinions on the best new music.
Latest Blog Posts
- The Mercury Program – Chez Viking on Nov 20, 2009 in 2009 album review Album chez viking the mercury program
Words: Gareth O’Malley They say that you should never judge a book – or in this case, an album – by its cover, but if you were to make assumptions about The Mercury Program’s fourth record, ‘Chez Viking’ based on i...
- Opinion: The Bitter Taste in Grammatics’ Mouth on Nov 20, 2009 in 2009 opinion bust-up cello grammatics
A couple of weeks back, Leeds-band Grammatics announced (to very little reaction) the departure of their cellist Emilia. We hear about these “mutual parting of ways” every now and then, from Ira Trevisan exiting from C.S.S for “fear...
- Initial Thoughts: Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind EP on Nov 20, 2009 in 2009 initial thoughts Animal Collective avey tare EP fall be kind
It seems funny that Animal Collective choose to release their music for the grimmest of months. January and December – the start of winter and the end of warmth. Their songs are sun-appropriate, uplifting, life-affirming and yet every time I li...
- INCOMING: Beach House – Teen Dream on Nov 19, 2009 in 2010 Release Details beach house fooled you mediafire rapidshare teen dream
26/01/10 Initial thoughts coming soon 0 people like this post. Like ...
- Gypsy and the Cat – Jona Vark on Nov 19, 2009 in 2009 new music gypsy and the cat heatwave jona vark Pop summer
top photo: Delaney Allen Summer 2010: mark my words, you’ll be hearing a lot of this. And Gypsy and the Cat are another reason why I think MGMT recorded something really significant in ‘Oracular Spectacular’, by giving way to Empire...
- Visuals: Vampire Weekend – Cousins on Nov 19, 2009 in 2009 Video contra cousins Vampire Weekend
First single “proper” from next January’s Contra, ‘Cousins’, in our wealthy opinion, might be Vampire Weekend’s best song yet – a ferocious, feel-good, blink-and-you-missed-it punk number. This nifty video go...
- Initial Thoughts: Beach House- Teen Dream on Nov 19, 2009 in 2010 initial thoughts beach house norway opus teen dream
The name Victoria Legrand has slowly crept up on us in 2009, despite Beach House not having released a single thing over the past twelve months. Her appearance with Grizzly Bear on the New Moon OST and her use of backing vocals in said band’s t...




