Architecture In Helsinki: A Building On Fire

Andy Hazel , 16 November 2007

With the release of *Places Like This*, another chapter has been firmly opened, the spine creased and pages dog-eared, in the long and increasingly rambling book of AIH. A story that via the band's unique personal tales and skewed kindergarten-pop tunes, has taken the band from sharehouse beginnings to far-flung corners of the earth and the heights of independent charts the world over.

I'm From Barcelona: A Blur of Balloons, Good Times and Confetti

Andy Hazel , 20 October 2007

Emanuel of I'm From Barcelona speaks to Andy Hazel about organising a 29-piece band, touring, audience participation and upcoming singles.

Angie Hart at The Toff in Town, Melbourne

Andy Hazel , 20 October 2007

Angie Hart, once the frontwoman of 1990s twee-popsters Frente!, plays a homecoming gig in Melbourne after returning from a life in LA. Our correspondent reports on an impressive and emotional gig.

Gig review: Momus/Laila France/Kumisolo, La Flèche d'Or, Paris, 29/6/2007

Andrew PL+L , 02 July 2007

The inimitable Momus plays a gig in Paris; your humble correspondent catches the Eurostar there and braves dubious hotels to see it. It's all good.

Pikelet: Homemade Goodness

Andy Hazel , 26 June 2007

If a girl had been left a little too long in the nursery-room of a big country house in an outback town, sunlight slanting through long windows, bugs and a goldfish for friends, she may well have wound up making music like Pikelet.