Richard Lewis

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Articles

Taffy: lull (Club AC30)

3 weeks ago | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

Their first release since 2019s Deep Dark Creep Love, lull is a highly welcome return from Japanese dream pop specialists Taffy. Following the upheavals of the pandemic, during which frontwoman Iris lost several loved ones, lull is understandably melancholy. The group's melodicism and skill at minor key pop remains reliably intact mind, guided by the singer's hallmark vocals.
Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains: Âge Fleuve (InFiné)

3 weeks ago | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

A group deserving of a far larger audience and a stunning live act of many years standing Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains have resurfaced with eighth LP Âge Fleuve. Essentially multi-instrumentalist Frànçois Marry and a floating squad of friends and session musicians, the new set follows 2021s slightly muted Banane Bleue which had the feeling of clearing the decks of stray songs before setting out on the next project.
Healthy Junkies @ Dingwalls 2, London, 26.03.2025

1 month ago | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

A few tube stops from their manor in Islington, Healthy Junkies rock up in Camden this evening for a headline set at the legendary Dingwalls. Playing the second room, a space which not unpleasantly feels like being sat inside a wood panelled boat, the ‘Junkies are a stalwart presence on the capital’s music scene. With a catalogue stretching to six albums – most recent Listen To the Mad was released last month – the outfit’s work rate is highly laudable.
The Primitives @ The Horn, St. Albans 27.03.25

1 month ago | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

A reassuringly solid, if not quite as longstanding a presence as the city's cathedral, The Horn, St. Albans has been a firm fixture on the gig circuit since the 1970s. More capacious than expected, the live room tucked behind the back of the bar, is full to the brim for venerable indie pop specialists The Primitives.
Stuffed Foxes @ The Strongroom, London, 21.02.25

2 months ago | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

Evoking memories of the much-missed Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, a double hit of Continental space rock forms the top end of the bill at The Strongroom. Named after a vintage newspaper headline when the titular vat caused a flood in Boston in 1919, despite Huge Molasses Tank Explodes moniker suggesting a deluge of treacly guitar action, a la Dead Meadows, the outfit are Krautrock adherents.
Champions League table permutations as Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and Aston Villa learn fate

2 months ago | dailystar.co.uk | Neil Docking |Daniel Orme |Richard Lewis
Desperate Journalist @ The Garage, London 23.01.25

Jan 18, 2025 | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

Rounding off their recent mini tour Desperate Journalist conclude a flurry of activity in support of their recent album – which also happens to be last year’s best – No Hero on hallowed indie rock turf, The Garage, Islington. Consolation Prize, the upbeat conclusion to the new LP opens proceedings, followed by live favourite Why Are You So Boring? replete with added Public Image Ltd style “Hello? Hellos?” during the intro.
Stuffed Foxes: Standardized (Stolen Body Records)

Dec 16, 2024 | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

A going concern since 2019, French outfit Stuffed Foxes trade in maximalist psych and noise rock missives, crucially balancing the sandblasting ultravolume blow outs with stretches of calm reflection. The Tours based band’s second LP, Standardized was recorded live (at what sounds like near-defeaning volume), in the Rennes studio of regular collaborator producer, Thomas Poli with mastering handled by Spiritualized associate Matt Colton.
The House of Love @ Hangar 34, Liverpool, 30.11.24

Nov 27, 2024 | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

As kindred spirits who toured the same circuit and almost, but not quite appeared on the same editions of Top of the Pops back in the day, The Primitives are ideally placed to warm the stage for The House of Love. Trading in similar territory, jangle pop with psychedelic hues, the Coventry crew benefit from the venue’s spot-on sound, which sees Tracy Tracy’s pinpoint vocals pushed high in the mix.
The Folk Implosion @ YES, Manchester, 25.11.25

Nov 20, 2024 | beardedmagazine.com | Richard Lewis

An outfit whose members emerged during the era when Do-It-Yourself was a necessity, not a buzz term, US alt. rock stalwarts The Folk Implosion’s current UK tour underlines their resourcefulness. Their first dates on this side of the pond in over quarter of a century, playing eight gigs in as many days, the jaunt sees lo-fi wellspring Lou Barlow and John Davis handling all onstage duties between themselves.