Frederick Bloy, Author at Atwood Magazine https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/frederick-bloy/ For the Love of Music Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:53:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Atwood-Magazine-Circle-Logo-2020-32x32.png Frederick Bloy, Author at Atwood Magazine https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/frederick-bloy/ 32 32 68941247 Sounds From the Ground: The Theatreship, London, 12 October 2024 https://atwoodmagazine.com/sftg1-sounds-from-the-ground-the-theatreship-london-music/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/sftg1-sounds-from-the-ground-the-theatreship-london-music/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:34:41 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=204409 The Theatreship © Frederick BloyIntroducing our column ‘Sound From the Ground,’ an intimate insight into the ever-evolving, animated, and enigmatic independent music scene in London. This first edition addresses a performance at The Theatreship, the world's largest floating arts centre, on the 12th October 2024.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/sftg1-sounds-from-the-ground-the-theatreship-london-music/feed/ 0 204409 “Music is essentially an infinite puzzle”: Jamie Stewart Discusses the Inimitable Sounds of Xiu Xiu https://atwoodmagazine.com/xxfb-xiu-xiu-13-frank-beltrame-italian-stiletto-with-bison-horn-grips-album-interview-music-feature/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/xxfb-xiu-xiu-13-frank-beltrame-italian-stiletto-with-bison-horn-grips-album-interview-music-feature/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:39:08 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=202944 Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart (R) and Angela Seo (L) © Eva Luise HoppeJamie Stewart elucidates what goes into formulating the incomparable soundscape of ‘Xiu Xiu-isms’, and the process for creating the band’s newest release, ‘13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips.’]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/xxfb-xiu-xiu-13-frank-beltrame-italian-stiletto-with-bison-horn-grips-album-interview-music-feature/feed/ 0 202944 Track-by-Track: Home Is Where’s ‘the whaler’ Is a Lifetime of Damnation, Lived Again, and Again, and Again… https://atwoodmagazine.com/hwtw-home-is-where-the-whaler-album-track-by-track-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/hwtw-home-is-where-the-whaler-album-track-by-track-review/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 07:00:27 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=201101 the whaler - Home Is WhereHome is Where’s second album ‘the whaler’ presents a hellscape where every day is one of inescapable suffering, presented through gnashing, layered guitars, vocal screeches, and poetry all at once bitter, defeated, and effulgent.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/hwtw-home-is-where-the-whaler-album-track-by-track-review/feed/ 0 201101 “A little gem only they know about”: Adam Bosarge Discusses His Growing Portfolio of Maximalist ‘Little Gems’ https://atwoodmagazine.com/ambg-adam-bosarge-music-interview-2024/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/ambg-adam-bosarge-music-interview-2024/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:21:19 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=200410 Adam Bosarge © 2024Adam Bosarge reflects on the internet success of ‘Structures Without Rooms’ and analyses the processes, tribulations, and occasionally, the philosophies behind rallying with his two following 2024 releases, ‘Familiar Shores’ and ‘A Bent Wing on Curved Light.’]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/ambg-adam-bosarge-music-interview-2024/feed/ 0 200410 Traversing the Labyrinth of Animal Collective’s “Defeat,” and Seeing How Much Has Changed By the End https://atwoodmagazine.com/defeat-animal-collective-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/defeat-animal-collective-song-review/#respond Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:00:39 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=199774 Animal Collective "Defeat" © Hisham Akira BharoochaAnimal Collective contend with the difficulty of change, in traditionally difficult fashion, on “Defeat,” taken off their 2023 album, ‘Isn’t it Now?’]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/defeat-animal-collective-song-review/feed/ 0 199774 Today’s Song: Connecting What Was, to What Is… or Trying to, With Vampire Weekend’s “Connect” https://atwoodmagazine.com/connect-vampire-weekend-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/connect-vampire-weekend-song-review/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:59:24 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=199096 Vampire Weekend © Michael SchmellingVampire Weekend have made a triumphant return with 2024’s ‘Only God Was Above Us,’ an album full of maturity, stylised through the reflectiveness found in songs like “Connect.”]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/connect-vampire-weekend-song-review/feed/ 0 199096