Soopsworld’s Week In Links: The Vaccines/Maximum Balloon/Dave Grohl is AWESOME/Belle & Sebastian’s new album/Gorillaz new track’s ACE

Hype can be a strange, unpredictable beast at the best of times and last night myself and my dear friends Lotts & Jess found ourselves witnessing an extraordinary example of it at The Vaccines debut gig at The Flowerpot. After … Continue reading →

Soopsworld Week In Links: Twin Peaks & Ninja Tune turn 20/The Bridport Dagger/Japanese Cat Does Stunts To Slayer/MORE New Music/Disco Al Desko

It’s not all (double) rainbows and unicorns in Soopsworld, exploring the shade that comes with the light can be as intriguing as if not more so whether it’s appreciating the dark undertones in a good lyric or aspiring to be … Continue reading →

Soopsworld’s Week In Links: Lissie/Holy Ghost!/Caribou/Spotify Disco Al Desko

Yes, it’s that time of the week already – and what a flip-sided week it’s been! Monday and Tuesday, man, I was just in a whole world of ‘meh’ then come the end of Wednesday and the Good Karma Dude … Continue reading →

Lissie – Little Lovin’

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I just saw Lissie at ICA and so giddy am I afterwards that I feel compelled to hunt out her videos on YouTube to somehow spread the word to you lot that she’s freakin awesome. Seriously. By the end of 2009 I, quite possibly like you, was sick of the sight of female solo artists. They were all too similar, too cultivated-quirky, too over-produced, too over-styled.

Then, like a breath of fresh air (or possibly more like wandering into a smoke-filled blues club you’d never been allowed into before) came Lissie Maurus. The girl sings like you wish you could, all blues and dripping in soul, haunting your thoughts then making you stomp your feet with tracks like this one. Catching A Tiger is the album you want to play loud, driving along country roads with the wind blowing through your hair, the slower tracks letting you meander upon memories long lost in your past.

Thank f**k for that.

Lissie ‘ Here Before’

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Bloody One Tree Hill, this was an amazing track before it featured on that filth…