I Am Arrows – and so she thinks

Free songs for your Bank Holiday!

admin — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:51:40 +0000

As the name suggest, each week we bring you three of the best free downloads that are kicking around out there. From straight up indie to Indian influences, rock’n’roll to reggae rhythms, grizzling guitars or soothing strumming, this is the place to open your mind and ears and check out something new. After all, won’t cost you a penny!

Frenetics – Ella

Frantic and frenetic as the name suggests, this is glam rock and swaggering pop from the Yorkshire band Frenetics.

Lord Huron – Time To Run

An eclectic and electronic endeavour Lord Huron‘s Time To Run is a happy clappy tune frpm debut album Lonesome Sounds, released on October 9th, just in time to herald the end of the summer.

Andy Burrows – Company

Andy Burrows is offering up Company, from his solo album of the same name, released on Play It Again Sam, on October 22nd. The former Razorlight member deserves kudos simply for not being Johnny Borrell – this piece of raw confident indie is just an added bonus.

Free stuff! Smith & Burrows

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:49:03 +0000

This Ain’t New Jersey, a free download from Smith & Burrows, taken from their new album Funny Looking Angels which is out now. Referring to themselves as though they are in primary school in short trousers, Smith & Burrows are Tom Smith (Editors) and Andy Burrows (I Am Arrows/ ex-Razorlight). It’s taken from their new album ‘Funny Looking Angels’ which is out now.
Smith & Burrows – This Ain’t New Jersey by PIAS Entertainment
The album, which has something of a Christmas theme, is available to listen to on soundcloud.

Smith & Burrows ‘Funny Looking Angels’ album by PIAS Entertainment

White Lies, Everything Everything & I Am Arrows @ Shoreditch Town Hall, 28 Oct 2010

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:22:49 +0000

Francesca Baker

In a venue as grand as Shoreditch Town Hall, you don’t expect to be getting your rocks right royally off (in the musical sense) on a Thursday night, but when the line up is as good as this, I guess who would think otherwise.
I Am Arrows kicked off proceedings, and whilst ex Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows is probably used to some more exuberant crowds, the tight delivery and striking guitar work certainly whet the appetite of the polite audience. Combining the rotundity of We Are Scientists (his current band) with the ticking beats of Razorlight, the debut album should be a good’un.
Sprightly strings and bouncing vocals are what we’ve come to expect from Everything Everything, and tonight they were as effervescent as ever, running through the crowd pleasing ‘My Kz Ur Bf’ and ‘Suffragette, Suffragette’ amongst others. Shrill as a tin whistle, lead singer Jonathan Higgs was on sparkling form.
The band to really set things ablaze was White Lies. It’s sometimes dangerous showcasing new material, especially at a gig where the majority of the crowd are competition winners through Spotify and Three’s Now Playing series, but new songs ‘Streetlights’, ‘Is Love’ and ‘Holy Ghost’ were intense and engaging. Although there were mutterings that the new tracks did not really represent any boundary pushing on White Lies’ part, when hearing the dark ‘To Lose My Life’ and pulsating ‘Strangers’ you have to ask why anyone would fix something so clearly not broken. A thrilling ‘Farewell To The Fairground’ ended the night, but with new album ‘Ritual’ on the horizon, it looks like the fun is not over just yet.