Saam Idelji, Author at The Sights And Sounds

Dark Pop

[CONCERT REVIEW] Lust For Youth Get Stuck In Second Gear at London’s Shacklewell Arms

July 7, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

Scandinavia for decades now has had a reputation of producing some of the world’s finest pop acts. Past and present, the Scandinavians just seemingly make pop music that is effortless, tasteful and consistently innovative. With International – Lust For Youth’s most recent record – championing influences like the Pet Shop Boys, New Order and Depeche […]

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Dark Pop

[DARK POP/DUBSTEP] Grimes – Go (feat. Blood Diamonds) [Saam Idelji vs. Kavit Sumud Review]

June 26, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

Grimes released her followup to the groundbreaking Visions with, “Go”, just today. But our two avant-pop writers have vastly different opinions on the single. Check out both and decide who you agree with. Can Kavit Sumud (who loves it) shove his opinion up his piehole or can Saam (who was, uh, less than enthused) just […]

Bass

[RAVE/BASS] Jamie XX – All Under One Roof Raving (+ Jamie XX/The XX album news)

June 20, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

After the atmospheric ‘Girl’ and the bendy-brilliance of ‘Sleep Sound’, Jamie XX returns with another one-off single release – the magnificently titled ‘All Under One Roof Raving’. Earlier today (20/06/2014), the blogosphere went into brief meltdown when influential promoters Boiler Room posted a 43-second teaser of the new single. And now that the full single […]

Event Coverage

[CONCERT REVIEW] Girl Band Prove They Are The Real Deal At UK’s Shacklewell Arms

June 12, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

Let’s get one things clear: Girl Band have, potentially, the most incongruous band name in the world. And at the Shacklewell Arms last night (11/06/2014), instead of finding the obvious suggestions of their remarkably incongruous name, I found a (male) four-piece hell-bent on making visceral and destructive post-punk/no-wave. After two rather contrasting recent singles, the no-wave […]

Album Reviews

[ELECTRONIC] The Knife – ‘Shaken Up Versions’ Album Review

May 28, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

The ‘Club Silencio’ scene in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive featured the line: “the song a tape-recording…no hay banda…but yet we hear a band”. Upon re-watching Mulholland Drive several months ago, I was immediately transported back to two evenings in May 2013 where I saw The Knife perform ‘The Shaking the Habitual Show’. ‘Networking’ from The […]