Lightspeed Champion

The question is – would a change in headgear signal a change in direction? Moving from the cute wolfman look to the ill-fitting Yankees baseball cap may add a comical jockey-like dimension to Devonte Hynes’ image; but what about the music? Prolific is an over- used word when applied to musicians but the Lig

The first band onstage tonight were Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man. The band at first looked rather unsteady, vocalist, Frederick tapping his microphone like a curious uninitiated performer. After the first song however, the band soon warmed up. Frederick has a voice which is rather loud and very deep, (if you imagine the

It's good to see you're not all watching the Brits, says Dev Hynes, sole member of the extraordinary Lightspeed Champion.

Barfly Cardiff, Cardiff on February 7, 2008

In August Lightspeed Champion was to be found supporting Eugene McGuinness at his showcase gig at the Social.

Oyafestivalen, Norway

Maybe not mainstream but both have well received album's under their belts and are keen to showcase new material on their way to making that notoriously difficult 2nd album.