So if you can make it through the Arcade Fire excitement you can also listen to a track off Maria Taylor's new release, Lynn Teeter Flower . And for a little pick me up take a listen to the 80's punk pop-rock of Charlotte Hatherley off her 2007 release, The Deep Blue . Next up I'll kick off my 10 day SXSW 2007 post fest because I have been wishing on stars and I have been tossing pennies into fountains for some sort of miracle takes place and I [...]
There's a new record from Charlotte Hatherley out this week, called The Deep Blue. It's her first since officially leaving Ash , and it's pretty solid. It's noticeably more relaxed than her debut 'Grey Will Fade', there are fewer spiky songs to jump around to (though 'Very Young' scratches that itch nicely), more emphasis on songwriting and arrangements. Check out the massive strings on 'Again'. The singles 'Behave' and 'I Want You To Know' bop along nicely, and opener 'Cocteau' is awash in effects and pleasantness. Pitchfork were surprisingly kind about [...]
Perhaps the catchiest song I've heard since the start of the year (close is The Klaxons - "Golden Skans"), the ex-Ash guitarist is distancing herself further from her former band, with the release of the Behave EP and on her own label too. Behave is an indie-pop wonder, the kind of understated song which reveals its brilliance in the weaving guitar hooks and the spectral chorus. Love it. Thanks to Gav for the heads up. Charlotte Hatherley - Behave [...]
I don't know why, but several people recently have left comments asking me to respond in some way, but then provided bad email addresses. If you actually want to contact me directly for some reason (sending promos, questions about music,...
" Sometimes you just move " Charlotte Hatherley ~ Cousteau from the Behave EP by Charlotte Hatherley
If this year was in fact 1997, Charlotte Hatherley would be called (admiringly) a "grrrl." She's a rocker in the Joan Jett style, loud and brash and fun, and though I have not heard anything from her previous band (Ash) or her previous album, she's really got her hooks in me for her upcoming record (entitled "Deep Blue"). Between the legally released single "Behave" and a radio rip of "I Want You To Know," acquired from Chromewaves , I'm thinking this record will fly off the shelves. Lady Sov was making the Brits look bad, in [...]
CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY "Behave EP" UPDATE: Hey, sorry, tried to post this, hours ago, but for some reason my Fetch wasn't working. Don't be surprised if there's a new post very shortly after this... I discovered Ash very shortly after their first single or two dropped. A friend from Minneapolis raved about the teenaged Northern Ireland punky trio and I bought in. "Kung Fu" was
I have been listening to this new single "Behave" off Charlotte Hatherley's forthcoming album The Deep Blue all morning, and I must say that it's incredibly catchy. The former Ash guitarist's followup seems to be taking a different direction from her low-key collection of powerpop on her 2004 debut Grey Will Fade . Listening to this single, it's obvious that the knack for great pop hooks is still there along with her excellent guitar skills but [...]
Charlotte Hatherley "Behave" - Charlotte Hatherley is easily one of the most underrated rock guitarists of her generation, mainly due to her own unfair obscurity, but also because her parts tend toward subtlety and rhythmic nuance rather than flash. "Behave" is a carefully tangled knot of muted emotions, and even when it loosens up, it's impossible to find the beginning of any particular thread. Her lyrics only complicate the matter by introducing a matching theme of co-dependence and willful submission, and her vocal performance obfuscates her intentions -- is her peace offering just a stay of execution [...]
Former Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley is finally getting the follow-up to her 2004 solo debut Grey Will Fade together. Where that record was a supremely hooky collection of power pop, she describes The Deep Blue , out in the UK in March, as "a more ethereal, thoughtful work, informed by her love of Kate Bush, David Bowie and Mercury Rev" which will also include a co-write with XTC's Andy Partridge. The first single is "Behave", which will be released as an [...]
The Adam and Joe show on XFM Radio is apparently no more. Why do I know or care about two guys I'd never heard of three days ago? Because during their last show on October 1, they played this-the first recorded output we've heard from Charlotte Hatherley's next album. Please forgive the radio banter, it's not easy to cut spoken stuff over the music unless you resort to a rather severe fade out. You'll live. The next album is currently untitled, but all the sound bits appear to be done-it's recorded, mixed, mastered, whatever. Despite all this, [...]
Irish band Ash are, effectively, Irish no more as they've upped sticks to New York. They reckon they spent so long working there , they might as well move there and have done with. Plus, you can buy a pizza the size of your head for 37p with the exchange rate the way it is. The new album seems to be a mixture of the good (psychedelic experimentation) and the bad (reports using the word "Coldplayesque"); they haven't run it past former Ashista Charlotte Hatherley yet, though. Tim Wheeler explains why: [...]
Untitled
Are You Gene Hackman?
nialler9
Comfort Music
Lessons From Things
Bon Ton
Little Elpees
The Yellow Stereo
Fluxblog Is So Hot Right Now
Chromewaves
angels twenty
No Rock And Roll Fun
OneSense Headphones Concept
J-Ax Meglio Live Tour 2012: la scaletta della data zero a Rovereto con l'omaggio ai Beastie Boys
Sound of Summer (v. 3.1)
