Studying business management has taught me a lot. For example, it has taught me that telling your employee that they are: A. Not good looking, or B. Should invest in womenswear will not only not boost their productivity, but it'll probably make them less likely to endure working for less than £3000 a year. Yeah, I didn't last more than 2 months. CLEMENCE RECOMMENDS... POLVO [...]
Continuing our time theme for a bit, here are six mighty fine bands from the past you just may not have heard of yet - or am I underestimating you now? "But as sure as you're living, you know the time is now..." Wise words in troubled times. Spur - Time Is Now MP3 Fifty Foot Hose - If Not This Time MP3 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today MP3 Wake Ooloo - Time To Go MP3 [...]
Words by Rick Moslen So this is the series where I ramble on about classic indie/punk record labels fated to feed every music junkie's obsessive fix. This time I'm gushing about possibly the mother of them all. Hold onto your butts and stuff some earplugs up those earlobes, cause it's time for some raw, spazzing rock n'roll from Touch and Go Records. I know what you're thinking ... how can I rope Touch and Go 's extensive yet essential history into a mere blog post? That's like leaving your [...]
Here's the first new material from Polvo since their amazing 2009 reunion album, In Prism . "Heavy Detour" is the A-side -- backed with "Anchoress" -- and will also be featured on the quartet's forthcoming album sometime in 2012. Grab the limited edition, licorice-colored vinyl single over at Merge .
ALBUM REVIEW: If we were to shoot a band up in space in the late 19902s and then they landed back on earth in late 2011 they would probably sound similar to the music on Lenses Alien by Cymbals Eat Guitars . Ageless and pure indie rock that was somehow incapsulated in this experiment of fluid guitars; almost as if anything that may have come before may have somehow influenced them in a magnetically sealed hyperbolic chamber. Never afraid to just let it fucking rip Joe & his rock-o-naughts launch you into the outer rim in [...]
This showed up in my mailbox just a week or so ago and I swear I did a double take. A Shiny Beast retrospective CD? The fact that someone would go out of their way to put together such a disc isn't the part that caught me by surprise. In fact, Shiny Beast greatly needed it as a good majority of the tunes that they wrote and recorded were never really released. However, it's that it actually came out is what I couldn't believe. I'd heard about the possibility [...]
Back in 2009, Polvo showed '90s alt rock bands how to reunite successfully, releasing the comeback album In Prism , an album full of explosive guitars and knotty polyrhythms. They haven't gone back into the storage shed yet: They released a new 7-inch yesterday, the a-side of which, "Heavy Detour," is below. It's just the tops: It's got more guitar heroics than all of Activision, and some orchestral (at least guitars affected to sound like an orchestra) flourishes. When it comes to this style of music, Polvo > all comers. Listen here: [...]
Polvo — Heavy Detour After the triumphant comeback that was 2009's In Prism , Chapel Hill heroes Polvo have returned with "Heavy Detour", the lead-off single from their as-yet-untitled new album. Per usual, the math-rock founding fathers don't fail to bring the noise, pitting a thick guitar crunch against sweeping string flourishes. Expect great things. [ mp3 ]
Polvo's got a new seven-inch out today. Check out "Heavy Detour" and marvel at the fact that these legends still have some lessons to teach us. Order the "Heavy Detour" seven-inch from Merge
Absolutely crushing 10" extended play release from pack-leading, Boston-based noise rock juggernaut Soccermom . The quartet's 2010 single "Bill Cosby In Glamorous Chains" b/w "High On Dad" was an impressive debut, and early shows were remarkable, but Soccermom has further refined its attack. As evidenced by this six-song collection, the 'Mom continues to set its bearings via sonic references to early Lilys , Swervedriver and Polvo , but its live performances have become increasingly desperate, dynamic, precise and heavy. The band closed a set with the new song "Southern [...]
Math rock torchbearers Polvo returned in 2009 with their first full-length in more than a decade, titled In Prism . Now, a couple years later, Polvo have announced a new 73, giving fans the hope that their reunion album was not a one-off affair. "Heavy Detour b/w "Anchoress" is going to be released on limited edition vinyl on July 26th via Merge Records, and a preorder ( here !) gets you a demo version of b-side "Anchoress" for free. You can download "Heavy Detour" below. Plus, Polvo have a small amount of tourdates, which we also have [...]
Here is new music from Polvo with a new song "Heavy Detour" which will be part of a limited 73 b/w "Anchoress" coming out on July 26th on Merge Records. Check out the new track below. "Heavy Detour" by Polvo Related posts: Polvo - "Right the Relation" Video
Polvo return with a brand new 7" single, Heavy Detour , on July 26th via Merge . "Heavy Detour" is backed by the B-side "Anchoress" on licorice-colored vinyl and is limited to 1,000 copies. This is also the first new material from the quartet's forthcoming album. More details soon.
For anyone lucky enough to be in Perth this Saturday night, head on down to the Rosemount Hotel in North Perth for the launch of Umpire's stupendous debut album Now We're Active , which is now streaming in its entirety on Bandcamp . Tomorrow sees the Australian CD release and international digital release, with the international CD release to follow on 14 July. Visit the HSR Store to snap up some of the action. In further Umpire news, Now We're Active is feature album all this week on the Breakfast with [...]
Finally we make TGIF meaningful as we present track 5 of Umpire 's forthcoming full length Now We're Active . 'Jewellery Can Be Disturbing' was described to us by the band as their "big dumb rock song" but in actuality its their "big smart rock song"! Like The Posies playing an ode to Polvo, the track's huge rockery is smothered in layers of melodic charm. You'll be humming this sucker all through the weekend, trust us. You can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune [...]
Julian, Chuck and Sarah of Quilty sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? j: Strangelight (youtube) by Fugazi c: I Am A Scientist (youtube) by Dandy Warhols s: Greenville by Grass is Green . This is a Boston band who slept on our floor last week and gave us some [...]
Documentary: It's a lofty goal to try and answer the question "What is Indie Rock?" and capture the whole of the late 802s to early 902s scene before the great music blog plague that is upon us now. Indie rock splintered pretty much as soon as it was born into all sorts of sub-genres. ...We had paper zines back then to rely on and the internets was not accessible to everyone - it was a discreet affair. Sure in there were music scene curators like epitonic who were listening, and many amazing [...]
Buy These Tracks Download Chilean born Dinky is a long standing resident at Panorama Bar. Her warm, technical house sound, underpinned by intricate rhythmic and harmonic elements is a much loved staple of the scene. "Take Me" is a wonderful meeting of thuggish house and soul-infused, feel-good energy. A surprise break leads to unexpected vibes [...]
É rock; é pop; é electro. Eis o novíssimo videoclip para o single de apresentação dos POLVO - "Portas e Caminhos". A realização do videoclip ficou a cargo de Rodrigo Fortes. www.myspace.com/sonsurbanos Similar Posts: Nada mais há que interesse...
Let's stick with loud guitar rock bands from the 1990s. Or more specifically, the ones I was into then. Even more specifically, the ones that still make me make rock faces and dumb body contortions. I think I've previously commented on how badly a lot of the math-rock/post-rock/indie-anyt hing-but-cock-rock from that era has aged. Much of it has neither the fun/catharsis of rocking out nor the technical wherewithal to prog it up respectfully. (Have you listened to a June of 44 album in the last 10 years? Yeesh.) Anyway, these guys were good. Still [...]
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