Screaming Maldini are a superb indie pop band that deserve more widespread acclaim. They've always made such fun and uplifting tracks and the new single is no different. It's name Life In Glorious Stereo. A chorus of voices ease you into the track, encouraging you to take the ride; and what a ride it is. Full of trumpets, guitars, pianos, drums… the list goes on and on but it doesn't become overwhelming, it all blends into a wall of sound that is simply enrapturing. The vocal melodies on show are also a joy to behold, and for [...]
>> Remember earlier this spring when we reviewed the DVD "Dinosaur Jr. Bug Live at 9:30 Club, In The Hands Of The Fans?" Well, it happened; here's the link . But in case you were having trouble getting that DVD to play on your turntable, new label Outer Battery, which also released the album from the old J Mascis side-project Heavy Blanket , is releasing July 10 the audio of the show on limited edition vinyl under the title Bug: Live . 200 copies of the record are being pressed to purple vinyl, and pre-orders [...]
Right, well that was a long three years, yeah? Since our last Show Us Yours feature, #13 from Richmond's Lubec , who are now Portland's Lubec ? Can you remember that far back? The feature takes Clicky Clicky readers right into the practice spaces haunted by our favorite bands so we can all get a sense of where the musical magic is made day in and day out. Show Us Yours is back in a big way at Clicky Clicky, and we can't think of a better act to kick it off than the Sheffield, England-based [...]
With the advent of a new year, there comes the scramble that most blogs get caught up in, to make their predictions about who they think will make it big over the following twelve months. I'm not sure about you, but one look at this year's BBC Sound of... list was enough for me to bury my head in my hands in abject despair. I'm a fan of only a few picks on that list; the rest failed to click with me at all. A much more pleasing alternative was the Blog Sound of 2012 list, [...]
With the launch of 'Johnny Foreigner Vs Everything' (review here ), Johnny Foreigner decided to put on two parties. Billed as VsLondon and VsBirmingham, their label Alcopop! put together a showcase like no other with a billing which could make most other indie labels a little jealous. For one night only, VsLondon comes to the upstairs venue of The Garage in London and it promises to be a good one. Arriving just in time to catch Screaming Maldini , I'm promised that [...]
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And so Screaming Maldini end 2010 as they started it : with an EP. Technically their third release in the space of nine months - I don't know about you, but I'm counting the four songs they unveiled in June as another collection - it finds them taking even bigger steps towards carving out their own niche. The focus, this time around, is not entirely on immediate pop songs (the title track has that one covered on its own, thanks very much); instead, among the four new songs, we have quite the odd [...]
AUDIOVISUALS/// Screaming Maldini - Restless Hearts And Silent Pioneers Merry prog-pop Christmas from Sheffield! This here is the opening track from Screaming Maldini 's new EP of the same name, out December 18th, and it's rather excellent as usual. Look out for our thoughts on it next week.
What an amazing time for indie rock. Each year we take issue with proclamations that any given set of 365 days was better or worse than any other set of 365 days, but we were very excited by what we heard this year, and what we think we'll be hearing next year. Musical trends ignore the calendar, of course, but we feel like in 2011 a lot of music is going to be informed by sounds characteristic of our favorite bands of the early '90s. Just a hunch, and this isn't the place to make that argument, but we feel [...]
Sheffield-based Screaming Maldini continues to blow us away with their nearly unrivaled talent for songcraft. And the sextet -- here abetted by director Jimmy Guy -- makes clever videos to boot. Enjoy their latest holiday offering, embedded supra . "Restless Hearts And Silent Pioneers" is the title track to an EP the Maldini will release 18 December via one of our favorite labels these days, U.K.-based Alcopop! Records. Pre-order the physical article from Alcopop! right here ; the collection will also be available through the usual digital music storefronts.
Sometimes being in a different time zone from your favorite band cuts your way, and some days you find yourself chasing the news cycle because you are slaving at the day job while said band finally divulges closely guarded secrets. But perhaps you've been shackled to a desk and monitor yourself, in which case this is the news: Birmingham, England-based noise pop titans Johnny Foreigner announced today it "walk[ed] away from doing a third record with Best Before" and instead will issue its "next couple of releases" on the charming Alcopop! label, home to indie standouts including prog [...]
Remember we raved about those guys Wolf Am I and Screaming Maldini a few months back? Well record label Alcopop have only gone and unearthed another gem. The Attika State hail from just down the road and around the corner; Sicily, Malta, Sri Lanka and Wisbech to be specific. 'Celebration?' is the first single from [...]
Holy mackerel, how did we miss this? We've raved about Sheffield, England-based prog pop consortium Screaming Maldini before, and we knew the stunning young sextet had filmed a video in February, but we're only now just seeing it. The clip, as astute headline readers have already gleaned, is for the song "Secret Sounds," one of the standout numbers from the band's excellent 2010 And The Kookaburra EP released on Alcopop [ review here ]. Last month Screaming Maldini posted four new tracks to its MySpace dojo , and we advise you [...]
I find it difficult to be impartial about a group who have named themselves after the best left-back football has ever known. Screaming Maldini clearly know world class when they see it parading around a football pitch in a red and black striped shirt. However, do they have the expertise to compare with the majesty [...]
I was sent some songs by Screaming Maldini sometime last year and if I'm honest, I didn't like them very much. When they were announced as the latest signings of the mighty Alcopop! , it seemed prudent to give them another try. Now either they have changed for the better or they just went over my head first time round, as they seem to be pretty damn good now. This is pop music that rejects the basic concepts of pop. It's awkward, jumpy music, but after a couple of plays, it's also a ton of fun. Their debut EP, [...]
Having recently toured with Music Liberation favs Stars And Sons , Sheffield based Screaming Maldini were guaranteed to get some generous ear time upon us receiving their debut EP " And The Kookaburra ". It was released late last month through the excellent Alcopop Records , home to the likes [...]
Words: Gareth O'Malley Fans of the sadly-departed Situationists , rejoice! The band may have folded a long time ago (nine months ago to be precise, but it feels longer), but Screaming Maldini have risen phoenix-like from the ashes. They are a sextet, led by ex-Situationist Nick Maldini , feature five (count 'em) vocalists, and use some brass instruments like trumpets and horns. It's already sounding a world away from Nick's former band, right? Well, their recorded output would dispel such thoughts: there are remnants of Situationists here, definitely - not [...]
Sheffield, England-based progressive pop geniuses Screaming Maldini finally issue their debut EP in mere days via the charming English indie Alcopop! Two of And The Kookaburra 's five panoramic tracks were previously circulated to the Internerrrds as demos a year ago, as we reported here . The three heretofore unheard tracks on And The Kookaburra are no less impressive and exhibit additional range (there's quiet, there's heavy) and patience. Not only is the intricacy (by which we mean incredible ease at making 5/4 pop music) and musicality (by which we mean incredible ease at [...]
Screaming Maldini Genre: French pop / 2-step / Pop From: Northeast, United Kingdom [...]
>> We're getting excited for chimp-rock standard bearers The Swirlies ' show Saturday night at the Middle East, and it would seem the Internet is also in the grips of a minor bout of Swirlies-a-mania. No fewer than three outlets previewed the upcoming shows Thursday, including Philebrity and Boston's Weekly Dig and Bostonist publications. We have an operative based in San Francisco who flew east to catch two of the shows, last night's set at Johnny Brenda's in Philly -- apparently The Swirlies ' first show in five years -- and the [...]
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