Blog: Vindictive Jukebox

Bonde Do Role – With Lasers Domino Let's get this straight Bonde do Role are NOT the new CSS or old CSS or have ANYTHING to do with CSS. Ok both hail form Brazil, have female lead singers and have a tacky/ironic image but that's where the comparison ends. Instead BDR are the new Fatboy Slim. Hear me out here. It will make sense. Like the big beat maestro , BDR are nothing but fun, in it's most hedonistic sense. In fact the sillier the better and as their debut albums proceeds, the party just doesn't and refuses [...]

Various Artists – Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend Volumes 1 & 2 Blow Up (1996, 1997 r : 2007) Joe Cool woke up. It was bright sunny day and he felt like a million dollars. He put on his shades (yep he was naked except for his shades) put on his flares (he went commando obviously) his best flowered shirt. Ran his hand through his hair and stepped out into the open. Oh yeah I forgot. Joe also grabbed EXCLUSIVE BLEND vols 1 & 2 and his discman. The second he plopped the cd in he [...]

So my album of the week goes to this gem Dirty Projectors - Rise Above. Basically the concept is very simple, DP lead singer David Longstreth decided to cover. ten tracks from Black Flag's 1981 alt classic Damaged. Allegedly ( and I believe this) he tried to remember the lyrics without referring to the album once.however [...]

It's amazing how a song a make you a quivering wreck. Just one song can make you press the repeat button over and over and over until your index finger develops a blister. Then when you've heard that song one gazillion times you then discover other tunes that the band offers and they are equally great. Enter The Indelicates. I have been going crazy... no INSANE over the songs on these guys myspace page. This is pure guitar pop perfection. Harmonies, dizzyingly good melodies and loads of [...]

Pump up the Jam! Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam Domino (2007) Nowadays the announcement of a new Animal Collective album isn't just something to look forward to, it's an event. Face it these guys are probably the greatest band of the 00's and why not? Their freaky campfire sing-a-longs and avant-garde soundscapes have captured the hearts of a lot of people out there and each new release brings out some type of aspect from them which was lacking in the previous album (more on that later) They sound so fresh and innovative that you can't help seeing why [...]

Dammit one of the joys of discovering a new artist (well she's been making music for a while now) is when the song just jumps out and attacks you like a rapid pitbull. George Pringle's music just does that. Beats just surge at your head and then Pringle nonchalant vocals and post modern lyrics spearhead each song so you're surrounded by her music. The best thing is that in some other person's hands this could have easily been some type of arty wankery but Pringle holds everything together by her sheer sense of [...]

After a massive three year wait, one of my top indie pop bands, The Boy Least Likely to, have some new songs. Thank goodness that both these songs are excellent, which warantees a sophomore album which may improve on their already impeccable debut, 'The Best Party Ever' The first song 'The Boy Least Likely to is a Machine' is far from mechanical and is just heartwarming from beginning to end. Sounding like a toybox version of Bowie's Scary Monsters (and super creeps) but injected with a Belle and Sebastian goodness, it already makes [...]

Gothy rocky! hauntingly good http://www.myspace.com/ipsofac tomyspace

folky poppy http://www.myspace.com/morning bride

Off kilter lyrics and wonky catchy melodies. great stuff http://www.myspace.com/thewave pictures

After 2003's 24 hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom) I thought that the Joy Division story was told and couldn't be expanded on. It turns out that I was wrong. Corbijn's film is more about Ian Curtis than his band and that slant does provide fresh look at the story. A warning those who are expecting a rock star biopic will be disappointed. Control is a film about Ian Curtis' domestic life, relations and affairs. Most of the music side of his life is almost secondary. [...]

As one can see, lately guitar based bands are trying their hardest NOT to sound like a guitar based band? Gypsy folk, Italian funeral, Gospel and African folk are all sneaking, snaking and enmeshing themselves into more and more bands. The result? A group of innovative and distinct indie bands, yeah this always existed ( i mean post punk thrived on African influences) but now it's the media (and me I guess) are picking up on it. But in a climate of Yeasayers,Beiruts, Gogol Bordellos and Vampire Weekends where does that leave the honest to gosh [...]

Yes I am a member. Every month I receive three next to awesome cds and listen to them obsessively. I guess I'll be listing and rating the selction. Here's February's pick : Pete and the Pirates - Come on Feet - 8/10 Vampire Weekend - Self Titled - 9/10 Pilooski - Dirty Edits - 8/10 Next album club date will be 8th March.

Haven't you been noticing that the DFA roster is improving? So far I've been buying every album release from the label and, not once, have I been disappointed. Now my latest DFA crush is on the up and coming Hercules and Love Affair. Combining disco beats with good tunes, this turn anything into gold (or maybe glitter) there's a smooth elegance in their whole schtick which gives them a classy edge. The new album's coming out on the 10th March so pencil that in your diaries. http://www.myspace.com/hercule sandloveaffair