When did this record come out? May ? Jeez Louise, it really takes some time to get around to these things. I meant to pick up Viva Voce's Rose City when it was released, but I never did; and not until after their excellent show at the Seattle Center Mural was I finally compelled to get my grubby little paws on it. I think you'll be glad I did. Or, at least, I'm glad I did. Can't really say what you'll think. . [...]
After Solange covered Dirty Projectors , a band on Domino, it's only fair the Londoners who sing " Dominos " have a go at a song by Knowles' sister. Fitting into A Brief History Of Love 's romantic aesthetic, they put their mark on Beyoncé's " Sweet Dreams ." It was recorded on Radio 1. As mentioned, Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell easily move between clattering post-Suicide, icy synth balladry, and radio-friendly electro-anthems (often with Jesus & Mary Chain and Happy Mondays echoes). So, which Big Pink do you get here? The moody, stripped-down result actually goes better [...]
Well thirty-four seems little different to thirty-three, apart from the fact that it seems to involve a severe headache and an aversion to bright lights. What I need is a lunch and the King's Wark and a couple of pints and I'll be right as rain. Hopefully. You'll be blindly indifferent to know that after my back injury (yes, months ago) I am now finally feeling brave enough to go back to playing some gentle 5-a-side football again. It's weird with backs - I've done some running, and it feels fine, but because I'm not all that confident [...]
Best Coast is essentially the work of one Bethany Cosentino. She's released some singles on various labels and this time out she's got a new double-sided single on Black Iris RecordsThe A-side here sounds like the Girl Group sound on indie-rock steroids. Or some crazy futuristic indie doo-wop mashup of Jesus and Mary Chain meets The Angels. Nice.When I'm With You - Best Coast (via The Fader)Best
By Michaelangelo Matos Indie isn't a genre any more than alternative was, but it denotes something important about the music in its tent -- where it came from, where it might go. ( iStockPhoto ) In a sense, the word "indie" crept up on the '00s. It didn't stage a hostile takeover on American rock fans [...]
"And though it's hard for me to say, I know you're better off this way Get away, get away". Vous avez très surement du entendre parler des Horrors , vous savez ce groupe au look ultra goth que lorsque vous les avez vus pour la première fois, vous n'avez pas pu vous empêcher de penser "on dirait trooop les Tokyo Hotel, han han". Laissez vos à priori de côté (les apparences sont bien souvent trompeuses) et plongez vous dans [...]
Misturando referências como The Jesus and Mary Chain e The Raveonettes, o Gliss faz um disco recheado de Indie Rock, Noise Pop e Shoegaze.Gliss - Devotion Implosion
I'm well known for my love of the Swedish Indie scene, especially those outfits that feature their trademark female vocals. Sad Day For Puppets tick all the boxes!!! This reworking of two tracks from their debut album Unknown Colours shows a more rock approach. Sonic Cathedral have unearthed a real gem in this band. We get the usual Jesus and Mary Chain comparisons when I read up on what the so-called 'switched on' press have to say. Personally I feel there are those comparisons, but you should not pigeonhole good [...]
Bonjour ! Heureux de vous retrouver cette semaine, prêt à vous délivrer votre dose de musique dominicale. Débutons cette sélection avec un album qui squatte ma platine depuis un bon moment déjà mais dont je ne vous ai jamais parlé. La demoiselle en question s'appelle Hope Sandoval. Pour la petite histoire, Hope Sandoval est la chanteuse du groupe Mazzy Star. En 2001, elle décide de mener une carrière parallèle avec Colm O Cíosóig, le batteur de My Bloody Valentine. Ils donnent ainsi naissance à Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions. Si ce [...]
whoa! i randomly grabbed the sunday reeds' drowning in history sometime in the past week, and after realizing i hadnt listened to it as of yet, decided to load it up in the ol' foobar and hit play. again, whoa! talk about feedback, glorious feedback. if there is one thing i love, but isnt done nearly enough and effectively anymore, its is feedback. maybe im just not listening to the right records? the sunday reeds hail from melbourne, and their drowning in history was released earlier this year via squirrel records . if you're a [...]
Every once in a while, the urge to search for new music creeps into the soul and without question beckons to bring those searching for said music to venture to the local record shop. With that being said, whether its divine intervention, fate or any of those other kooky titles to imply the present, sometimes you take a chance on a band that you've virtually never heard of. This case in point happened recently to me and my discovery of the excellent Brooklyn, New York shoegaze indie rock trio A Place To Bury Strangers . Without question, I decided to [...]
Shoegazing My Way Into A Friday Afternoon. One of our favorite tracks of 2009 comes from the sophomore album of Norway s I Was A King. Can t stop listening to it. It s like Teenage FanClub, My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain got together ...
For a whole bunch of complicated and related reasons, I sort of lost touch with music from late 1986 through to early 1990. Thankfully, I've been able to plug the gaps in my musical knowledge thanks in the main to my dear friend Jacques The Kipper who supplied me with all sorts of C90 cassettes over many years chock-full of great tunes that had passed me by. By the time I had even heard of Close Lobsters , they [...]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Live Vagrant Records [2009] (CD/2 DVD Set) Fire Drill Review: This release will fall into the category of fans only but if you are a BRMC fan then this CD/DVD collection is a must. The first DVD features over two hours of live concert footage from three sold out shows in Berlin, Dublin and Glasgow, while the second bonus DVD supplies you with ninety minutes of behind-the-scenes footage plus the making of the 'Weapon [...]
Started in 1989 by a few members of some D.C. based bands, Slumberland Records has become synonymous with great indie pop music over the last 20-years. Since 1992, Mike Schulman of Black Tambourine has helmed the label bringing us fantastic music from bands like Stereolab, The Ropers, The Aislers Set, Crystal Stilts, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. This week Slumberland Records is celebrating it's 20th anniversary with a pair of shows, Friday in Washington D.C. at the Black Cat ( tix ) and Saturday in Brooklyn at The Bell House ( [...]
Swedish shoegaze duo The Raveonettes have been promoting last month's release of their fourth studio album, In and Out of Control , with fellow shoegaze (and The Jesus and Mary Chain devotee's) newcomers Crocodiles on the Western leg of their current U.S. tour. "The Chosen One," a bonus track to the aforementioned LP, was released last week. It's a nice little bonus to an already positive record, that really fits with it as well. The [...]
Gunnar Bjorling I am convinced that somewhere within the Labrador Records offices in Stockholm, there exists a magical machine that issues mandates to bands on the roster as to what their next albums must sound like. For example, The Radio Dept drew "Belle & Sebastian meets the Jesus & Mary Chain" for their debut and then "depressed Pet Shop Boys" for the follow-up and The Mary Onettes , it seems, were told to make their new record Puzzles sound like "the Shout Out Louds covering Echo & The [...]
Good news for lovers of cantankerous, hyperacusis-afflicted songwriters (also, just plain old good news): Stephin Merritt and his Magnetic Fields will be back with their eighth LP Realism on January 26th. This comes after a year that offered a particularly momentous Merritt milestone in the classic 69 Love Songs ' 10th anniversary (alongside endorsing Puma and plotting to pen 50 successful Hollywood musicals ), but the world could always use new Mag Fields songs to hear, and indie rockers could always use new Mag Fields songs [...]
Gunnar Bjorling I am convinced that somewhere within the Labrador Records offices in Stockholm, there exists a magical machine that issues mandates to bands on the roster as to what their next albums must sound like. For example, The Radio Dept drew "Belle & Sebastian meets the Jesus & Mary Chain" for their debut and then "depressed Pet Shop Boys" for the follow-up and The Mary Onettes , it seems, were told to make their new record Puzzles sound like "the Shout Out Louds covering Echo & The [...]
Die großartige schwedische Indie-Wave-Pop-Band The Mary Onettes veröffentlichte am 04. November (30. Oktober 2009 in Deutschland) ihr zweites Album "Islands" und kommt für vier Konzerte nach Deutschland. In ihren schwedischen Heimat ist die Band längst kein Geheimtipp mehr und wird als legitimer Nachfolger von a-ha gehandelt. Und doch, trotz großer Erfolge ihres selbstbetitelten Debütalbums, zählen Philip Ekström, Henrik Ekström, Simon Fransson und Petter Agurén hierzulande noch zu den Newcomern. Was vielleicht an den obligatorischen Vergleichen mit Bands wie New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Jesus [...]
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