Die had ik dus even gemist: Supergrass uit elkaar was. Maar ik mis wel vaker wat sinds de Oor niet meer tweewekelijks op mijn deurmat ploft en 3FM louter DJ’s in een Glazen Huis stopt, die opvallen door een totaal...
Nina Mouritzen As a confirmed musical Scandiphile - I don't know if that's a real world but I like it regardless - I like to think each nordic country has a particular strength and style to them: Swedes excel at mating melody to melancholy, the best Icelandic music is evocative of the mystery and otherworldliness of the environment from which it springs, and Norway has given us black metal and a-ha. But Denmark... for a long while, they gave us Aqua. And also Mew and The Raveonettes, sure, but only recently have I began to detect a particular [...]
'White Noise' is the third single taken from former Supergrass man Gaz Coombes’ debut solo album, Here Come the Bombs. 'White Noise' is as it happens, one of the finest moment from what is a debut solo record that's certainly more than alright. Coombes is in wistful and reflective form. Opening with a finger-picked acoustic intro, before hitting it's stride with beautifully subtle [...]
We are halfway through of summer. Why not check out Dine Alone Records ' Steamy Summer Sampler . It's a free 20+ track download featuring music from their national and international roster which includes: Hannah Georgas Yukon Blonde City and Colour Neon Indian (Still can't believe he is on this label for Canada ) Library Voices [...]
Gaz Coombes Here Comes The Bombs Hot Fruit Recordings [2012] Fire Note Says: Here Comes The Bombs is a nice balance of Supergrass and everything else that frontman Gaz Coombes always wanted to try. Album Review: It has been two years since Supergrass broke up but four years since they released a record so there was much anticipation for frontman Gaz Coombes debut Here [...]
Kjell B Persson It's not unfair to say that Labrador Records has something of a "house sound", and not just for the Swedish accents. With acts like The Radio Dept., Acid House Kings, and Sambassadeur on their roster, they're a reliable source for warm, fuzzy, indie pop-ish sounds and so when they announce a new signing, it's usually worth paying some attention - even when on paper the artist doesn't seem have much in common with the rest of their roster. Or in the case of Amanda Mair , especially when. Not [...]
Por Juan José Méndez Es la segunda década del nuevo milenio. Blur , Pulp y Suede se encuentran re-explotando sobre repletos escenarios -muy lejos del estudio- el esplendor de los mejores días de la cool britannia ; mientras que Oasis , el baluarte que construyó, reconstruyó y eternizó la categoría britpop , acaba de desaparecer. Junto con la ex-banda de los hermanos Gallagher, Supergrass fue la única agrupación relevante de dicho período que permaneció -aunque más humildemente- en carrera hasta finales de la década pasada. Así, [...]
The solo debut from the former Supergrass frontman sounds a little like... Supergrass. And that might be a mixed blessing. If you're a Supergrass fan, then you may have been "hotly anticipating", as they say, the first solo album from the frontman of the now defunct Britpop powerhouse. Supergrass officially disbanded due to those oft-invoked "creative differences" in 2010, two years after their last (sixth) album, Diamond Hoo Ha, and shelving the album in progress, the still unreleased Release the Drones. The last couple albums released were good, but lesser than the earlier work. Since...
GoldFlakePaint One of my favourite non-Scottish blogs, GoldFlakePaint celebrated their second birthday last week. To mark the occasion they have compiled a cracking wee compilation album featuring some of their favourite artists. Released on limited edition CD and as a free download, the compilation features tracks from some cracking artists, including a few Scottish acts such as PAWS, Sparrow & The Workshop and Loch Awe. You can download the album for free via Bandcamp , also while you're at it check out GoldFlakePaint's site as it comes highly recommended. From The [...]
Given that Supergrass split two years ago citing "musical differences," I approached Gaz Coombes ' debut solo album with caution. After all, the one thing that’s been consistent throughout Coombes' career is his knack of crafting big pop hooks and catchy choruses, and my worry was that these might have been jettisoned in a bid to leave his past behind, and reinvent himself as a serious solo artist. Pleasingly, this is not the case as Coombes seems very much aware of what his audience wants to hear, and on Here Come The Bombs he seems to be [...]
For many it was a sad day when Gaz Coombes shut up shop with Supergrass. All good things come to an end, but is it onwards and upwards now heʼs set up stall on his own? A labour of love for Coombes, Here Come the Bombs is the result of months shut up in his basement studio tinkering with gadgets and gizmos, bashing at drum kits and, by the sounds of it, having a pretty liberating time. Bombs eases us into the fray with gentle percussive loops, cinematic strings and [...]
Would you like to win a copy of Gaz Coombes ' debut solo LP Here Comes The Bombs and two tickets to his show in London? Well it's your lucky day here at The 405 if so! To enter, answer this very simple question: Gaz Coombes was the lead singer/guitarist of which band? a) Supergrass b) SuperTed c) SuperDuper Send your answers to hello@thefourohfive.com , with 'Gaz Coombes Comp' in the header. Coombes' [...]
Lilja Birgisdottir Advance album streams are pretty par for the course these days, but if anyone can make it a special occasion, it's Sigur Rós . And they're certainly trying to. Though their new record and first in four years Valtari isn't out until May 29, the band will be offering an advance stream of the record on May 17 - that's today, people - but for only one hour. Dubbed " Valtari Hour" , it will roll across the globe at 7PM local time for [...]
As Dave Simpson said in his recent interview with the former Supergrass frontman, Gaz Coombes has made one of the most unexpected albums of the year. "It marries dark guitar anthems with sparse electronics, creating a haunting atmosphere of dislocation and contemplation," Simpson wrote. And as for Coombes, he explained: "I've always been a split personality" and "I'm a pretty easy-going guy, but I think about things a lot and have dark areas I visit occasionally." Read more »
You there, Best Fit readers. You have a chance to win two pairs of tickets to this year's Apple Cart festival , where we ourselves will even have our very own stage. The ever-generous Gaz Coombes , who'll also be making a musicial appearance, is giving away tickets to the all-ages music/arts/comedy/magic showcase event. Brought to you by the folks behind Field Day and Underage, the Apple Cart festival will take place at Victoria Park, London on Sunday 3 June. Fill in the form below to win, all [...]
By Nick Levine ( @nicklevine ) When planning the itinerary for last weekend’s festival of music and culture, it is surprising that despite being a resident of Camden, I have not heard of a number of participating venues taking place at the Crawl. The journey on Saturday starts late in the afternoon at the Electric Ballroom to see Denmark’s The Rumour Said Fire . Playing to a sparse but gradually filling up room, the band zip through songs from their debut album The Arrogant . Vocalist Søren Lilholt [...]
Frank Yang People will probably never stop referencing 19972s Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space as the iconic Spiritualized album, and justifiably so. It was Jason Pierce's grand breakup album with a soap opera-calibre backstory, it was the band's marker in the Britpop era (though stylistically they never really fit), it raised the band's profile immensely - I once heard "Cool Waves" coming over the PA at a Mongolian Grill restaurant - and was a gorgeous melange of psychedelia, gospel, jazz, and rock besides. It's the [...]
Gaz Coombes, ex leader dei Supergrass, torna a parlare di una possibile reunion della band. Dalle pagine del Guardian , il cantante sembra moderatamente possibilista: «Attualmente non c'è interesse per una reunion. Ma chi sa cosa dirò fra cinque anni?» Qualche mese fa era stato il turno del batterista Mick Quinn , che aveva definito "piuttosto probabile" una reunion della band. Coombes debutterà con il suo primo disco solista Here Come The Bombs il rpossimo 21 maggio. L'album sarà co-prodotto da Sam Williams, che ha già [...]
Posted in Music Box J'aime beaucoup cette chanson / Fine Music Selection & Homemade Mixes. Gaz Coombes, l'ancien chef des Supergrass dont j'ai déjà dit ici toute l'estime que je leur porte, lance le 21 mai son premier album réalisé des doigts nus de ses mains nues. Un album solo, donc. Faut-il obligatoirement en dire du bien ? Bien sûr que non, je ne l'ai pas encore écouté. Cela dit, j'aime déjà beaucoup « Hot Fruit » cette première chanson issue de « [...]
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