Archive for March, 2009
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
You, You’re Awesome
Not Just A Technicolour Movie From Cincinnati, Ohio, comes You, You’re Awesome; a mind quenching electronic machine who have already rolled out a very popular remix of Radiohead’s ‘Reckoner’. Today they unbundled their second EP titled You’re My Superhero and it is pure electronic madness. With effects blasting in every which direction, the duo of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
The Veils
The Veils – Sun Gangs 7/10 The press release projects that this is the first proper offering from The Veils, that their first two forays, Runaway Found and Nux Vomica, didn’t quite showcase their talent enough. Nux Vomica was a widely celebrated and mature achievement, but Sun Gangs sees the band swiftly assert their talent [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
The Horrors
Turn The Signals From Blue To Red Woo! The Horrors are back, but not as you knew them before. The band has released the first single from their upcoming album titled Primary Colours and it sounds like nothing previously heard on the band’s stunning début Strange House. The single titled ‘Sea Within A Sea’ is [...]
No Comments » - Posted in UK by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Milo Hoffman: RIP; Dinosaur Club: Welcome!
The Nerds Were Right! On Sunday the promising young Auckland pop band Milo Hoffman announced they have changed their name to Dinosaur Club, “cause it sounds cooler”. The band impressed EMJ when they played in November last year at Whammy Bar with Boyfriend, God Bows To Math and The Randoms, and though they were totally [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Local Natives: update
In Love with Local Natives I’ve read that for some this band conjures up feelings of flying and jumping out of airplanes. This weekend I’m going to jump out of an airplane so I will let you know if the two are similar. Even if Local Natives don’t give you the same skin-rippling sensation that [...]
No Comments » - Posted in California by Sarah Gooding
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Gameboy/Gamegirl
Fruit Fight! Crunk, Rattle n Roll Sadly Gameboy/Gamegirl is no longer together, but when I asked the band this week if they could play a show in Auckland in June, they said they’d consider reforming for one final show. Let’s hope it happens. For those unfamiliar with Gameboy/Gamegirl, they are a three piece electro hip-hop [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Australia,Germany by Nick Fulton
Friday, March 20th, 2009
Panther And The Zoo
Panther And The Zoo – Think About It Not Exploding (EP) 6/10 Clearly produced and pronounced, Graham Panther’s bittersweet vocals in Think About It Not Exploding derive from classic songwriters like Malcolm Middleton of Arab Strap, with the calmly plucked acoustic guitar lending another familiar edge. Familiarity is bred throughout Panther (and friends)’s debut EP, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Friday, March 20th, 2009
Fujiya & Miyagi
Fujiya & Miyagi- Transparent Things 7/10 Fijiya & Miyagi; named after a character from the movie The Karate Kid and a manufacturer of vinyl record players. Their second album Transparent Things is now available in New Zealand, two years after its original US release. Influenced heavily by Krautrock and 90s electronic music, Fijiya & Miyagi [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Friday, March 20th, 2009
Lawrence Arabia
Lawrence Arabia- Chant Darling 8/10 Reviewers are often critisised for comparing new music to The Beatles, but Lawrence Arabia’s Chant Darling is cut almost without fault from The Beatles back catalogue. The melodies are swift, harmonies undeniably catchy, James Milne’s voice sounds like John Lennon and the instrumentation is straight out of the 1960s. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Moron Says What?!
“I Like School” Moron Says What?! has just released their debut EP, but they’re having a bit of trouble understanding the whole music business thing. We had a few laughs together over some cupcakes and found out a bit more about the band’s future plans, fans and the Pop Up EP. For a band whose [...]
