Archive for April, 2009
Friday, April 10th, 2009
The Mint Chicks
The Mint Chicks – Screens 6/10 Like The Mint Chicks’ career, Screens starts off interestingly and differently, but soon subscribes to a familiar mold we’ve heard all too much on the radio of late. But the largely live-sounding 2010 soon kicks it back into life. Surely one of the best songs on the album, it [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Future Of The Left
Future Of The Left- Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires 8/10 Freaky, egotistical, noisy post punk mixed in a barrel of punchy electric guitars and crunchy bass riffs (think The Fall’s rhythm section blended with The Horrors blinding punk energy). Last Night I Saved You From Vampires is the new live album from Welsh [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Friday, April 10th, 2009
The Fly Girlz
Representing NYC: Ages 12-14 Representing NYC is taking it back to street level, where hip-hop was born and is still alive and kicking. The initiative, curated by musician Sam Hillmer (member of Zs, producer of Dirty Projectors), is aimed at bringing under privileged East Brooklyn youth together to express their views on their surrounding environment. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New York by Nick Fulton
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
The Zookeepers
Ballin’ Outrageous Sassy raps and clusterfucks of synths reign on an icey scape of click tracks that stutter the same as the vocals. Cooing vocals swathed in echo and delay curve over throbbing magma that tinkles with little keyboards. As if The Unicorns metamorphosed into a hip rap group with nerdy synths and drum machines, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Mel Parsons
Mel Parsons- Over My Shoulder 8/10 Delivered with a slight southern twang that only the most observant listener will pick up, Mel Parsons mixes alt-country with contemporary folk music, musing about life and reminiscing on her colourful past. Growing up on a farm on the remote West Coast of New Zealand, often isolated from many [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
HEALTH
Marked For Death! The wonderfully heavy and ethereal HEALTH is back with a new 7″ boasting two new songs, the single Die Slow on Side A and the same song remixed by PicturePlane in an ace tropical club kind of way on Side B. Die Slow is an instantly catchy, alarming synth work out, juttering [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Los Angeles by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Connan Mockasin
Lost In London Our favourite twee indie-boy Connan Mockasin has been back in New Zealand recently doing a few whirlwind shows. I talked to him while he was at his parents’ place in Te Awanga, where he was wondering exactly why he’d come back here. In recent months Connan Mockasin has been very busy. Between [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in New Zealand,UK by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
CLUES
Come out, come out, wherever you are… The Unicorns were one of the greatest bands there ever was. For me, they’re up there with Nirvana, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles. Not just in sentimentality, but in songwriting prowess. Never did a band strike such a chord with me, make me so happy, leap around randomly [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Canada by Sarah Gooding
Monday, April 6th, 2009
The War On Drugs
The War On Drugs- Wagonwheel Blues 7/10 Philadelphia prog rockers The War On Drugs originally bonded over a shared love of Bob Dylan and it shows on this, their debut record. Perhaps not directly, but the band’s channeling of ’70s-inspired classic rock sets them on a steady path of success. Wagonwheel Blues is an easy, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Urbantramper
Environmental Superheroes The very first time I heard Urbantramper was on Radio Active’s ‘Indie Show’. The show was pretty pivotal in my early years as a music critic, and introduced me to a lot of good new music. Since first hearing Urbantramper years ago and right up to this current day I have been [...]
