Archive for May, 2009
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Featured Reviews
Xrabit + DMGs- Hello World 7/10 “…Its lack of aggression in any direction is a tasty treat, despite exploiting some of the usual subjects… Trak and Coool don’t seem to have the urge to bring sexual desire into their hip-hop, it exists in moderation, but it’s rarely a subject they explore in any depth… taking [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Featured Reviews by Nick Fulton
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Passion Pit
Passion Pit – Manners 8/10 Overflowing with bubbly, emotive happiness, the first track ‘Make Light’ bursts into life within seconds and Michael Angelakos’ familiar high-pitch comes into conscious straight away. It’s a more rock, less electro-psych intro than what we’re accustomed to with this Cambridge, Massachusetts five-piece. Their previous EP Chunk of Change demands repeated [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Dappled Cities
Flightless Birds Dappled Cities from Sydney have been hot blog fodder for a few years now, and truth be told, I’ve never really paid much attention to them. Until today that is. I just stumbled across their brand new single ‘The Price’, which will feature on their third studio album Zounds out in mid August. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Australia by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
The Mars Volta – Cotopaxi
New Mars Volta song The first single from The Mars Volta’s new album Octahedron (out June 22) has been released. ‘Cotopaxi’ is a loud, fast, fresh, funky song from the Volta, in the vein of their previous work. Cannibal Cheerleader argued it sounds “less in-your-face” than their previous album The Bedlam In Goliath delivered, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Street Beat
Mystery Mountain Street Beat is a loop-based outfit from Auckland who recently caught my attention with their catchy, abstract electronic music. They’re possibly most easily described as combining the common sounds found in The Ruby Suns and early Animal Collective, with chiming bell sounds similar to that of El Guincho’s. Street Beat’s ‘one by [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
micromagician
Juno’s unrelenting hate Like gunshots firing out of a canon at synchronised aliens who are tweeting love poems to each other and scattering from distortion crashing in waves all around them, micromagician is a new noise project that reflects the inner ramblings of a creative mind too prolific and inspired to contain itself. The eerie [...]
No Comments » - Posted in San Francisco by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Dag for Dag
Don’t Let Me Down More music from Sweden, this time it’s Dag for Dag. The name translates to ‘day by day’ in English. Californian siblings Sarah and Jacob Snavely formed the band after years on the road, living and getting lost from San Francisco to London and many places in between, before eventually ending up [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Sweden by Nick Fulton
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Xrabit + DMGs
Xrabit + DMGs- Hello World 7/10 Producer Xrabit teams up with Trak Bully and Coool Dundee to create some mad hip-hop straight outta Texas. If you thought The Cool Kids redefined hip-hop with The Bake Sale then think again, Hello World rolls up to the bakery door and walks right on in, belting out fresh [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Okkervil River interview
Changing Gears The affable drummer for literary folk/rock band Okkervil River talks about the pitfalls of SXSW, trying to do an eco tour, the first woman to join their band and the weirdest place they’ve ever stayed on tour. It’s Winter in New Zealand, we’re in the midst of a recession that never leaves our [...]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Liechtenstein
Abolish All Cute Princesses Before the Vivian Girls became popular and made everyone swoon over their girlie post-punk, a little band called Liechtenstein from Gothenburg, Sweden were doing the same thing. Originally formed as a four piece band back in 2005, Naemi, Elin and Renee now hold the band together without Teresa, who left after [...]
