Archive for June, 2009
Friday, June 19th, 2009
British Sea Power- Man of Aran
British Sea Power- Man of Aran 7/10 Written and composed as a score for the 1934 cinematic master-piece Man of Aran, British Sea Power has taken their career to a whole new level. Out go the indie pop tunes and in comes an almost entirely instrumental album of epic post-rock and charred orchestral arrangements. The [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Sonic Youth- The Eternal
Sonic Youth- The Eternal 8/10 The Eternal is the sound of Sonic Youth changing. Shaking up their recording and rehearsing style as well as their label, their sound is revitalised and freshened up. Resulting are some strong, catchy and slightly strange songs that will stand the test of time, just like their forbearers. ‘Sacred Trickster’ [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Eat Skull- Wild and Inside
Eat Skull- Wild and Inside 7/10 Portland-based experimental noiseniks Eat Skull initially grabbed me with their epic, visceral, menacing chant crusting over into soda scum on ‘Beach Brains’. Wild and Inside is their second album, out on Siltbreeze, home to such other celebrated noisy acts as The Dead C, Times New Viking and US Girls. [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Patrick Wolf covers The Beach Boys and more…
Patrick Wolf does The Beach Boys I’ve always been a fan of a good cover, especially when a band takes an original and twists into something quite different. Patrick Wolf, the factory boy of hipster fashion, has recorded a cover of The Beach Boys’ classic Pet Sounds tune ‘I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’. [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Scotland,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Micachu interview
Shapes Of Things Before My Eyes Mica Levi has been surrounded by music her entire life; she admits to knowing little about life itself but it doesn’t seem to bother her. She’s emerged from the British underground like a hurricane, creating a musical genre all of her own. Whether she wants to admit it or [...]
No Comments » - Posted in UK by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
The Gossip- Music For Men
The Gossip- Music For Men 2/10 There’s no doubting Beth Ditto’s voice has a certain sting but let’s be honest, the reason The Gossip is popular is not because of their music. It’s because people are fascinated by the band’s obese lead singer, who has been painted by many in the entertainment media as some [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Chelsea Jade
Dream Sequins Imbued with the delicate aesthetic of Radiohead’s Donwood and Tchock and warmed with the honey glaze of Feist and Cat Power, any of Teacups singer and ocassional glock and keyboard player Chelsea Jade’s artistic endeavours are met with affirming smiles, as they’re all built with such love and constructed with lasting quality that [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Deerhunter live photos
Deerhunter w/ Dear Time’s Waste Monday, June 15, 2009 Montecristo Room, Auckland Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox caused a stir yesterday afternoon on Matthew Crawley’s 95bFM show ‘Happy Monday’. He was being deliberately obnoxious, swearing profusely and asking wonderfully curious, childlike questions. It was the best thing I’d heard on bFM in ages, probably EMJ’s favourite [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Live photos by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Ghostape
Hope For A New Day Just the thing to lull you out of your mid Winter sick slumber, bedridden and coughing. Many of us have been dragged down by colds and flues of some sort or other, and to begin work again after sustained periods of inactivity is hard. Enter: Ghostape, engimatic and inspiring experimental [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Switzerland by Sarah Gooding
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Dinosauruxia
Hidden Beneath The Waterfall A few nights ago I was lucky enough to have a chat with Sanna and Emilia from Finnish band Dinosauruxia. They were resting after a few nights out celebrating their graduation from High School. We chatted for just over an hour about the girls’ cosmic relationship before the late night [...]
