Archive for September, 2009
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Land Of Talk: New song & EP
Fun and Laughter Returns
Returning for the first time since front woman Lizzie Powell suffered some quite serious vocal ailments in 2008, Land Of Talk has made a storming comeback with their new single ‘May You Never’ and bring with it news of a new EP titled Fun and Laughter, out via Saddle Creek Records on […]
No Comments » - Posted in Canada, Montreal by Nick Fulton
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Julian Casablancas single
‘Eleventh Dimension’
Thanks, Zane Lowe! After the recent announcement and subsequent excitement of The Strokes singer Julian Casablancas’ debut solo album comes a radio rip of his first single, ‘Eleventh Dimension’, mere hours after it was first played on Lowe’s show. Phrazes For The Young’s lead song is everything I hoped for and more. While at […]
No Comments » - Posted in New York, U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Weekend Gig Guide: September 18/19
Dear Time’s Waste at Mighty Mighty 23/05/09 (Photo by Carmen Gaffney)
Friday, September 18
Auckland
Dear Time’s Waste, Street Beat, Popstrangers and Basketball Nightmare at the Bacco Room
The Earlybirds, Dictaphone Blues and Calamity Jam at Cassette #9
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks with The Verlaines at The Kings Arms
Wellington
New Telepathics, Jonny On The Spot and […]
1 Comment » - Posted in New Zealand, gig guide by Nick Fulton
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Bipolar Bear
This City Is Sinking
The self-proclaimed “grungegaze” band from LA has been bubbling away for some time now, but has unfortunately failed to garner my attention until now, but boy I’m glad they did. Their new song ‘Goth Time Rag’ from their latest album, Harlem Pripyat, out on Mexican Summer, barely surpasses two minutes but it’s […]
No Comments » - Posted in Los Angeles, U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
T A N T R U M S
Midi-Evil Disco
Colourful triptychs of melancholy melodies collide with frosty drum machine ticks and rainbows of atmospherics layered upon eachother. The imploding sound cleverly dubbed “midi-evil disco” is the creation of Melbourne’s T A N T R U M S; Jade McInally (vocals/guitar/keys), Sarah Phelan (guitar/keys/production/programming) and Nicolaas Oogjes (percussion/trumpet). Taking the moodiness and bleak aura […]
No Comments » - Posted in Australia, Melbourne by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Times New Viking- Born Again Revisited
Times New Viking- Born Again Revisited
6/10
Born Again Revisited sees the TNV trio place more kooky pop in their gritty, sludgy mould they use for carving out their own niche of noisy bedroom pop. They could be crowned the arch kings of this new noise revolt, while Wavves is middling and Eat Skull is buried under […]
No Comments » - Posted in Album, Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
The Widow Babies interview
Well Nurtured Minor Players
In the early 1980s Los Angeles was the centre of a ferocious musical revolution. Bands such as The Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, The Germs, Black Flag and Bad Brains shook the foundations of popular music, storming the scene with a new style of hardcore punk music that attacked the political aspirations […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Los Angeles by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
May 68
Giddy Pop Euphoria
La Roux, Ladyhawke, Little Boots, Chew Lips; just a few of the artists that have been compared to young Manchester band May 68, who is about to embark on a tour with other capable acts We Have Band and Glass Candy.
The group comes from the Italians Do It Better mould but blend […]
No Comments » - Posted in Manchester, UK by Nick Fulton
Monday, September 14th, 2009
47 Diamantes
All I See Is Destiny
47 Diamantes is Gemma “Minty Fresh” Syme (Holiday With Friends, Diana Rozz) and Kelvin “Shorty K” Neal (Holiday With Friends, The Crackhouse 5). Combining catchy glam electro and nu-rave disco elements with old school punk vibes, the duo adds a fresh, meaty slice of conviction and determination to the local scene. […]
3 Comments » - Posted in New Zealand, Wellington by Sarah Gooding
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Moving Units
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Moving Units’ 2003 release Dangerous Dreams was a firm favourite of mine when it came out. Its songs ‘Available’, ‘Emancipation’ and ‘Between Us And Them’ flaunted the band’s trademark post punk and disco basslines, syncopated driving drums and energetic, erratic guitar spats. The whole band worked so well and was so tight, […]
