Archive for September, 2009
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
The Slits’ new song and album
Trapped Animal The first full-length release in over 25 years from twisted UK punks The Slits signals another bold and utterly weird direction. Trapped Animal will be released on October 20 on Narnack Records, home to Iran and Lee “Scratch” Perry. The first known song from the upcoming album, ‘Ask Ma’, is a fruity electronica-driven [...]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
France and The Habsburgs
That Was Then, This Is Now From Sunderland, England, France and The Habsburgs is a Fall worshipping magnet. From their stony drum beats through to their repetitive guitar riffs, bouncy bass lines and dry vocals; they sound like a lost package from 1982 that’s only just reached its destination twenty-seven years later. But there’s no [...]
No Comments » - Posted in UK by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
The Dutchess and the Duke
Sunset/Sunrise The Dutchess and the Duke’s debut album She’s the Dutchess, He’s the Duke was one of my personal favourites of 2008, and it made its way into several end of year lists on various international blogs. It’s now time for a new single from Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz, plus details on their [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Seattle by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Featured Reviews
The Fruit Bats- The Ruminant Band 7/10 “… Johnson’s ability to sound like John Lennon (post-Beatles) one moment and Paul McCartney (Think ’70s Wings) the next, coupled with the band’s channelling of The Beatles’ pop, Allman Brothers’ hippy crop-rock and Yeasayer’s wallowing firecracker country makes for an entertaining night around the camp fire…”- Nick The [...]
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Kid Harpoon- Once
Kid Harpoon- Once 4/10 Tom Hull aka Kid Harpoon has been bounding around London since 2006, but due to certain creative delays he is only now releasing his debut album. Disappointed with his songs and feeling lost within his musical space, he paid a visit to Trevor Horn (The Buggles, Yes) to get some inspirational [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Bang! Bang! Eche!- New Song/EP Details
Sonic Death Cuntttt On November 3 Bang! Bang! Eche! will release their hotly anticipated second EP, sarcastically titled Sonic Death Cuntttt. Again it will be self-released, but this time it will happen across the world and will coincide with a world tour starting from the USA in October (including performances at CMJ), heading through [...]
