Archive for October, 2009
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Islands- Vapours
Islands- Vapours 10/10 Unsurprisingly, Nicholas Thorburn and co have produced an album that’s dauntingly broad in scope, exciting in experimentation, continuously generous in flow and eccentric like the man himself. Thorburn has built his musical catalog on eccentricity from the very beginning with the weird and varied output of his first band The Unicorns, who [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Har Mar Superstar: Exclusive tour details
Har Mar Superstar specially requests Bang Bang Eche for US tour Har Mar Superstar’s (Sean Tillmann) assault on the world has just hit Hollywood, he has already acted in a couple of television commercials (Lynx, Vladivar Vodka) but now he has a minor acting role, playing a fight coach in Whip It, Drew Barrymore’s debut [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Nonnsha
Sugar Puff Nonnsha is a teenage girl from California called Shannon who makes music on guitar and keyboard and records this onto a multitrack. The recordings are primitive, there’s static distortion when she screams and she often floats out of key with herself, but Nonnsha’s music is charmingly creative and from the heart. Despite the [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in California,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Tegan and Sara: new song, album, book set
Hell Is Other People Canadian duo Tegan and Sara have announced the beginning of pre-orders for their new album Sainthood today and the first single is ‘Hell’. Fans can now place their orders from iTunes for the twin sisters’ sixth album and get two bonus iTunes songs, ‘Wrists’ and ‘Light Up’. The pre-order also comes [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Canada,Montreal,Vancouver by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Vampire Weekend: new song
“I’d Look Psychotic In A Balaclava” Vampire Weekend’s first track from their upcoming album fuses electronica blips with world drumming in a unique take on their trademark preppy pop. The band released ‘Horchata’ today in the lead-up to the January 11, 2010, release of their sophomore album Contra. It’s set to be an interesting one, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New York,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Recent Reviews
Jookabox- Dead Zone Boys 9/10 “It’s a colourful mess, but it’s also one of the most beautiful musical fusions of recent time.” Jookabox- Phantom Don’t Go: MP3 Read The Full Review Kurt Vile- Childish Prodigy 7/10 “At once soothing and discomforting, familiar and inhuman, classic and ahead of its time, Childish Prodigy [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Featured Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Jookabox- Dead Zone Boys
Jookabox- Dead Zone Boys 9/10 Prepare to have your head blown clean off by an exploding concrete ball of ferocious bass drums and guitars that’ll shock your spine with their intense therapy. Jookabox’s new album is a kaleidoscopic martyr; a hell-raising alert signalling the end of human existence. David Adamson’s third album, released by Joyful [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Grouper: New songs
In A Dungeon Without Light Reigniting memories of her live performance last year in Auckland, Grouper’s new tracks recently added to her myspace page perfectly capture her live persona. Using minimalist guitar chords as a back drop to her whimsical, shady voice, she creates a dark atmosphere, still and lifeless. ‘Hold The Way’ and ‘Vessel’ [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Oregon,Portland,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Stationary Odyssey
Lounging Around in Indiana To some people the word ‘post-rock’ makes them instantly turn away in disgust, but if you’re stupid enough to dismiss the genre all together then you’re doing yourself a major injustice. Take Stationary Odyssey for example, these guys have been making some great music for the past seven years and they’ve [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Kurt Vile- Childish Prodigy
Kurt Vile- Childish Prodigy 7/10 Kurt Vile has an apt name, his rich tapestry of work punctuated by spitting angst spoken word poetry amidst rolling waves of thunderous drums and great grungy/shoegazey guitar strums has a menacing, almost uncouth tone. But his hazy seasonal drones feed feeling and good intent into his work, and it’s [...]
