Archive for February, 2010
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The Living Sisters
How Lavender Grows In just a few weeks time people will again to be talking about She & Him. The folksy pop duo of Zoe Deschanel and M. Ward is releasing their sophomore album titled Volume Two; in stores March 23. With the success of their first album (Volume One) and with Deschanel’s recent [...]
No Comments » - Posted in California,Los Angeles,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Monday, February 15th, 2010
HEALTH interview
Accessible:Noise When HEALTH released their debut album in 2007 it had a polarising effect on the most eclectic areas of the world’s music community. The little known band from Los Angeles quickly became recognised as a band pushing the boundaries, twisting and combining unconventional noise rock elements and making music that was so unique that [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in California,Los Angeles,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Math The Band: New Video
Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough We love Math The Band, because, well, there’s nothing wrong with a silly playful pop song. Sarah interviewed Kevin Steinhauser and Justine Mainville last year and they explained the insanity behind their music and just how it relates to their real life personalities. Their new video was directed by Chris [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Massachusetts,Rhode Island,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Shout Out Louds: New Single & Video
Falling Backwards In The Rain One of my all time favourite bands, Sweden’s Shout Out Louds has a new single, video and a new album on the way. The single, ‘Fall Hard’ will appear on the band’s third studio album Work, out February 23-26 (depending on where in the world you live). ‘Fall Hard’ is [...]
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Owen Pallett- Heartland
Owen Pallett- Heartland 10/10 Owen Pallett – who once played as Final Fantasy, has released his first album under his own name. Heartland is a concept album about an ultra-violent farmer named Lewis living in the fictional world of Spectrum. It’s strikingly original, and an early contender for album of the year. Pallett has kept [...]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
The Rest
Suspense; Without A Violin String They’ve been compared to the Arcade Fire but The Rest has a more auspicious sound, delicately sweeping over a swindled layer of percussion and wandering whimsical guitars. The Ontario band released their debut album in 2009 and it received glowing reviews across the world. The band declare that not [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Canada by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
The Soft Pack- Extinction
The Soft Pack- Extinction 6/10 San Francisco band The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims) present us with Extinction – an early singles and EPs collection of releases prior to their name change. It serves as a great introduction to the kind of garagey-rock and roll that they play, and chronicles their sound in the formative [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Recent Reviews
Songs- Songs 9/10 ”Songs replenish the mid-era Flying Nun sound, echoing The Clean, The 3D’s and Bailter Space. Sparse and reflective of many of the ’90s decadent riffs and vocal melodies, Songs drive home a sound that’s both whimsical and upbeat, but dogged and rugged around the edges.” Read The Full Review Songs- Different Light: [...]
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Songs
Songs- Songs 9/10 Max Doyle sings with a swagger in his voice that makes this a swinging record, full of rock ‘n’ roll hooks but free of the usual clichéd imitations. After releasing two split 7″ with The Bats and Love Of Diagrams, Songs is the band’s full-length debut. With heavy drones and spitting fuzz [...]
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Fan Death: New EP
The Art Of Confusion After gushing over Dandi Wind for a very long time I’m only just getting into Fan Death, Dandilion Wind Opaine’s other notable musical project in collaboration with Marta Jaciubek- McKeever. The duo has just released their debut EP titled A Coin For The Well and hearing the track ‘Soon’ has me [...]
