Oh Max, if only you knew what you did to us mere mortals, maybe you’d think twice about creating such evocative music…
July, 2010
Wolf Parade – Terminal 5, NYC 13/07/2010
Although it had been awhile since Wolf Parade had hit the Big Apple, it seemed as though they had never even left.
Circle of Sound // Consumer Power
Rich Hughes begins a new series of columns by discussing the consumption of music in the internet age.
Cut Copy give a taster of things to come with new download
Cut Copy, who produced one of the great albums of 2008 with In Ghost Colours, have offered up the first taster of their new album.
Pernice Brothers – Goodbye, Killer
Goodbye, Killer finds the Pernice Brothers sounding more enthusiastic, at ease and confident about what they’re doing than they have in a long time. Adam Nelson explains the connection between Joe Pernice and the novels of Katie Price.
Wavves – King Of The Beach
King Of The Beach is nothing short of a masterpiece for Wavves, and one that has triumphantly proved this prejudging writer extremely wrong in his assumptions.
Crocodiles: ‘Sleep Forever’
‘Sleep Forever’ echoes back to the fuzz and feedback of The Jesus & Mary Chain and when combined with this life-in-a-lava-lamp video their psychedelic potency quickly leads to sensory overload.
SOTD #104 // I Break Horses: ‘Wired’
Undoubtedly named after the Smog classic, I Break Horses couldn’t be further distanced from the morose folk laments of Bill Callahan. Like an aural tranquilizer; stocked full of irresistible pop hooks that spiral and churn deep down into the pit of your stomach causing temporary fits of dizziness.
Bowie Tribute Album to feature Duran Duran, Warpaint, Place To Bury Strangers & more!
An impressive cast of musical greats, plus some others, have joined forces to create a tribute album to David Bowie. We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie features the likes of Duran Duran, Warpaint, Chairlift, Vivian Girls, A Place To Bury Strangers and a lot more over the 34-track album. The release [...]
Deer Tick – The Black Dirt Sessions
It would be a mistake to describe Deer Tick as a one trick pony. After six years in the game and still without a trick to their name, this is a band content to circle the same old pastures of their ancestors without so much as a cheeky hoof out of place.
WOOM – Muu’s Way
A fiendishly uncategorisable debut from this befuddling, beguiling, engaging and quite charming Oakland duo.
TLOBF Interview // School Of Seven Bells
Adrian Mules sat down with Benjamin Curtis prior to their Pure Groove show to talk about their new album and upcoming tour.
ANR: ‘The Endless Field Of Mercury’
One of the songs of the year from one of the most loved (and blogged about) video directors of the year. Quite a pairing. Keep an eye out for ANR (or Awesome New Republic), certainly the best thing to come out of Miami since Gloria Estefan.
SOTD #103 // Thee Single Spy: ‘In Clay, In Cloud’
‘In Clay, In Cloud’ is slow in pace, yet quick in effect as the hum of organ and screech of guitar has enough to enthral the easily distracted listener. Modestly unassuming, miserable and wearing an honest heart on its sleeve, the previously unsung London has just been sung.
Hard Rock Calling (Bella Union Stage) – Hyde Park, London 26-27 June 2010
Discovering that uber-special record label Bella Union are curating a stage at the bloated spectacle that is Hard Rock Calling – a two day festival primarily sponsored by the burger joint of the same name – is akin to finding a lost Klimt buried away between the frozen pizzas in ASDA.
