Sometimes you just want to swap your techno shoes for a double denim ensemble and chew on a bit of straw. Enter, the Water Tower Bucket Boys.
Author Rebecca Parnell
James Yuill – Movement in a Storm
This is an album of promise, some tracks more hopeful than others, and some not quite reaching the high sights set by his debut release.
Efterklang & Danish National Chamber Orchestra – Performing Parades
Live albums are usually considered rubbish, but this CD and DVD combo of the wonderful Efterklang performing their epic album Parades is an exception that proves the rule…
Fionn Regan – The Luminaire, London 11/11/09
With his new material Regan is much more of a performer, and a brave one at that; his incredible daring and skill silently telling us to trust him, because he most definitely knows what he is doing.
Curly Hair – Ivy League EP
An endearing and promising record full of delicate vocals, catchy instrumental set-ups and bursts of nostalgia. Not to mention a large, imminent bout of anticipation for what is to come next.
Port O’Brien – Threadbare
Maybe once upon a time all they could do was sing, but ‘Threadbare’ proves that Port O’Brien are so much more than careless frolics around the sea and on the beaches.
Doug Paisley – s/t
Likened to Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s debut album I See A Darkness, and often musically comparable to Ryan Adams’ Heartbreaker, Paisley’s debut is a recipe cooked up especially for those who like their music uncontrived and sincere.
Micah P. Hinson – All Dressed Up and Smelling Strangers
‘All Dressed Up and Smelling Of Strangers’ is Micah P Hinson’s way of showing that not only does he have a penchant for his own songs, but for other peoples as well.
Like A Stuntman – Original Bedouin Culture
Original Bedouin Culture is unpredictable, and at times dangerously forward thinking and this album possesses every characteristic required to become a success.
The Dodos – Bush Hall, London, 03/09/09
On the plush carpeted floors of Bush Hall sit a couple hundred eager music devotees, waiting to discover, as many frequently do, whether or not flourishing band The Dodos deserve the extensive acclaim they have acquired.
Throw Me The Statue – Creaturesque
Doing what happy-go-lucky pop rock does best, the second album release from Seattle band Throw Me The Statue is the perfect album to be caught mid-sway to.
Exit Festival – 09 / 12 July 2009
The 10th Exit Festival in Serbia had a lot to live up to. And that it did with an impressive line-up of Kraftwerk, Arctic Monkeys, Patti Smith and, erm Madness…
OIB Records Split Series – Volume 2
One image comes to mind when anticipating an experimental EP featuring Suburban Kids with Biblical Names and Half-Handed Cloud. Cute, like a kitten. Rebecca Parnell reviews.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Fabric, London, 03/07/09
A performance that would be more at home alongside Sly & The Family Stone and The Mamas & the Papas at Woodstock than in the sweaty stone walls of Fabric, this band definitely deserve a hand clap or two.
