Reissues don’t always have the best of intentions. However, when they bring to light material as good as this, they can be forgiven, according to Erik Thompson.
Saddle Creek
Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova to release album!
Back in 2004 two Nebraskan songwriters, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes and Jake Bellows of Neva Dinova, came together to recorded an EP – six years on, they’ve reworked it into a long player…
UUVVWWZ – UUVVWWZ
Ignore that name. Go on just try. It’s not too easy, is it? It raises plenty of questions, namely, how do you pronounce UUVVWWZ, and why on earth would you call your band that?
Dag För Dag – Shooting From The Shadows EP
Dag För Dag are a bit of an anomaly on the Saddle Creek label, but with Richard Swift on board can they go wrong on this EP? Catriona Boyle reviews.
Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains – S/T
Death From Above 1979 man finds synth power pop. Ouch. Ever wandered what it would sound like if The Killers decided to cover The Thermals? What about if they were covering The Thermals doing a cover version of Andrew WK? Read on…
Land Of Talk – Some Are Lakes
Land Of Talk’s latest shows them continue with the fuzzy guitars, powerful drums and behind the bridge playing that flowed throughout their debut EP. Only this time, a certain Justin ‘Bon Iver’ Vernon takes the production helm. Nice.
