I guess there are two ways a shoegaze band can go these days. Mix it up with electronica as the likes of M83, Perfect Blue, Ulrich Schnauss etc have done to great effect or party like it’s 1988 encompassing the sounds of the era and the scene that celebrated itself.
Whirl, on the evidence of these [...]
The full-length follow-up to Ys is no less ambitious, but this 3xLP set also has some of the most inviting and accessible songs of Newsom’s career. While songs here evoke moments of Ys and Milk-Eyed and Newsom’s harp is still the dominant musical focus, it’s striking how much Have One [...]
The German producer Hendrik Weber’s follow-up to This Bliss is big and dense with the kind of detail that rewards close attention. Weber is unlike most minimal techno producers in that he doesn’t look to locate one groove and ride it for the course of a track. His songs open up, unfurl, and regularly change [...]
Today seems to be the day long lost videos resurface! This one is by The Trudy for their single Oh! from a few years back which they claim they found down the back of the sofa. The band headline our free show at Rota next month which we co-host with Oddbox Records. Details here.
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Local Natives have a familiar sound– rustic vocals, harmonies, clattering percussion– but songwriting skill and youthful energy mark their striking debut. Advance singles “Airplanes” and “Sun Hands” recalled elements of Dodos or the Fleet Foxes, but the best comparison perhaps is that they’re sort of a West Coast Grizzly Bear– right down to naming an [...]
Am Montag dem 8.2.2010 hatte ich das Vergnügen in meiner Heimatstadt Aachen Friska Viljor live zu erleben! Und “erleben” trifft es dabei ganz gut! Es war ein sehr schöner Abend und die 5 Jungs aus Stockholm hatten gute Laune und tolle Songs mitgebracht. 2 Zugaben gab’s für das begeisterte Publikum im vollen Musikbunker! Größtenteils Lieder [...]
Odd Box Records teams up with Indie-MP3 for a free afternoon of indiepop at RoTa in Notting Hill.
Playing the afternoon are:
The Trudy
The Wednesday Club
The Sequins
The Gresham Flyers
It starts at 4pm. Finishes by 8pm. And it’s free to get in.
Guest DJ – Rocker from Dandelion Radio.
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More info on the bands:
The Trudy – http://www.myspace.com/thetrudy
London based indiepop band [...]
Ever since Hot Chip started as indie kids seemingly dabbling in classic soul and modern R&B, they’ve been underestimated. Delivering lines about “20-inch rims” and “Yo La Tengo” in a proper English accent, as they did on their 2005 debut, can have that effect. Yet on their two subsequent records– 2006’s The Warning and 2008’s [...]
