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 [...]
Februar 24, 2010
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 on Me feels like its [...]
Februar 24, 2010
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 [...]
Februar 17, 2010
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. My [...]
Februar 17, 2010
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 [...]
Februar 10, 2010
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 [...]
Februar 8, 2010
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. ___________________________________________________ More info [...]
Februar 8, 2010
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 [...]
Februar 8, 2010
After a 2006 album created in collaboration with Air and Jarvis Cocker, Charlotte Gainsbourg returns with a surprisingly great LP written and produced by Beck. The nods to psych rock, junkyard blues, half-rap cadences, and ghostly ballads won’t shock anyone generally familiar with Beck’s oeuvre, but Gainsbourg’s versatile and vulnerable vocals add a depth missing [...]
Februar 8, 2010
New frozen weirdisco master, Combo, made a stunning entrance in trainspotters’ dj bags, with an amazing re-edit from Robert Hood’s Minus, quickly pointed out by Ivan Smagghe. By going through his re-edits and his compositions (more or less… (in post Combo, la Suède bleep en mode disco from My Life Is Acid. )
Februar 8, 2010
Questlove van The Roots maakte samen met Miguel Atwood Ferguson een niet te missen tribute voor de te vroeg overleden producer J Dilla getiteld Antiquity (via Moovmnt). (in post Antiquity from Crazy Birds. Download this at iTunes)
Februar 8, 2010
Emma Russack – Do You Think Of Me? Emma Russack – Sex On The Beach Both from the EP Peasants , released on Spunk A quick home recording never hurt a musical blowfly like me. Who needs produced… (in post Emma Russack from The Band Next Door. More by this artist at )
Februar 8, 2010
Big show this Thursday folks! Official Secrets Act are in town and they’re coming to join our MASSIVE-sized party at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen , complete with super visuals, mega DJ sets, and two other awesome acts… (in post This Week at OIW – Official Secrets Act! from Oh Inverted World. More by this [...]
Februar 8, 2010
Kraftwerk – Tanzmusik (1973) wellrespected : Ralf und Florian is such a fascinating transitional album to listen to, in that it so distinctly serves as a bridge between the heterodox experiments of Kraftwerk’s first two self-titled albums and… (in post Kraftwerk – Tanzmusik (1973)wellrespected: from A Post Punk Tumblr. )
Februar 8, 2010
Swedish electropop duo Lo-Fi-Fnk take their time between releases, but when they put something out, like 2008’s straggler single “Want U” (which can be heard on JeffMix2009.03.28 ) or 2006’s “Wake Up” (from their only proper album Boylife… (in post Song of the Week: Lo-Fi-Fnk march on from JeffreyGeoffreyBlog. )
Februar 8, 2010
Ah, as the release date for A Winter of Mixed Drinks fast approaches (March 1st) we’re being treated to yet more Frightened Rabbit goodness. Â The band have released the album track Fun Stuff for fans to download, and… (in post Yet more Frightened Rabbit shenanigans… from Eaten by Monsters. Download this at eMusic iTunes)
Februar 5, 2010
Our pals at Family Time have put together an amazing new 12″ compilation, featuring some of our favourite weirdos: Deep Sht, Blessure Grave, Trudgers, Ancient Crux and many more. From it, here is Twin Lion’s sinewy tribute to… (in post Roar And Storm : Twin Lion from Pinglewood. )
Februar 5, 2010
A lot of people are complaining that the new album from Hot Chip isn’t “AWESOME”, or one that doesn’t match up to prior works. “One Life Stand” is a grower. It’s not an album that’s going to sucker… (in post Hot Chip on Fallon from Cause=Time. )
Februar 27, 2010