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"I've Been Swimming Where The Fish Won't Go" Known as much for their outlandish live shows, acid use and bad (ass) haircuts as their bubble gum meets screeching fuzztone sound, the Jesus and Mary Chain are undoubtedly one of the most influential bands to come out of the 80's. In the post-Lost In Translation world this seems rather obvious, especially with the rise of bands like Crystal Stilts
Artist: Crystal Stilts Album: Alight of Night Release Date: 28/10/08 Label: Slumberland Link: http://www.myspace.com/crystalstilts There are artists that wear their influences on their sleeve, there are artists that are slightly coy and downplay their influences; and then there’s Crystal Stilts. The Brooklyn based (What do they put in the water there?) group bluntly shout their influences from the...
Somewhere between Nico, Spaceman 3 and Sagittarius. That's what I was left thinking after listening to the seriously drowsy medicated pop of Beach House. It's weirdly intoxicating stuff... whacked out, zonked under, heavy lidded, twilight and burning embers... there's something...
Getting right to the point, is a strange name for a band, and Plantation to Your Youth is a strange name for an EP. Hell, Plantation to Your Youth is a strange EP in itself. It's a pop-psychedelic mix of distorted guitars, low-fi production, and lyrics that are, by turns, dark, dreary and depressing. But like the best psychedelic music, this stuff works like a new drug. It’s disorienting and maybe...
International Jetsetters - Never Slows Down. There's something to be said for pacing when you're making art. Whether it's a movie, a book, a record, whatever - if there's no build, there's no point. I love the way this song starts with that simple guitar chugging, then that hi-hat, then it all kicks in with Fi McFall's passionate vocals. Awesome. Interational Jetsetters also includes bassist Bert Audubert,...
Atlantic Vocal Groups 1951-1963” (Atlantic)--American popular music in the fifties was a stew of jazz, jump blues, and close-harmony groups; by the middle of the decade, rock and roll had taken hold. This four-disk set lovingly illustrates the transition through the era’s vocal groups--the Clovers, the . . .
The Black Angels - Doves - single review The Black Angels will cap off their incredible year in style with their new single Doves released on December 8th and an accompanying autumn tour. Doves shows The Black Angels as a band who since their sophomore album ‘Directions to See a Ghost’, released in May, have hypnotised and [...]
Sorry to hear of the death of Greg McCormick , better known as Itchy , who was one of the mainstays of Shock Therapy , a Detroit band that never had a lot of success locally, despite opening shows here for the Jesus And Mary Chain and Gang Of Four , among others, but made some major waves overseas, particularly in the U.K. and Germany. He was 44 and had been on the skids since he was sent to prison...
It’s been a busy week, what with the most important election in the history of the United States and all. But I, Scott Thill, proud American, am happy to report that I kicked off this new week of bewildering optimism with a cool chaser. The underrated guitar army Loop is coming back into print, after [...]
After four years of singles and EPs, Brooklyn’s Crystal Stilts have finally braved the waters of a full-length and like all good things, it’s well been worth the wait. A minute on Google will provide you with all the comparisons and supposed influences your heart desires (Joy Division and the Jesus and Mary Chain being [...]
Maribel are noisy four piece from Norway. They've just released a single called 'Taste the Trash'. It's a sleazy slab of noisepop - coming on like The Jesus and Mary Chain rucking with The Cramps whilst trying to remind us how great the 1988 version of My Bloody Valentine were. I've just ordered the single on the strength of the lead song that is available for streaming on My Space . The band have...
Feeding blues, garage, drone and avant-garde rock through fuzzed, wailing amps and guitars, Loop redefined spatial noise along with bands like Spacemen 3, The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. But it still unfairly remains the unheard standout...
We breathed a sigh of relief when we first discovered menswear label, Saint Augustine Academy. Since its inception in 2002, the Sydney-based team has risen to cult-status among individuals with a keen eye for sophistication and intelligent design. Playing on the lifestyle of a modern rock-and-roll star, the designers at Saint Augustine Academy are heavily inspired by the rock nouveau ethos that surrounded...
The forefathers of modern-day noise-rock release practically all of their odds-and-sods, which includes songs that are terrible, funny, exciting, bland, and utterly spectacular in equal measure.
