A still from the film Pulp: A Film About Life,Death And Supermarkets Once again, Pulp find themselves positioned as the indie outsiders. While their recent reunion and album garnered much enthusiasm (despite being a little disappointing) it’s Oasis who yet again get the headlines, playing to thousands. I wonder how Jarvis, Candida, Nick and MarkContinue reading “The Rise- But Not Quite Fall- Of The People’s Pervert”
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New Release: Kim Deal- Crystal Breath
*Klaxon* Attention, good people of Earth! American indie goddess and Breeders/Pixies icon Kim Deal has a new solo album forthcoming in November, and the second single to be lifted from it, ‘Crystal Breath’, is absolutely brilliant. See the video here, it’s glitchy, it’s itchy, and you’ll want to shake your bones to it. Nobody LovesContinue reading “New Release: Kim Deal- Crystal Breath”
Album Review: Man Of Moon- Machinism
With issues around Artificial Intelligence very much becoming ubiquitous, this brilliant second studio album from Glasgow duo Man Of Moon is timely. As the title, Machinism, suggests, there are songs that allude to humans and machines, sometimes in symbiosis, sometimes not. There’s a sense of unease, throughout, as themes of societal problems in our dividedContinue reading “Album Review: Man Of Moon- Machinism”
Lost In Music: Bodega Are Brilliant
Aww. Forgive me for getting all gooey and gushy for a moment. It’s just the power of music again, casting its spell .*Sigh* I just wanna scratch their name in bubbly writing on my pencil case. New York based indie scamps Bodega just make me so happy. They’re intelligent, a bit subversive, and make neonContinue reading “Lost In Music: Bodega Are Brilliant”
MALKA Makes Hopscotch Pop
Can we all agree that MALKA, aka Tamara Schlesinger, is making some of the best pop out there? It’s warm, catchy and inventive, with a little of everything thrown into the cocktail mix, in terms of genre… As well as forming the collaborative Hen Hoose, she continues to tread her own original path. This newContinue reading “MALKA Makes Hopscotch Pop”
Overlooked Classics: Pulp- This Is Hardcore
Perhaps “overlooked” is a stretch- it was a huge critical and commercial success – but I reckon that Pulp’s sixth album is often forgotten in lieu of previous album ‘Different Class’. I prefer ‘This Is Hardcore’. Released in 1998, it wasn’t an album fans expected to hear. A sombre affair, it was the sound ofContinue reading “Overlooked Classics: Pulp- This Is Hardcore”
We’re Not The Mighty Fall…
In the brilliant Fall documentary, The Wonderful And Frightening World of Mark E Smith, the famous curmudgeon grumbled, ” There are all these bands saying,’We’re influenced by The Fall” .Fook off. That just means you’ve run out of fookin’ ideas. ” As ever, the wordsmith had a point. Many bands tried to emulate his stream-of-consciosnessContinue reading “We’re Not The Mighty Fall…”
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