Current Joys, headed up by Nevada musician Nick Rattigan, are best when they crank up the distortion, but that’s not to say there’s no merit in their sweeter moments too. Rattigan has a way with a bubblegum melody line, which he smears in glitches and crackles. So ‘Rosebud’ is very much about the duality. TheContinue reading “Album Review: Current Joys- Rosebud”
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EP Review: Strange Pink – Guest Room
How nineties are Strange Pink? They’re a young Brittany Murphy in a mall drinking Big Gulp in plaid before her role in ‘ Clueless’. They’re Kim and Thurston before the split but after the innovation. They’re a thousand college students railing against George Bush (Sr) Etc. There’s no doubting the Yorkshire trio’s love of theContinue reading “EP Review: Strange Pink – Guest Room”
New Release: Lana Del Rabies- Annihilate
More gorgeous menace from Lana Del Rabies. ‘Annihilate’ comes from the depths of hell to bring messages to the living. Business as usual in short. This pinch of darkness is taken from the forthcoming album which will be released next year. The video is beautiful too, in keeping with Del Rabies’ industrial goth aesthetic. http://www.feralcronerecordings.bandcamp.com
New Release: Ibeyi- Moshpit
Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz are back with a brilliant new single and as ever, their music is at once ethereal and earthy, made for hearts and dancefloor alike. ‘Moshpit’ comes from the most recent album, ‘Offering’. They go from strength to strength, giving us steely beats, but so heavenly in harmonies. http://www.ibeyimusic.com
Album Review: Death Valley Girls-Welcome To Earth
Picture credit: Sheva Kafai Portents of red moons,flowers and cosmic symbols? Must be the new album from Death Valley Girls. The gals who once convinced Iggy Pop to do an Andy Warhol and eat a burger in their ‘Disaster’ video, are back, with a few changes to their winning formula, but it’s still recognisably them.Continue reading “Album Review: Death Valley Girls-Welcome To Earth”
Bloc Party- Then and Now
Bloc Party’s debut ‘Silent Alarm’ is -bizarrely -twenty five years old this year. For me, it still holds up, because it has that sense of urgency. ‘Helicopter’ is a banger among bangers. And now, their new album, ‘Anatomy Of A Brief Romance’ is out, and they are still worth listening to. They’ve weathered the storms,Continue reading “Bloc Party- Then and Now”
Peaches Is Back!!!
And she seems to be tackling the effects of menopause in this video. Ha ha! I always thought she was a superhero and this proves it. Excellent video, catchy track too.
Album Review: Arab Strap- Half-Told Tales
This new album, the ninth from the inimitable Falkirk duo, sees Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton on fire. It’s not often that a band gets a new lease of life later into their career, but then, they’ve always been one to buck trends. Few speak to the creeping malaise as accurately as The Strap. FromContinue reading “Album Review: Arab Strap- Half-Told Tales”
Arab Strap Are Fighting…The Seven Signs of Ageing
Rejoice! For arch Falkirk indie satirists Arab Strap are back, and on fighting form. The new single, ‘Glamour Magick’, is excellent, taking a pop at quick -fix solutions for the truly vain and vacuous. It’s a nice antidote to the uptake in cosmetic surgery, weight loss jags and skin remedies across the world. Trust AidanContinue reading “Arab Strap Are Fighting…The Seven Signs of Ageing”
Album Review: Josh da Costa- New Wave Graveyard
“Welcome to the US, 80s, 90s”, Mark E Smith once chanted. We’re firmly entrenched in both decades in Los Angeles singer-songwriter and musician Josh da Costa’s rather charming debut solo album. Easy breezy jangle like ‘Proving Me Right’ and ‘Cordelia’ shimmer like cinematic Cadillacs on hazy highways, and ‘Skygirl’ and ‘Hospital Clown’ bounce like 90sContinue reading “Album Review: Josh da Costa- New Wave Graveyard”
