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Tinariwen – Matadjem Yinmixan
I can’t for the life of me watch the life been squeezed out of Barcelona. Bayern are truly wonderful but it pains me too much to watch Barca in the throes of such a humiliating thrashing. The only answer is […]
Korea In The Space – Hi
Quite bonkers, so much so that I’ve chosen to create a new category called Bonkers Pop to accommodate it. The it comes from an elusive Pittsburgh combo who appear to have a prolific enough demeanour but at the same time […]
Huntronik – Baldy
Not many acts can simultaneously sound like Pavement and the Inspiral Carpets while singing about late stage hair loss. Quite a diametric set of influences I’m sure you’ll agree but one which Greg Hunt and his Brooklyn based troupe are […]
The Bell – Whatever Did You Say
While I am prone to a tearful outburst at the oddest of events I can’t say there was much in the way of moisture aggregation at the announcement of iTunes 10th birthday. Still completely mind boggled at how Apple have […]
Starling Electric – Black Ghost/Black Girl
As much as it sounds like it, the persons responsible for this track have nothing whatsoever to do with Teenage Fanclub (or Cosmic Rough Rides for that matter). No offshoot, no Glaswegian heritage, nothing. Instead it is a creation of […]
Turtle Giant – Orange Grape
Looks like 2013 might be a big year for Turtle Giant. For starters they’ve just released their best song to date and ‘Orange Grape’ is set to appear on their upcoming debut album. As well as that it looks like […]
Bee Eyes – Double Sunrise
Reminds me of something that might have ended up on a mid-90’s Dead Elvis record. Namely a recording with shoddy enough production values but altogether pristine tuneage. A piece of work that would simply fall apart if it was given […]
Milagres – Here To Stay
I know what you’re thinking and I do agree that this Brooklyn 5-piece sound a little like Coldplay. Not that that is a bad thing, there are a million other bands that Milagres could’ve sounded like and they may never […]
Elephant – Skyscraper
This is perfectly pitched for Sunday evenings, a rambling yet distinct Beach House type stroll from London duo Elephant. Made up of the previously amorous couple of Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck Elephant have had a tempestuous history despite only […]
Alt-J – Tessalate
This has created enough speculation in adult minds that I’ve removed the offending shape from the Tupperware shape o ball that has been resident on our sitting room floor for over a year. And for the life of me I […]
Eagulls – Moulting
You know for a long time this was the way music used to be. Straight-ahead, not particularly clever in the lyric department, with giant chords and a vocalist who threatened to shred his vocal chords because he wanted to give […]
Doves – The Sulphur Man
If only Doves had kept up the quality that they had fashioned on their first 2 albums. We’d be talking about one of the biggest bands in the world I fancy, sorta Elbowesque, with anthems aplenty but with enough morose […]