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Clinic – Misty
We thought we had lost them to the sea of ordinariness but little did we know that Liverpool’s Clinic were clinging on for dear life, plotting a comeback to rival that of their incendiary early selves. Mark II includes all […]
I Break Horses – I Kill Your Love, Baby!
As you’ll discover as this song progresses words become entirely unnecessary, or at least it becomes unnecessary to understand what they are, when the sentiment is so clearly evident. There’s a slow build through a bank of fog until a […]
Gracie – Habits
There are obvious parallels between this and Paris Angels ‘Perfume’ but they may only be obvious to old timers that remember classics from a forgotten age. Namely one where the dancey bits tended to sound innovative in the context of […]
Cameras – Defeatist
Watch the video below and you’ll probably never get it out of your head, at the very least the images will reappear têteside each time you hear this anthemic number from Cameras. And I’m guessing that could be quite often […]
Is Paris Burning – Wild
There is really something unfettered about Kansas band Is Paris Burning. As if they were given a single hour’s studio time and had 6 months in which to plan how they’d use it. So many ideas, so much to squash […]
The Twin Atlas – Double Shot
It’s over in half the time it takes a 3-minute wonder to work its magic but somehow this effort from the Twin Atlas has charmed. Sadly it looks like the duo behind the song are no more having thrown in […]
Teleman – Cristina
What is it going to take to propel Thomas Sanders to something approximating stardom? Not his talent alone because to date even that colossus has failed. Tap Tap, Pete & The Pirates and even our meagre effort (listen below) have […]
Low Sea – Last Rain
This Waterford (previously Galway) based duo Low Sea just seem too good to be true. Here is a band that bolt so many influences into their armoury it could so easily destabilise and fall apart on the floor like the […]
Biggles Flys Again – Chambers
My brother, although a dear sibling of mine, is notoriously hard to please when it comes to new music. Much like that old lady Whelan(‘s) his soundtrack mostly stopped adding newbies around 1993 and for that I do respect him […]
Swim Deep – She Changes The Weather
Who knows, maybe God is a woman and she has finally decided that the cold snap should end so that we can finally end the minute-by-minute greasy cleanse from our children’s faces. Maybe not, but in the search to link […]
Swords – Special
Haven’t heard it mentioned in many places but from this corner it would appear like 2013 is turning out like a great year for emerging indie acts from Ireland. Artists that have pushed the strum to the side and gone […]
I Can Chase Dragons! – Cuantas Caras
Somewhat like a primeval El Guincho this is nothing less than the perfect distillation of tropical electronica. The words are rendered meaningless for the non-Spanish speaking amongst us but it matters not a jot because ‘Cuantas Caras’ is all about […]