Touring Australia on the bequest of the all-conquering Coldplay, Mercury Rev stopped into visit Static's Chris Berkley to talk about their latest album Snowflake Midnight and an impressive career that cannot be reigned in by simple film analogies.
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The Eye Cannot See Itself – Mercury Rev in Conversation
Eels – Hombre Lobo
America's rock werewolf Mark Oliver Everett otherwise known as Eels howls twelve songs of desire on his seventh studio disc.
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Mmm Skyscraper I Love You
The parcel, delivered by broad shouldered security guards in an ominous looking black van and labelled Top Secret, fills us with trepidation. Inside is an album promo by someone called Julian Plenti, ostentatiously titled Julian Plenti is Skyscraper.
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Broken Records – Until the Earth Begins to Part
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If the news makes you sad, don't watch it rather listen to Broken Records' dazzling debut.
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Stuart Murdoch – God Help the Girl
Stuart Murdoch and a cast of thousands get by with some divine intervention in the long awaited God Help the Girl.
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Ape School – Ape School
Former member of Natural, Lily's and Holopaw, Florida's Michael Johnson aka Ape School shows off a whole new set of skills for his second album.
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Hatcham Social – Crocodile
Currently on tour in the states, South London-ers Hatcham Social have just released the second single from their debut album, You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil. Harking back to the classic English pop bands of the 80's, "Crocodile" has Hatcham Social pouring out a tall glass of Orange Juice to deliver their snappiest single to date.
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Pony Up – Stay Gold
Give it up, or rather give up your gold, for one of Montreal's premier exponents of indie-pop Pony Up, and their sophomore album.
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Alela Diane – To Be Still
Nevada City's beguiling folk heroine Alela Diane returns with a white diamond of a second album. Be still, our beating heart.
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The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
Oh my god! The third album from this Rhode Island folk trio proves to be a natural selection.
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Splendid interview with Splendour in the Grass promotor Jess Ducrou
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We chatted to Splendour promoter Jess Ducrou about the tremendous success of the festival, the process for picking the line-up and this year's bands (Bloc Party, MGMT, Flaming Lips, Friendly Fires), future expansion of the site and the improvements in ticketing technology
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Telekinesis – Telekinesis!
A protégé of Death Cab's Chris Walla, Telekinesis, certainly has the über producer's influence all over its thirteen power pop tracks.
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Into the Blue with Odawas’ Michael Tapscott
The Blue Depths which focussed on ambient old school synths and majestic, dreamy mood-scapes yielded great dividends resulting in Odawas' most cohesive album to date. We recently spoke to Michael Tapscott about the beautiful depths of The Blue Depths, the Odawa live experience including SXSW, soundtracks and the mystery of the sea.
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Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
"Bitte Orca is an album for the background of a high concept coffee shop on your hipster street". I'm getting that Reality Bites feeling...
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Joker’s Daughter - The Last Laugh
Producer Danger Mouse and vocalist Helena Costas come together as Joker's Daughter. It's a mixed deck by all accounts.
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Yvonne - Gothenburg - 1 June 2009
We all have those bands that represent a specific period in our lives. The ones we just couldn’t get enough of. Every time we hear them now we are transported back to the time we were a kid, a teenager or at university, or being with our first love. Yvonne is one of those bands [...]
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Silversun Pickups - Swoon
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Have the Silversun Pickups swooned too soon? We pickup the pieces of the LA band's second album.
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Stuart Murdoch’s Funny Little Download
Almost nearing release is the album from God Help The Girl, the latest project from Belle and Sebastian’s chief cardigan, Stuart Murdoch, which arrives on June 22 through Rough Trade Records. Expect a review of the album to appear on Webcuts imminently, but….We have a free download of their next single “Funny Little Frog”, originally a track which appeared on Belle and Sebastian’s Life P
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The Drones - London - 8 June 2009
The DronesRough Trade East, London8th June 2009Watching Gareth Liddiard sing is like witnessing a drunk arguing with his own reflection. His posture is one of vexed irritation, his face is strained, the tendons on his neck bulge, his entire frame in spasm. If there weren’t a guitar draped over one shoulder, you’d want to take [...]
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Drop Nineteens - Winona
Webcuts this week travels back to the year 1992 when all good indie boys wore horizontal striped shirts, had bowl hair cuts and held their guitars upright (see also Adorable). Cherry Red recently re-released the debut album from Boston's Drop Nineteens, one of the few attempts from the other side of the pond to successfully replicate the core elements of the UK shoegaze scene, and we approved s...
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