ALBUM REVIEW: Johnny Foreigner – Grace And The Bigger PictureWords: Gareth O’MalleyDifficult second album? Pfft. As if. The Birmingham noise-pop trio seem as though they had an absolute whale of a time recording this. ‘Grace And The Bigger Picture’, in the words of the band (Alexei Berrow, Kelly Southern and Junior Elvis Washington Laidley – [...]
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20091014_blocparty.shtmlMatt Tong at least, seems to be on his way out the door.
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mp3//This music video will either go down as one of the most iconic of all time or it’ll be laughed off in a flash. Alex Turner stands alone, tape recorder in hand, sporting a red turtleneck jumper and dark grey trousers. Girls will collapse, boys will squirm. It could assist ‘Cornerstone‘ in becoming one of [...]
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This at nature song is placed at the very heart of The Flaming Lips’ wonderful LP ‘Embryonic‘ and for some, it’s just another piece in the jigsaw whereas for others, it’s a complete turn-off. But we thought it good time to rate every single individual animal noise from Karen O that features on the song. [...]
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Massive thanks to IM//UR for this find.James Murphy has vowed to return in March and you can expect some pre-Spring pandemonium from the masses, akin to the ruckus amounted before ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion‘… (remember the hacked email accounts and the Christmas day leak?!).Why the fuss? Because LCD Soundsystem have a few fantastic records under their [...]
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Boredom is setting in on this fine albeit chilly Thursday afternoon. Having just been sent a nasty package from Gigwise with an Athlete CD requiring reviewing, I thought it good time to unleash some 140-character reviews on some of the stuff on the MFM stereo. |Under scrutiny this time round:Johnny ForeignerNeon IndianWashed Out andPhantogramAwww, here [...]
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http://www.nme.com/video/bcid/44775638001/search/NME“Laura, baby, I’m right hereAnd I don’t wanna fight anymoreI really wanna be your friend foreverFriend until the end of your-”The finest chorus on ‘Album’, but it doesn’t even match the sun-tinged guitar solo that closes the track. And consider that this very writer hates guitar solos the majority of the time. This visual companion
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Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.comCourtesy of Baeblemusic, this rather dimly-light performance of Wild Beasts, showcasing the finest material from this year’s ‘Two Dancers’ and the equally glorious ‘Limbo, Panto’ , is a sight (correction, sound) to behold.mp3: The Fun Powder Plot
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TRACK REVIEW: Grammatics – Double NegativeWords: Gareth O’MalleyNon-album singles are often ventures by bands into entirely new areas. They’re not meant to ‘fit’ on a certain album, instead bridging the gap between one record and the next. Grammatics have been one of the bands to look out for this year. The band’s self-titled debut has [...]
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Flaming Lips – Embryonicwords: Jamie MiltonWhen you approach ‘Embryonic’, it’s not totally unfair to approach it with haste. This is after all a band who, 26 years into their career, pride themselves on gutsy flings with previously unapproachable genres and combinations of sound. Rightfully, they have no fear, no limits.Holding that thought, [...]
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words: Jamie MiltonIf we are to believe claims from the band itself, Johnny Foreigner might be in the brink of releasing their last album. Financial meltdown could prompt it. Said meltdown could be prompted by the leaking of their albums. Now I’m sure many of you reading this will have inevitably got your hands on [...]
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Taken from this year’s ‘Eyelid Movies‘, set for a February re-release, ‘When I’m Small‘, were it to be stripped from the glossy synthetics, could have been written by a couple of 14-year-olds – fresh-faced but not that talented. It begins with a tranquil, teasing hip-hop beat before unleashing an amateur-ish, top E string guitar riff. [...]
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EP REVIEW: The Drums – ‘Summertime!’words: Jamie MiltonThe Drums choose to have the title of their latest EP placed in inverted commas. That could give some reasoning towards the desperately dark and squalid themes that emerge from a collection of songs that names itself after the finest, happiest of the seasons. “This ain’t what I [...]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Tubelord – Our First American FriendsWords: Gareth O’MalleyGood grief. Where exactly do you start with this band!? I’ll keep it brief: Tubelord hail from Kingston in the U.K., and are a three-piece – though listening to them you certainly wouldn’t think that. Believe me when I say that they make a hell of [...]
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words: Jamie Miltonoriginally scribed for gigwiseThey called it an ‘Indian Summer’, and we knew it was coming. It seems very boring to start a review with the weather situation but it did seem to dictate the days of everyone who eventually made it to the Hanbury Ballroom by 9 in the evening. What had preceded [...]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Boys Noize – POWERwords: David MolloyThe word POWER as the title of the second Boys Noize album suggests that this would be even more musically humongous, louder and hard-hitting than its predecessor, an unstoppable force setting out to pulverize everything in sight. Although in the end this turns out to not be the [...]
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Ezra Koenig has always liked the sound of his own voice. His pulsing, energetic tones sets Vampire Weekend’s debut alight and added a more spacious feel to every song. Here, all is replicated, this time sitting atop marimba percusssion of which Thom Yorke’s new drummer is responsible for.Forget the pretentious title (they can’t even manage [...]
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words: Jamie Miltonoriginally scribed for thisisfakediyYou’ve probably heard the press bio by now: Natasha Kahn, raised in Pakistan, moved to Hertfordshire, travelled down to Brighton to study an art and music degree in Brighton, gave birth to Bat For Lashes, got famous. That’s not the most difficult-sounding upbringing and with wealth from a very early [...]
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