Never has the selling point of a band been so easily summed up for a lazy hack looking for a quick post: British Fleet Foxes.I am assuming that this latest single from the boys with the hearts of gold comes with a free stick-on beard to stroke whilst listening, such is the ear-hugging folk loveliness [...]
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The Goldheart Assembly - So Long St Christopher
The Temper Trap - The Science of Fear
Earlier today a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to come and see these Aussie stormtroopers live, and this propulsive electro-rock monster was the deal-breaker.TTT whip up a storm of noise with a somersaulting vocal take vying for supremacy over the top of it: “The Science of Fear” already sounds like it will [...]
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Passion Pit - The Reeling
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Another stuttering beauty from the Yankee purveyors of sci-fi lullabies for the discerning electro-head.This has a muscularity to it that was well-hidden on “Sleepyhead”: the beat is about as close to a break as you’re going to get with music this sweet-natured, and this sounds like it might be made for playing in the club rather [...]
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Showing: Eminem- 3AM
The title of this post is ‘Eminem- 3AM’, as I am, unfortunately, required to state the facts. I doubt, however, Eminem would ever dispute that this is most certainly a song by Marshall, the darker side of his personality.I’m sorry to say that the video is the most interesting aspect of 3AM, his third single [...]
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Absolute: The tale of Kid Cudi
It’s worrying to think that, 6 months ago, most people hadn’t even heard of Scott Mescudi, or Kid Cudi as he is now known in the industry. And yet, Cudi has already threatened to bow out, having achieved his dream in that time. Where did he come from, and how did this 25 year old [...]
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The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
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And so to the final post that I will make about these London-based post-punk romantics. The album is out on this Bank Holiday Monday, and it’s great.There’s been plenty said already about the fact that they have roped in the Arcade Fire’s producer, that they’re trying to “get serious”, that they may have over-reached themselves, [...]
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Burial & Four Tet come out of hiding.
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Burial & Four Tet- Moth (Link 2)There came a point in 2008 when the hype behind Burial’s identity became much bigger than the music he produced. Just as with Banksy, anonymity doesn’t sit well with the British public, and the tabloids do their best to either find out or make things difficult for individuals who [...]
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Breakdown: Patrick Wolf- The Bachelor Review
8.8/10Patrick Wolf has never done things by the book. Rather than concealing his flamboyant red hair, effeminate dress sense and choir boy voice, the 14 year old boy set out on a journey to prove the bullies wrong. Changing his last name from Apps to Wolf, he left school and home at 16, busking and [...]
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Kanye keeps the good times rolling… with the help of some friends.
It doesn’t look like Kanye is going to be moving out of the public conscious anytime soon. As well as a duet with Clipse and a spot on ‘Poke Her Face’, ‘Ye appears on ‘Magic Man’ with Malik Yusef, Common and John Legend, and has ‘Say You Will’ covered by Mos Def. The guy is [...]
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PI. Mr. Wolf mixes it up with Vulture
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Link Removed He changes his musical stylings about as much as his image. And whilst it appears Patrick Wolf can't seem to decide on his niche, almost everything he touches turns to gold. Why settle when you can lay waste to most other musicians, regardless of genre? God, it must be hard being so talented. Take 'Vulture', [...]
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The Big Pink
The Big Pink - VelvetSo these boys have been touted in just about every beginning of year “going to be massive” list, and not without good reason.Don’t be deceived by their name, which will bring to mind The Band and various hairy alt-country types: this is drone-indie of the highest order, with big waves of [...]
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The Cool Volume IV: ‘Rejection’
The Cool Volume IV- Rejection (Link 2) 72 MbSo… I have, unfortunately, met the terrible feeling of rejection. As you may or may not know, I decided to apply for college in the US this year and I received the last of my admissions decisions on the 31st March.We all go through these phases, some [...]
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Absolute: Noisettes. 2009. Their year.
[Myspace]Shingai Shoniwa is a goddess. She has style (ranging from grungy tutus to geometric dresses), absolutely shreds on bass and batters the mic into submission with her incredible voice. Mrs. Shoniwa is the beating heart behind Noisettes, a band that have long been troubling the mainstream, arriving fully formed with their edgy debut ‘What’s The [...]
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Daniel Merriweather- Chainsaw
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Daniel Merriweather- Chainsaw (Link 2)It’s been a long time coming. I’ve lapped up everything Daniel Merriweather has lent his incredible voice to, which, unfortunately, is very little.A cover of The Smiths’ ‘Stop Me’ was the highlight and critical lead single of Mark Ronson’s walk in the park ‘Version’. He was the voice on Wiley’s ‘Cash [...]
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The Maccabees - Love You Better
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This column has made little secret of its massive crush for The Maccabees in recent weeks, but their new single hit UK radio on Monday and is predictably outstanding. Could we love them any more? Probably not.“No Kind Words” sounded like their previous work, but just more pissed off: by contrast, this album opener fades [...]
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Post-It: Maximo Park - Wraithlike
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Maximo Park- Wraithlike (Link 2)noun [reyth]1. An apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person’s death.2. The ghost of a dead person.3. Something shadowy and insubstantial.Earlier this week, the first cut from Maximo Park’s new album “Quicken the Heart” was released (via their website), and I’m afraid to say that it didn’t [...]
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Topical: Michael Jackson returns, and I’ll be there to witness it.
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Michael Jackson- Xcape (Link 2)Michael Jackson- Pretty Young Thing (Demo) (U-Tern Edit) (Link 2)I’ve been waiting for this day for a long, long time. I’m a Michael Jackson fan, (pre-meltdown at least) and the chance to see him live has been a long time coming.There is something about this man, something beyond all the [...]
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Post-It: Unreleased Kanye
Amber Rose and ‘Ye. Two peas in a pod.Kanye West- Half Price (Link 2)‘Half Price’ took me back to those days. You know, the ones where rappers actually rapped? I’m going to commit net-suicide here, but ‘808’s & Heartbreak’ was nigh on perfect. I was shocked how perfectly placed each beep, each flipped note, each [...]
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Untouched/Absolute: Phoenix- 1901
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Phoenix- 1901 (Link 2)Phoenix- 1901 (Immuzikation Remix) (Link 2)Phoenix- 1901 (Mr. Vega Remix) (Link 2)For a new find (in the UK at least), Phoenix are doing a pretty good job of being featured everywhere. I stumbled across them a few weeks ago, prepared my post and then realised I had been roundly beaten to the [...]
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