Archive for January, 2009
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Downdime are another impressive band on the Squirrel Records roster. Their début LP has just been released and even features an original Manhattan Love Suicide Eddy Lines on skin pounding duties. Whereas the Manhattans take their perfect melodies and press it through a fuzz filter - Downdime are all about ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
The Sunday Reeds are a duo from Melbourne in Australia. The band site bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Velvet Underground, Pixies and The Beach Boys among their influences. I can hear the Reid brothers early rock'n'roll blueprint on the songs on the bands ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Sexy Kids are a pop band from Scotland. Featuring three former members of the sadly departed Royal We. This release snuck out at the tail end of 2008 on Slumberland Records on beautiful pink vinyl.
The 'A' side 'Sisters Are Forever' is as perfect a piece of pop music that ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
I’ve been following Palmstruck for a few years now and remain perturbed and disappointed that too few others have! They recently signed to Liverpool based Project Records and this five-track EP is their first official release.
Harking from Manchester places a responsibility on bands to perform, albeit too often in ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
The Charade are the veterans of the Swedish indie pop scene with members being around in one guise or another (Happydeadmen, Red Sleeping Beauty, The Shermans) for over twenty years now. On their third album Keeping Up Appearances they stick with the classic indie pop template that has served them ...
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
The Second Hand Marching Band are a band of 22+ people from Scotland that play untraditional folk music. They are also members of another 20+ Scottish bands, such as Eagleowl, Q without U, Dananananaykroyd, The Just Joans, Lula Maes and How to Swim. They've garnered comparisons to Beirut and Sufjan ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
I've had this LP on fairly heavy rotation for the past week and I am starting to fall for it in a rather big way. At 20 songs and just over an hour in length - it's rather on the long side and I usually can't take LPs that go ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
WeePop! launch 2009 with a compilation titled Starting Anew. It features seven tracks by bands you may or may not of heard before.
The EP (or is it a mini album?) opens with Amida jangling their way through Chapter Two whilst Horowitz contribute their best offering to date with the wonderful ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Sheffield continues to churn out a wealth of new bands and that could mean that some don’t get the attention they deserve – the Interiors deserve your attention! They play spiky power pop that is hugely listenable. Imagine The Pixies joining ranks with The B-52’s, which might sound a bit ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Lostmusic Presents kicked off 2009 with a joint night with our pals at Sounds XP. There were four bands on the bill with Esiotrot headlining in support of their new single release (a split 7" with Foxes!) on the Sounds eXPerience label.
Here are some photos from last nights show.
Esiotrot
Puncture Repair ...
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