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A Month In Records: March 2005
A Month In Records: March 2005
disnews by DiS News March 30th, 2005
Hello April, goodbye March. As we sit through Easter still desperately waiting for a more- than-fleeting gimpse of the sun, we at least had a whole more bunch of records to ease our pain with perhaps not as many as the vast splurge of recordings that appeared in January and February, but still very much enough; With so many reviews passing through these pages though, it could be quite easy to miss something special, or avoid making a poor purchasing decision.
DiS gives you the ten records that aren't necessarily the best, nor the most high-profile, but arguably the LPs which have raised the most eyebrows or sent people limp with disappointment.

Annie - Anniemal
A preening, sheening glazed Krispy Kreme of a pop album that seems to allure some yet reject just as many... regardless, our writer seemed to think that 'Anniemal' is the work of a singer that 'manages to draw you into her after hours world with all the skill and finesse of an expert snake-charmer'. ...
read Tom Edwards' full article


Ambulance Ltd- LP
The indie band's indie band - in America at least. Having done well with this record stateside, LP finally gets a release over here and it's largely good... but not totally as our review occasionally clasps his hands in fret at the occasional Maroon 5 blunder.
.read Julian Ridgeway's full article


Dinosaur Jr - Dinosaur / You're Living All Over Me / Bug
A three in one treat, as DiS purveys the re-release of Dino Jr's initial offerings to the world. As Mike Diver himself intones: "Immortality established, reunion imminent; what better time is there for a trio of Dinosaur Jr (nee Dinosaur) reissues?". Apparently, none...

read Mike Diver's full article


The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute
Actually released at the end of February, but reviewed a little later, the headscratching madness of 'Frances...' has driven many a listener to madness already - joyful or otherwise... read the review. You decide. Whatever, you should certainly hear it...
read Chris Nettleton's full article


The Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
After a quick re-think in the media, the Kaisers are now the band most tipped to do very very well indeed. America and Bahrain await it seems, and all on the basis of this, their debut record. Is it really Britpop refried? Or is it another in the glorious traditional of brilliant observational guitar music?
read Rob Webb's full article


Idlewild - Warnings / Promises
Probably the subject of the biggest DiS musical debate since... ooo, the Bloc Party album two week's previous...the key point being; is it any good or not? and if not, WHY not? DiS attempts to wrest with the subject with a slew of floral words and fancy witticisms... 
read Gareth Dobson's full article


The Stereophonics- Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
Worryingly, lead-off single from the 'Phonic's new album was largely hailed as A Good Song. The people then stood with bated breath to see if they could pull off the trick with the long player. And did they..?
read Anthony Gibbons' full article


Bender- Bender
Mike Diver says that 'Bender’s eponymous debut is a record possessing an exposed soul – every song here is delivered with the utmost passion, albeit in a muted fashion'. Adie Nunn reckons in fact that it makes her want to stick needles in her eyes. An interesting selection of viewpoints. God bless the 'challenging record'.
read Mike Diver's full article


Engineers - Engineers

Shoegazers? maybe so. Constructors of depth-filled, joyously sizeable music? Very much so. Grab a large bag of dope and explore the joys of the Engineer's debut record. It's good, y'know...


read Matthew Butler's full article


Six Organs Of Admittance  - School Of The Flower
When a member of the ultimate psychedelic prog-rocking band of our time decides to join forces with a ‘free-jazz sensation’ to create a lo-fi folksy affair, one feels obliged to take note of such a potentially exceptional collaboration, doesn’t one? Indeed you do, and indeed, you will be rewarded...
read Raz Rauf's full article


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