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Absolutely, more than anything else discovered this evening, it becomes clear that churches, far from being a place for dogmatism and elaborate ceremony, are custom-built for performance. The booming echo, the arcane Anglican architecture, the automatic reaction of all attendees to be silent as is possible, it all points to genuinely affecting experiences in the company of the right artist...»
Laetitia Sadier is responsible for more than you might think. As a core member of Stereolab, she helped shape the underground climate as we know it today with a spirit of independence that few other bands have mustered. But now Sadier has a new band, Monade...»
After having proven their intense lunacy with In Case We Die, Architecture in Helsinki are in a rather fortunate position. With love from the indie-pop crowd an absolute sure thing no matter what they do as long as it's cute and weird, they have now a carte blanche to do whatever the hell they want with themselves...»
There is no way she can please everyone. Lily Allen is forever sealed as an artist that some people will absolutely love for her freshness, for her sass and her occasionally challenging subject matter, whereas some people will hate her for her weird enunciations, for her incessant glorification of the mundane and for her silver spoon status. Luckily for her, with singles as strong as 'Littlest Things', Allen has apparently started to tip the balance...»
To an almost empty room, Ueh start to play their apparently freeform psychedelic mouldings of sound, tides of noise and inimitable instrumental wizardry. Laetitia Sadier of Monade skulks around the back of the room for a while, before taking to the stage and thwacking a tambourine like a cool version of the Australian hippy from This Is Spinal Tap... »
Why, oh why do you do this to us Richard Ashcroft? Your disregard for melody is just getting in the way of your ego, which is in desperate need of popping as it is...»
It is a source of constant wonder that Trojan Records continues to eternally relish the task of finding something new and refreshing in their dank reggae vaults. This (checks CD again to make sure) 72-track collection of luminous gemstones from yesteryear is given, on disc one, the DJ Spooky treatment, which basically means an awful lot of scratchy noises over the top of some rather impeccable not-quite-standards...»
Wayne Coyne is a talkative chap. Between most of the songs he and his band perform this evening, there is some kind of story, some kind of anecdote pertaining to a worldly wrong, be it Donald Rumsfeld or George Bush, perhaps even those among us who tell you life only gets harder as you go on. These stories and anecdotes, charming as they are, are nowhere near as splendid as the pure synesthesia flung into your face when he just shuts up...»
Leading importers of quality French acts and party-throwers par excellence (French, yes?) The French Disconnection are doing it again - they've lined up Adam Kesher for the Autumn Collection and Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab's other band, Monade, for the Winter...»
This, then, is the last show that Arab Strap are to play in London. You'd expect some emotion, some sign that this is a fond farewell, wouldn't you? A little moistened eye, a little longing glance at the audience? Nah, pish off ye bastard, ye...»
Sodastream have that disgustingly brilliant knack of being able to make one simultaneously envious of their craft and sickened that they don't do more with it. It's like Salvador Dali suddenly deciding that floppy clocks are nowt compared to a nice cloud or two...»
