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Elf Power - Back To The Web
Despite being in their twelfth year, you could be forgiven for not knowing who Elf Power are. After flirting briefly with the UK music scene back in 2000 with 'A Dream In Sound', the three albums that followed showed promise yet ultimately fell short.»
The Wendy House - Welcome
The harsh reality with budget compilations is this: they’re rarely any good. Unfortunately Welcome yields the same end result as most other releases of this nature.»
Jackson Analogue - West of Here EP
If instead of selecting the core of Rage Against the Machine, Chris Cornell instead emerged with some guy from Counting Crows and some of Kings Of Leon, then the Jackson Analogue would probably be the result.»
A Life In Bandages - Final Act of Treachery/Skeleton Mare
A Life In Bandages’ statement is clear: they’re here to eradicate musical conformism, but why preach change so vocally when you’ve borrowed your sound from others?»
Wire Jesus - The Intruder/Another Day
There’s no denying that the sense of imagination surrounding Wire Jesus is interesting, but they may find themselves overlooked by those who favour something a little less overblown.»
The Video Nasties - Demo
Not only have The Video Nasties concocted a potion for the present out of that which was consigned to the past, they’re favourites of Xfm’s John Kennedy and they’re still in their first year of existence.»
Warner Music buy Rykodisc
Music giant Warner Music Group have snapped up Ryko Inc, home to Rykodisc, for a mere $67.5m (£38.7m).»
Daft Punk - Musique Vol 1: 1993 - 2005
With most of the songs in chronological order, ‘Musique Vol. 1’ is the sound of Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo going from underground house producers to zillion-selling dance icons in the blink of an eye.»
Heartwear Process at London Monto Water Rats, Sat 01 Apr
The Heartwear Process just shouldn't work, yet the Reading quintet somehow find themselves just weeks away from the release of their debut single.»
Million un-Dead: Frank Turner readies debut EP
A mere six months after the dissolution of Brit punk-rockers Million Dead, their former frontman has already announced plans for his debut five-track EP...»
Robert Pollard - From A Compound Eye
If someone, somewhere built the perfect house out of indie, only for a giant ACME bomb marked ‘WARNING: lo-fi’ to drop through the roof from a great height, then 'From A Compound Eye' is the sound of Robert Pollard picking through ground zero.»
The Council - The Council - EP
It is not uncommon for PR blurbs about small new bands to be Liberal With The Truth. Perhaps they believe I will just copy out them out, in which case I’m happy to announce The Council as the best thing in London at the present time. I think not. 'The Council - EP' is not bad per se, there’s just very little to get excited about.»
Hefner - The Best Of Hefner
If you like your indie honest, slightly filthy and faintly twee then do yourself a favour, make this top of your list.»
The Organ - Brother/Love, Love, Love
There's no doubt that ‘Brother/Love, Love, Love’ will catch the attention of more than a few people wishing for it to be 1989 all over again and with the debut album finally getting a UK release in April, you could be hearing a lot more from this lot very soon indeed.»
The Crimea - White Russian Galaxy
‘White Russian Galaxy’ may not be the crowning achievement of Tragedy Rocks, but it is the safest bet for a daytime radio hit and likely to turn thousands of Kubb-ites onto this particular brand of deranged pop.»
The Hymn For Hefner: two posthumous releases on the way
More than three years after disbanding, Hefner’s former frontman has announced the release of two CDs charting the band’s history, the first of which is imminent...»
The Radium Screen - White Faces
Back in 2002, garage-rock guitarists Brian Huffines and Aaron Hodge decided to embrace electronica and ditch guitars in favour of keyboards, samplers and computers. ‘White Faces’ is the first offering from the Louisville, Kentucky pairing.»
Nine Black Alps - Glitter Gulch EP
Featuring four b-sides from previous 7” releases and two new songs, the Glitter Gulch EP is, in effect, four songs not good enough to make the cut for debut album Everything Is and two that probably won’t figure on their second long-playing effort...»
Darren Hayman - Table For One
In a field where the linear, lowest common denominator fake-heartbreak falsetto pop of James Blunt and the morose, indie-by-numbers Richard Ashcroft are currently in favour, ‘Table For One’ displays something which Darren Hayman’s counterparts sorely lack: imagination and eloquence.»
Samurai Seven Split: alliteration blamed
Awesome surf-pop Peel faves The Samurai Seven have split...»
Not-So-Silent Shout: the Knife actually play live
Bonkers Swedish duo announce details of a new album, single and a rare UK live date...»
The Freelance Hellraiser - Want You To Know/Pound for Pound
Reminiscent of material from Moby’s Play album, ‘Want You To Know’ is based heavily upon a song of the same name by Chicago’s 60s psychedelic soul outfit Rotary Connection, but whilst Kerr’s updated version may be slick-sounding and far better produced, in the process it robs it of its soul and intimacy.»
Mr Fogg - Giving In
All three tracks on show are comparable to Dntel or Styrofoam from the depths of Belgium, whilst there’s an ambience to second track ‘Cogs’ not unlike that mastered by Autechre.»
Jeffrey Lewis, My Latest Novel at London The Luminaire, Mon 20 Feb
Where else tonight could you see a 'low budget video' as Jeff incorporates his drawing talent into the set, abandoning the microphone and instead loudly singing a story a capella to accompany the pictures he has drawn?»
My Luminaries, The Sand Creek Massacre at Reading Fez Club, Sat 11 Feb
It’s a textbook homecoming show; passion, commitment, disregard for the curfew.. you have to believe that My Luminaries have got an excellent shot at success in 2006.»
Morning Runner - Burning Benches
Taken from their imminent debut album ‘Wilderness Is Paradise Now’, ‘Burning Benches’ is, for the most part, middle-of-the-road indie. As well as label-mates Coldplay, the obvious choice of comparison, its sound shares common ground with the likes of Keane and Athlete.»
Ursula Rucker - Ma'at Mama
With song titles like ‘Rant (Hot In Here)’ and ‘I Ain’t (Yo’ Punk Ass Bitch)’, one look at the tracklisting for ‘Ma’at Mama’ would probably suggest that you prepare yourself for some jive-talkin’, man-hatin’ hip-hop. Whilst what awaits you is indeed urban, it is actually fifty-five minutes of socio-political spoken word soul which draws from many musical influences.»
Calla - Collisions
It's not an album for all moods, it’s so intense that it cannot be taken lightly, it’s not upbeat and it’s not going to trouble the music-buying public for their attentions, but ‘Collisions’ is deep, it’s dark and you could do worse than spare it 40 minutes of your life.»
Silver Jews play first ever UK shows
David Berman's alternative-country outfit Silver Jews play four rare dates in the UK this April.»