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The Chap - The Horse
The Chap’s new album ‘The Horse’ is a superb investigative journey. Embracing diversity and individuality with open arms, transporting it instantly to that hierarchical pedestal of ‘beyond category’. Their combinations of noise, electronics and imagination are enlightening and incomparable. Opening»
D.O.F. - If More Than Twenty People Laugh It Wasn't Funny
Melodious acoustic guitar combined with a distorted electronic beat and occasional uncomplicated, harmonious keys - seems, as an experimental idea, somewhat welcoming. Different fields blended into one single experiment is an intriguing theory in any art. The snag is, with D.O.F.'s album, there is no experimenta»
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - You Can't Fool Us EP
This EP from They Came From The Stars I Saw Them, is their first release on Um Records. It's brimming with a strong desire for originality. ‘The Lovesick Snowman’ opens with sleigh bells, a woodblock and a sinister musicbox. It is a wonderful opening to a track which essentially tantalises the lis»
The Chap - I Got Flattened By A Pig Farmer
It is very difficult to give you any bands/music, past or present, with whom you can compare The Chap. Sonically they are most definitely an inimitable band. Formed by Johannes Von Weizsaeker (Karamasov guitarist), The Chap are, for want of a better category, alternative rock or even ‘New wave disco rock’. Bu»
Jackie O at London On the Rocks, Wed 23 Oct
Jackie O – a three piece consisting of Sister Ruth (drums), Jo Jo (Bass) and Jackson Starfield (vocals/guitar) are on stage. launching into what will be their debut release on Skinnydog – ‘Silver Low Rider’. Due to the preceding band’s wonderful ability to create a complete void of emotion through»
Cherrystones - Cherrystones Rocks
This compilation is quite simply what clubs like Trash and Death Disco should be about. A good time and a musical education. Saying that, in a sense, trivialises this album and the last thing I would wish to do would be to take any of the potency away from this album. This comes from a DJ and producer called Gareth »
Simian at London Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, Wed 18 Sep
I’m here to see Simian who're briefly blitzing the UK, putting feelers out on their new material. The venue is exactly what it says on the tin, just like phoenix nights. The room is dusty, loud and dark. The curtains red and velvet, the ceiling draped in bunting. Interesting start… Five »