The Juan MacLean, Amsterdam
The Juan Maclean
May 10th 2009
Perhaps one is familiar with The Neverending Story (you know, that one about the boy and the flying mutt), well, I’ve got another one.
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A Place To Bury Strangers, KCLSU London
A Place To Bury Strangers
April 7, 2009
Everyone knows that A Place To Bury Strangers are the loudest band in New York. Who told them that? Were they tested by way of some sort of open audition? Is the statement/award temporally constrained or does it mean, like, ever? Well never mind that, this writer can’t work out whether she’s suffering from tinnitus or whether it’s the sound of her brain recoiling into itself.
A Place To Bury Strangers can be compared to Psychocandy-era JAMC and pretty much everything J. Mascis has spewed out not just in their choice of pedals and amps, but also in the way they grind through sound through Oliver Ackermann’s self-designed and built custom-effects pedals. … Continue Reading
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
The third record from New York’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs is one of 2009’s most anticipated releases. Early reviews say it’s a bit of an about turn, but what do our resident Musos think?
David Byrne says ‘no’ to Talking Heads reunion
David Byrne
Darn AND blast. With the growing trend for band reunions in recent years, and the unthinkable happening with Blur and even Spandau Ballet (ha), we’d crossed our fingers really tightly that the Talking Heads would go down the same road.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs to play UK dates
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
New York superstars Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released details of three low-key UK gigs in April.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Taking in all the twee 80s British indie you can think of (The Vaselines, The Field Mice, Shop Assistants, 14 Iced Bears, etc) and more besides, New York’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s debut full-length is an impressive serving of bedsit indie rock for the 21st century.
As if the band’s name wasn’t an obvious enough pointer as to what to expect, the album is littered with references to its influences – ‘This Love is Fucking Right!’ is a dead ringer for My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Paint a Rainbow’ (albeit in slowed-down form), whilst the song’s title tips its hat in the direction of The Field Mice’s ‘This Love is Not Wrong’. As pleasant as all that sounds, it’s for the best that The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have enough tricks in their locker to ensure they don’t slide aimlessly into retro fanboyism.
Lead singer Kip Berman certainly sounds the part, his studiously British vocal mannerisms falling somewhere between Morrissey and, curiously, The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess, with the odd hint of Ride’s Mark Gardener thrown in. Although he sticks resolutely to the C86 blueprint, his self-consciously fey affectations feel totally at home here, aided and abetted by some (though more would perhaps be welcome) lovely backing vocals from keyboardist Peggy Wang. … Continue Reading
The Virgins – The Virgins
The Virgins - The Virgins
It’s a shame for New York’s The Virgins that Josh Schwartz’s career is going so well. The TV wunderkind garnered acclaim in 2003 for his series The O.C., which took as its focus the overprivileged teens of Orange County. … Continue Reading
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Everything With You/The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You/The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Seems to be the time of year for bands with names that need reducing to acronyms … TPOBPAH hail from New York, and ply their trade playing a brand of indie that harks back to the shoegazing of early-Ride, Slowdive etc. Fair took me back to my schooldays, so they did. … Continue Reading
Amazing Baby hit the UK with a bang (and free mp3s)
Amazing Baby
The hottest thing straight outta Brooklyn, Amazing Baby, are now tearing up the UK after a rip-roaring tour with MGMT.
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