Feb 27 2007 Chimpan A - Chimpan A
Prog rock from members of Magenta and The Storys
Split single from rising British bands
Nov 6 2006 Antifamily - Antifamily
It’s a bit odd this one. I mean that in the sense that they really are a bit odd. Antifamily are another of those music collectives, and they can feature up to 15 musicians, but there are only 6 core members.
They make interesting electro pop songs. They consist of a lot of plinky clickly electro […]
Nov 6 2006 Buswell - Don’t Go Wasting My Time
Don’t Go Wasting Time is a sweet Belle and Sebastian-come-Stars ballad. With a gentle piano melody to open it, leading onto a song which is soft and friendly and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. It sounds a lot like Stars at point, and I loves ‘em, so I rather like this.
It’s even got […]
Jul 31 2006 Boy Kill Boy - Civil Sin
I can’t help but get annoyed by Boy Kill Boy’s stupid haircuts…but that’s irrelevant at this moment.
Civil Sin is another of their boy band-come-rock group wailers. It’s not entirely dissimilar to Back Again, and in fact the more I hear it, the more this seems apparent.
I can’t help but be annoyed by the stabby […]
Apr 23 2006 The Beauty Shop - Monster
It’s always nice to hear something a little bit friendlier when you’ve been drowning in a sea of, erm…less friendly stuff.
The Beauty Shop, a trio from Illinois, make raw and gentle slightly anti-folk songs. Listening to Monster is so easy, it just flows through your ears and doesn’t get annoying.
With beautiful acoustic guitar to […]
Apr 11 2006 A-ha - Cosy Prisons
Wahey! It’s ageing popstars A-ha. Cosy Prisons is the follow up single to All I Want from their popular-with-your-mum album Analogue. It’s a definite turn around from the wailing, thrashing, poke you with a big stick monster of a song All I Want. They used that to lure you back…saying ‘Ooh, look at us, we […]
Apr 3 2006 Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue
The follow up to Funny Little Frog, and the second release from The Life Pursuit, The Blues Are Still Blue is a 60’s rock influenced treat. It’s not s miserable blues song, it’s about mixing your colours in the launderette… sort of.
This song is quirky, lively and completely addictive. Right down to the little squeaky […]
Apr 3 2006 Adam Kesher - Where’s My Place
Adam Kesher is a funk-punk-electro duo consisting of two French brothers. With named influences such as Joy Division and Gang of Four, they can only be expected to be pretty cool.
There’s definitely something not to be missed in Where’s My Place, a song which is easily comparable to the likes of Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, […]
