Kong – Snake Magnet
Is there a single band that defines the term ‘fucking terrifying’ better than Kong? No. Visit their myspace, look at their videos (particularly the live ones) and slowly you will be sucked into their warped, angry world. Donned in red shellsuits and semi-transparent masks (with make-up), their ‘making-of’ videos mostly consist of the singer wandering round the house making the kind of noises you hear on buses post-sunset. They’re intimidating, wholly unnatural, and we haven’t even got to the music yet.
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Since the release of their Fractures/Distant Street Lights double A-side, expectations for Codes In The Clouds’ debut have been somewhat high. That release, while only the two songs, captured the band’s sound perfectly – big and bold, with a cinematic flair which set them aside from their peers. Continue reading ‘Codes In The Clouds – Paper Canyon’
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Dananananaykroyd – Hey Everyone!
In a theme that seems to be increasingly recurrent over the last couple of months, Dananananaykroyd’s Hey Everyone! is an album well worthy of inclusion on a ‘best of year’ list.
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Is Reviewing A Leak Justified?
News of the firing of a US journalist after he commented on a leaked copy of a movie has been doing the rounds today. How does this relate to lower-profile journalists and bloggers?
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Grammatics – Grammatics
Imagine putting a CD on for the very first time and discovering that the music contained within is totally original – that the band has taken its influences and put a totally unique spin on it. It’s a good feeling, and it’s one that comes out in spades throughout Grammatics’ debut album.
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Jeniferever – Spring Tides
Jeniferever are a band which have never really strayed from their roots – since forming in 1996, they have stayed in their home town of Uppsala, Sweden. And the glacial surroundings the band found themselves in have lent greatly to the band’s sound, a blissful blend of indie rock and ambient, post rock sensibility.
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Amesoeurs – S/T
The most brief of looks at Amesoeurs’ Myspace page will scream of sheer pretention – moody black and white photography accompanies such quotes as “A kaleidoscopic soundtrack for the modern era” . Clearly, this French quartet have an image – and hype too, arriving on a wave of internet buzz. But does this blend of metal, shoegaze and post rock meet expectations?
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Anglo-American fourpiece Kidnapper Bell craft an exciting blend of angular post-everything rock with a smattering of pop sensibility. I hit up frontman Keith Kleinfeldt to answer a few questions about the band.
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Let’s set one thing out straight at the beginning of this review; The Century Of Self is an astounding record. It’s probably the best of the year so far, and there’s no doubt it’ll be at the top of a fair few ‘Best of…’ lists come New Year.
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U2 – No Line On The Horizon
A lot of the reviews that I’ve read of U2’s new album No Line On The Horizon makes a point of referring to how bloody fantastic U2 used to be, and how bloody mediocre they are in comparison nowadays.
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Rocket Falls 