Wampire – Curiosity Released on 13th May 2013 via Polyvinyl Jeepers creepers, where’d you get those peepers? Having snagged the production duties of Jacob Portrait from band of the year (so far, at least) Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Portland duo Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps sound like they’ve had a blissful time and created some stunners…
Vision Fortune – Mas Fiestas con el Grupo Vision Fortune Released on 13th May 2013 via Gringo Records/Faux Discx Books are great. Reading too, no question about it. We wouldn’t be here today without words on paper and the number of songs based on literature is near infinite. The Cure’s Killing an Arab, for instance,…
The Suicide of Western Culture – Hope Only Brings Pain Released on 14th March 2013 through Irregular Spanish duo strike home One casual glance at the tracklist of TSWOC’s second album gives a good idea of what lies ahead. With titles such as Remembering Better Times, When Did I Become Everything I Hate and Love…
Reason To Believe – The Songs of Tim Hardin Out now on Full Time Hobby Slide into the Dark Side. Tim who? Hardin. Nope, never heard of him. S’alright, you’re not the only one but you’ve likely heard of the artists who were inspired by him, who include Echo & The Bunnymen, Paul Weller and…
Suuns – Images du Futur Released on 5th March through Secretly Canadian Suuns’ second full-length, released via the appropriately named Secretly Canadian label (they hail from Montreal but keep mum), sees a continuation from debut Zeroes QC; one might call it a maturing. From the off, with Powers of Ten, it feels like familiar and…
Arc in Round – Arc In Round Released on 26th June 2012 via La Societe Expeditionnaire This Philadelphian four-piece are about to release their debut LP via La Societe Expeditionnaire, a French sounding label based in Delaware. Led by producer/engineer Jeff Ziegler, accompanied by co-songwriter Mikele Edwards and propelled on through by bassist Josh Meakim…
Bigg Jus – Machines That Make Civilization Fun Released on 8th May 2012 via Laitdbac/Mush Infinite Robot Theorem in the Making Following on from 2005’s Poor People’s Day, Bigg Jus delivers his third solo LP. If the listener has any doubt as to what’s to come after the play button has been tapped then a…
Clock Opera – Ways To Forget Released via Moshi Moshi / Island Records on 9th April 2012 In these gloomy economic times, when the pit of one’s stomach reminds them of scary fairground rides and a lump lodges in the throat, music can be a real help. One can turn to familiar sounds, take comfort…
Lotus Plaza – Spooky Action at a Distance Out now on Kranky Lotus Plaza aka Lockett Pundt aka Deerhunter guitarist/multi-instrumentalist lets slip his follow up to 2009’s The Floodlight Collective. If you’ve ever sat down at church and wished the organist had taken some hallucinogens then the untitled intro to this record might just be…
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny at The Louisiana, Bristol, UK 28th February 2012 Cup of tea and a slice of cake? In the intimate venue that is The Louisiana a hearty throng is in attendance, complete with Big Jeff and his big hair right up front. Expectations are set to 11 as…
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