Having mentioned School of Seven Bells last week, now its Benjamin Curtis’s original band’s turn to get a mention. ”The Secret Machines take Pink Floyd psychedelia, Led Zeppelin stomp, and The Who-inspired choruses and charge them full of big-rock beats, atmospheric keyboards and all kinds of electronic whooshes”, says Rolling Stone. Their 2004 album, Now Here is Nowhere, is best [...]
Archive for February, 2009
The Secret Machines- Not so secret anymore
February 28th, 2009 | by Jo | published in Download, Reviews
What you gonna do? What you gonna say? When I’m coming through…
February 21st, 2009 | by Sim | published in Download
Who’d have thunk it? A recommendation straight from the pouting lips of Alger, none other than Comma Dee himself. Breathtaking. Anyways La Roux is ginger electropop from Brixton. It’s all very much focused on Elly Jackson’s vocal talent but with some delicious airy melodies throughout. This gives it some great remix potential (see below). La [...]
TV on the Radio LIVE
February 19th, 2009 | by Jo | published in Stream
Just found a video of TV on the Radio playing Dancing Choose live on The Colbert Report. It’s got me really excited in the hope that they get confirmed for Benicassim this year, because they are doing festivals this year. Fingers crossed. I was so gutted when I found out too late that they were [...]
Celebrations
February 19th, 2009 | by Sim | published in Download
Finally got the internet at my place. Took long enough but now I’m back up and running. Bezzler! Here’s a couple of bangers to give a listen when toasting my success. Feed Me – The SpellFrom Deadmau5′s Mau5trap label which took last year by storm. This resembles more what you’d expect from MSTRKRFT or some [...]
Death From Above 1979… Absolutely.
February 18th, 2009 | by Jo | published in Download
I have been putting off mentioning this band for a while because they have been split up for a couple of years now and I am still in mourning that new material will never be released (well, never say never). But I just can’t resist giving them a mention any longer. Picture this. Take Queens [...]
Seven Bells??
February 13th, 2009 | by Sim | published in Download
The School of Seven Bells are a bit different. Half Scandinavian post-rock abandon and half head-nodding electro pop. It’s good stuff. And the identical twin sisters are hot which is always a bonus. Anyways their debut album Alpinisms is well worth a listen if you’re a fan of any one from Röyksopp to Sigur Rós [...]
Return of the Maccabees
February 11th, 2009 | by Jo | published in Download, Reviews
This week has seen even more announcements for band returns. On the same day that I heard the Prodigy’s new album for the first time, poor old Maccabees were clearly forgotten and overshined. But now that I have calmed down, I’ve given their new song more attention. In contrast to the vibe of their first [...]
INVADERS MUST DIE HAS BEEN LEAKED
February 10th, 2009 | by Jo | published in News
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In Memory of Flacky H’s Only Cashpoint. R.I.P.
February 2nd, 2009 | by Jo | published in News
Many good times had at that cash point. But no more. A digger has broken the place where members of flackwell, the boys from the heath, the flacky h massive, the FHM if you will (the magazine stole that (allegedly)) can withdraw their cash. And in turn broken all their dreams. No bones were broken [...]
