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Film Review: The Producers
Mel Brooks was undoubtedly one of the most distinctive writers and directors working in Hollywood during the 1970s and 1980s. He was arguably the king of comedy during this period making films which were unique, highly quotable, hilarious and memorable. Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein all attracted a loyal fan following and became cult …
Not Forgotten: The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
It kicks off with a riff that screams “Rock and roll!”, and you’re either in or out. If you’re not sure who this is, then welcome to the world to the righteous rock and roll world of the Hold Steady, where choruses are singalong, riffs are massive, keyboard players are moustachioed, and narrative lyrics are …
Say Psych: Album Review: Lay Llamas – Thuban
Four years after the release of debut Østro, Lay Llamas return with their second offering Thuban, released on Rocket Recordings. Dwelling in the night sky of the Northern hemisphere, Thuban (named after the Arabic for snake also known as Alpha Draconis, and sometimes as the ‘dragon’s tail’) was the star closest to the North Pole …
A Buyers Guide to Crowded House (1986-1996)
Few acts have ever managed the career trajectory that Crowded House managed to pull off during their initial decade-long run from 1986 to 1996. Their debut album did solid business in the USA with their debut album on the back of a pair of big hit singles, while they struggled to make much of an …
Album Review : Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois
Venetian Snares have been releasing unsettling and dischordant music for 20 years – it seems crazy to ask, but are they becoming familiar and cosy. Particularly as the new album is a collaboration with Canadian super-producer and friend of U2 Danial Lanois. How would a collaboration between guitar based perfection and uneasy listening work? It’s …
New Music : Listen to Maj Monet’s “Run Maj Monet!”
Swedish synth pop band Maj Monet have unleashed a brand new track called “Run Maj Monet!” and it’s a slickly-produced slice of synth pop heaven. In the vein of Electric Youth, Pawws, and anything bright, shiny, and from the 80s comes this exhilarating shot of a neon jam. For me, Maj Monet captures summer drives, …
Album Review : Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Age Of’
Daniel Lopatin’s musical worlds are labyrinthine to say the least. A Oneohtrix Point Never record is like some vast, crystalline museum where you bask in the beauty of art, ancient objects, and philosophies that you don’t quite understand but they entrance you nonetheless. Lopatin curates walks through his psyche with each successive record; each one …
Not Forgotten: Smashing Pumpkins – Adore
Smashing Pumpkins were undoubtedly one of the key rock acts of the 1990s. Lumped in with the grunge movement, they stood apart from the Seattle trio of big hitters, and they were on a completely different level to the movement’s rank and file foot soldiers. Up to Adore’s release in 1998, each Smashing Pumpkins album …
Say Psych: News: Fuzz Club announce further additions to festival in Eindhoven
Last month London-based label and record store Fuzz Club announced thwy will be hosting a two day festival over 24th-25th August in Eindhoven, in partnership with the prestigious Effenaar venue – the line-up already boasting the likes of The Black Angels, Holy Wave, The Underground Youth and Ron Gallo. As Fuzz Club Eindhoven 2018 draws …
Track: Barrie – Tal Uno
There is something about melancholic dream pop that seduces me. It is the bittersweet nature of the music – layers of beautiful bright often upbeat sounds sometimes contrasting and at times augmenting wistful downbeat vocal refrains filled with a sense of longing. Barrie, a band based in New York but with an international mix of …