The vocals are way down in the mix; it sounds like the singer has a sock pulled over his head.
Handsome Furs – Plague Park
I like the Handsome Furs, they’ve got something a leetle different about them (given the plethora of Canadian bands, duos and “interesting” / "found sounds" bands Incendiary has been inundated with this past twelvemonth)
Fuck The Writer – Keeping the Aspidistra Flying
I’m not over keen on singer-songwriter efforts, (there are so bloody many of them after all) so – and hopefully I don’t sound like a portentious nobber here – this review should give an indication of how strong it is as a release.
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Fridge – The Sun
Fridge’s music was always concerned with the fun of creating “stuff” in the studio. It’s what all good artists do, isn’t it?
Super Furry Animals – Hey Venus
There seems to be an in-band decision to return to the guitars and of Fuzzy Logic and Radiator; Lovekraft’s orchestration seems to be a long time in the past.
Jennifer Gentle – The Midnight Room
It isn’t easy to put one’s finger on what it is that’s so deeply weird about this music. It sounds like it could be soundtrack to a Dario Argentio comedy, if such a thing can be imagined.
The Stephenson Ranch Davidians – Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
..once you get past the first track (which I did find too bloody mawkish) this LP opens up beautifully; and don’t be fooled by the general vibe – there are also rocky moments on here, the band are very much tipping their titfers at the ‘Airplane or Buffalo…
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DØGNTANK – S/T (Brain Donor)
But this isn’t a joke album in any way; nor is it an indulgent jam session or wig-out. It’s a tight song-based album with the emphasis on great riffs and tunes.
Robyn Hitchcock (and a smidgeon of Patti Smith) – Paradiso – 10/06/07
There was one “soliloquy” about Patti Smith and a tarantula, and another about an orphan in space whose sole contact with planet Earth was a transistor radio playing the Doobie Brothers…
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DJ Mayonnaise – Still Alive
Munjoy Moments has a great deal of textural shape-shifting and some very Krautrock synths (has he been listening to Cluster? I hope so)
