Weasels and Penny Farthings. The stuff all good conversations are made of.
Metropolis Festival – Zuiderpark, Rotterdam – 3/07/2005
Booze, bands and a frisbee. What more do you need?
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Damian’s Metropolis Review
Eventually somebody important did appear, you could tell they were important as they wore a body warmer (in 30 degree heat!) and had a walkie talkie strapped to their waist.
ZZZZ – Palm Reader
such an exhaustive listen.
Assasination Polka is a brilliant, brilliant opening to what turns out to be a very surprising album. Shuddering and thumping drums dominate, but the track is given it’s charm by a beautiful sax refrain and a twinkling children’s piano run. The lyrics seem concerned with assasination, or suicide, or screaming.
Modey Lemon – The Curious City
The music is great, I’m just disappointed that the words undermine the music at so many turns.
Brian Eno – Another Day on Earth
I think that given how great Eno’s first albums were it’s a shame that he was sidetracked by his ambient stuff.
Four Tet – Everything Ecstatic
This is definitely not tasteful ‘folktronica’ – it sounds more like gabba in a food processor.
Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
It doesn’t make any sense but it has an enjoyably eerie feel about it.
How to have an Incendiary Summer in 2005
Haldern Festival. Germany. 5/6 August. We’re going and so should you!
Okay – High Road / Low Road
Two reviewers, two different albums, two different perspectives.