“It seems unlikely that their debut long player, the rather dreadfully titled The Loon, would have become the focus of so much attention had skewed college rock not suddenly come into vogue this year. But just like there were still a few gems in the second wave of punk, so all this does not necessarily mean Tapes ‘N Tapes should be dismissed out of hand.”
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Firebrand Boy – Orange
“Get this on vinyl if you can. Listening to it rekindles the feeling I got when I got my paws on the 7” Pictures on My Wall or Blue Boy or Never Understand or Sally Cinnamon. Incendiary’s instructions are to play this record ad nauseum.”
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The Best of Hefner
“Hayman hasn’t spent the last six months debating whether to try and hold a girl’s hand; he’s already slept with her. But Hefner didn’t simply produce a bunch of songs about cute sex either…”
Chad van Gaalen – Skelliconnection
“The accent is on introspection, even at its most rocking, the LP never feels as if it’s being played to an audience consisting of more than one person. ”
Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways
“From the mid seventies onwards no one was really bothered about Johnny Cash. If he did crop up in the news it was likely to be for a bizarre reason, such as the time an ostrich on his farm kicked out and almost killed him. ”
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Beth Orton – Comfort of Strangers
Elbow – Melkweg
Incendiary interview Matik
The buzz is out and MATIK very well could be Holland’s answer to French Canada’s TIGA or New York’s LCD Soundsystem
A Trip to the Tivoli with Franz Ferdinand.
“Best show I’ve seen them do since, oh hell, the first time? Probably better. Yes it’s easy to be blasé about Franz Ferdinand, but they are the real deal. Wish there were more like them. ”
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Incendiary News – August 2006
Hullo chaps!