In many ways they are straight-forward reflections on love and loss and all that other human relationship stuff. Get Your Ass over Here doesn’t exactly need the Rosetta Stone to decipher it.
Khan – Who Never Rests
In some ways it’s brilliantly bone-headed dance music, though you are always aware that the man creating this is a sharp operator sonically.
Anssi 8000 Kyklops vs. Svesse
Inside this gatefold sleeve there’s a picture of a man on a tractor. That must be Anssi 8000. He’s from the middle of nowhere in Finland.
Anssi 8000 Kyklops vs. Svesse
http://www.konkurrent.nl/ http://www.bonevoyagerecordings.com/
Adept – Adept
Adept are, indeed, adept at making very atmospheric music with a sense of urgency that doesn’t really owe anything to anyone.
Sister Vanilla – Little Pop Rock
This LP is a family Reid collaboration with valuable assistance from luminaries such as Stephen Pastel.
Sister Vanilla – Little Pop Rock
http://www.chemikal.co.uk/ http://www.sistervanilla.com/ http://www.konkurrent.nl/
Lesbians on Ecstasy – We Know You Know
The inside covers shows the band suitably presented in attire that does indeed allow no uncertainty as to the nature of their sexuality.
Lesbians on Ecstasy – We Know You Know
Charlotte Hatherley – The Deep Blue
Anyone who isn’t bowled over by the riotous key change in Roll Over or knocked out by the brilliant acerbic guitar runs in Very Young really shouldn’t be listening to pop music
Mahogany – Connectivity
I truly hope this becomes a soundtrack of the summer for many; it deserves to.
The Rakes – Ten New Messages
There’s an underlying sense of menace across the whole album, which is unsettling, but the surface is so enjoyable, so infectious, that you’ll just forget about that and start dancing. It’s this duality that makes this album so rewarding.
The Rakes – Ten New Messages
Incendiary speak to Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond
But then again what’s interesting about American culture is that whatever is the most subversive is what becomes the most American. That is how America defines what becomes popular, by co-opting what is subversive.
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