Unlike lots of his contemporaries, Hamilton’s songs also have something to say, they have depth, emotional content and balance. And you can sing along, think of that…
Brakes – Touchdown
Venice Is Sinking – Azar
It’s certainly ambitious and what’s so fascinating is that it succeeds on almost every level.
Western Civ – Shower the People you Love with Gold
a big, hearty stew of an album
Continue reading “Western Civ – Shower the People you Love with Gold”
The Shortwave Set – Replica Sun Machine
perfect for easing into Spring with
Modern Skirts – All Of Us In Our Night
perilously close to sounding like an album of elevator music
We Swim You Jump – Sharks EP
the sound of a band full of promise
Pony Pack – Claws and Fists
Clash, bang, clatter, clatter.
The Flying Change – pain is a reliable signal
It may not have been inspired by the most enjoyable period of his life, but what Sam Jacobs and his associates have created here is fascinating.
Continue reading “The Flying Change – pain is a reliable signal”
This is not a review of the new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album.
Elsewhere in the aforementioned press release it states that ‘Sometimes all you want to do is fuck’. Well sometimes (like when reading such self-aggrandising bull-shit whilst listening to self-vandalising crapulence) all I want to do is yell ‘fuck off’.
Continue reading “This is not a review of the new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album.”
Letter from London – March 2009
Imagine if Brittany spears and Marillon Manson got mixed together in
transport machine : Jeffree would be the result
Continue reading “Letter from London – March 2009”