At first I was thinking it was just exercise is raiding the Arcade Fire’s patent; (you know, slightly pompous flourishes and use of far too many diverse instruments, oh and that feeling that things even at their most passionate are never far away from being, well… academic)…
Myra Davies – Cities and Girls
Get a fabulous and intelligent spoken word artist in Myra Davis and team her up with Gudrun Gut and Alexander Hacke and you get something as witty and engaging as Cities and Girls.
The Clean – Mister Pop
with tracks like In the Dreamlife I Need a Rubber Soul they must at least have heard the Loft back in 1985…
The Kellies, and My Vanity Project 21/07/09, Sub071, Leiden
A quick note; men, take note please, wearing stuff like three quarter length camo pants, sporty tops and baseball caps makes you all look like huge school kids. Stop it.
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The Intelligence – Fake Surfers
Titles like I Hear Depression aren’t exactly the sort of thing to play to girls chewing gum, but they’re still great. This particular number sounds as if Depeche Mode have been transported back to 1963…
The Coathangers – Scramble
Stop Stomp Stompin’ is Read it In Books for underage Harpies addicted to sweets.
Clues – Clues
As usual the patchwork, “home-made” artwork so favoured by our North Atlantic cousins manages to give precisely fuck all away as to who played what; but suffice to say, it’s a guitar-based LP.
The Def-A-Kators -Texan Redneck with a Big Cock
Now imagine, in a parallel, slightly more warped universe, Texan Redneck with a Big Cock would be the soundtrack LP for the Breakfast Club. Think on.
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