It’s reminiscent of the dubby nothingness that AR Kane were expert in creating
King Midas Sound – Waiting For You
Rafter – Animal Feelings
In essence the LP is packed with big, easy, life-affirming, shiny pop music.
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band
Elsewhere in the linear notes Parks states: ‘This ain’t your Jimmy Buffet Banana Republic. It’s Fellini with Bikinis.’ He’s not wrong.
Beach House – Teen Dream
It manages to sound familiar on first listen, like a long lost favourite album rediscovered
Team Ghost – You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me
This is a band that’s not afraid to experiment with different textures within their basic sound
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Stiff Little Fingers, LVC, Leiden 31/03/10
its funny watching people come and go during the gig, like swimmers who need to go and rest on the beach for a while
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The Sonics – Paradiso Amsterdam 30/03/10
For a bunch of old fellas, The Sonics look pretty good.
Toulouse Low Trax – Mask Talk
It’s quiet, restrained, and well mannered at times, but so bloody inappropriate!
Jonas Reinhardt – Powers of Audition
Simply put; the music is more widescreen, the beat has far more presence and the arrangements are more lush and textured.
Accadians, Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 26/03/10
In one way it’s like watching a Rogers and Hammerstein musical based on art students
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