a beautiful, throbbing, tender bruise of a record
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The Afghan Whigs – Do To The Beast
Incendiary interview Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs
Once the decision was made to do it. You have to be fearless. You can’t go into it like a pussy.
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Hallo Venray – Show
Maybe the Henk and Melle record from a few years back gave Henk Koorn a new sense of what could be utilised in Hallo Venray. Maybe he’s just decided to show his softer side.
Herrek – AM
It’s rather that their sound is one that strips away a lot of what most people use to create pop songs. They aren’t really looking to communicate on an immediate level.
Keel Her – Keel Her
What is it about Keel Her’s debut? Well, maybe it’s the way that things are just never what they seem.
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EMA – The Future’s Void
Tracks such as Satellites and Cthulu are like staring at a range of mountains and seeing the thunder clouds form. Drums in the deep. It’s epic stuff, it really is.
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Hauschka – Abandoned City
Throughout there’s a feeling of industriousness; the record’s like a production line; these restless, fluid, but preplanned rhythmical structures that ebb and flow through the music, almost becoming narrative threads over a number of tracks.
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Amber Arcades – Amber Arcades
I wonder if ITGWO is about that bakfietsmoeder/woolly jumper /perfect teeth/artisan bread festival on a Dutch island? Hmmm.
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Richard’s Record Review Part Three – March 2014
Not only that, if Sacred Bones were really in charge of food an’ all that, they’d discover how to make proper, totally natural, no additive, pie chips and gravy meals that kept you slim.
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Richard’s Record Roundup Part Two – March 2014
In some ways the confusion they generate is akin to having a room full of blindfolded, hyperactive, Haribo-stuffed kids who are all trying to pin the tail on the donkey.
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