Game Boy pop for the people versus part of that South Cumbria sound! All very intriguing eh?
Part one of our trawls through the wonderful world of myspace.
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Incendiary News March 2006
What a month…
Arab Strap, The Bent Mustache Melkweg, Kleine Zaal 02/02/06
“Middleton hardly looks up from his guitar and Moffat lurks around the stage like a vulture looking for his strategically placed beers, which he picks up in between songs and takes huge swigs from. I imagine he drinks about half the can with that sort of swig-age. ”
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The Boy Least Likely To -The Best Party Ever
A voyage to Illumination; Felt – Ignite the Seven Cannons
White trainer man will tremble, his t-shirt logo will melt and hair gel will be banned from all kingdoms.
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The Duke Spirit – Rotown, Rotterdam 18/2/06
It’s interesting to see the on-stage dynamics of the Duke Spirit. There seems to be an in-band acknowledgment that once they have got a collective sweat on, they improve as an act.
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New Order Back Catalogue
As was their wont the band once again had a problem with names – with no eye on the future they renamed their first classic album at the last minute from the genius of “Piss Off You Shitheads” to a load of coloured blocks.
Glenn Kotche – Mobile
“‘Some of these pieces are also rooted in linearly stretching or expanding something rhythmic as a basis for musical elaboration.’ Blimey, you might be forgiven for thinking. This might be awful, but it is unlikely to sound like a Roger Taylor solo album.”
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Euros Childs – Chops
“It would not surprise me at all if, in twenty years time, someone hears Gorky‘s Zygotic Mynci for the first time and proclaims them as one of the great lost bands. There will follow reissues and interviews and the inevitable question: why weren’t they loved more widely at the time? ”
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Dan Sartain – Dan Sartain vs. the Serpientes
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There is no denying the fact that this kid has a huge amount of raw talent. This is actually exactly the kind of music that I love, referencing back to the 60’s – he is definitely appropriating a classic sound with out imitating to a “T”.
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