"Strange Friend" ist das dritte Album der sechs Schotten, das nun auf "Checkmate Savage" (2009, Gewinner des ersten radioeins Soundcheck Awards) und "The Wants" (2010) folgt. Bereits diese beiden Alben haben nicht nur die musikalische Wandelfähigkeit der Band deutlich gemacht, sondern zeigen auch ihre ganz eigenen Prinzipien: es wird demokratisch entschieden und gearbeitet. Nicht ohne Grund traten sie jahrelang unter verschiedensten Namen auf, bevor man sich auf The Phantom Band einigte. Musikalisch betrachtet ist "Strange Friend" womöglich das geradlinigste Album, das The Phantom Band bis jetzt geschaffen hat. Allerdings ohne dabei Kompromisse einzugehen: der Einfluss von John Carpenter, Kraftwerk oder auch Neu! ist ebenso weiterhin hörbar, wie Folkelemente und wirsche Orgelklänge. Nur aufgeräumter. Wie auch schon die erste Single "The Wind That Cried The World" vermuten lässt. "Strange Friend" wurde "aus dem Wunsch geboren, wieder zu dem Gefühl zurückzukommen, einfach nur eine Gruppe Freunde zu sein, die in einem Raum zusammen Musik macht", so Sänger Rick Anthony. Dabei verfolgt das Album kein wirkliches Konzept - ebenso wie der Name selbst für die verschiedensten Dinge stehen kann. Für alles, wozu wir Menschen eine Beziehung aufbauen können - auch Musik.
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The Royal Family & The Poor is the nomenclature adopted by Mike Keane, who recorded for Factory Records between 1980 and 1986.
"The Project Phase 1 - The Temple of the 13th Tribe", released in 1984 (FACT 95) was produced in Manchester by Joy Divison and New Order bassist Peter Hook. Featuring the violinist John Neesham (of Walking Seeds and Mel-o-Tones) and the keyboard player Lita Hira from labelmates Stockholm Monsters, the album was done only after plenty of ups and downs in Keane's own life as well as numerous personnel shifts and incarnations, but the end results were a sometimes delicate and often enthralling combination.
The combination of TR 808 and other drums, reverbed vocals, and aural mystery is all permeated by Keane's interest in the occult, while Hook's technological know-how adds a sharp rhythmic punch to tracks such as "Dark And Light", "Radio Egypt" and "Discipline". Other tracks include one of Mike Keane's best known songs, the affecting ballad "I Love You (Restrained in a Moment)", and the sinister, vocodered "Motherland".
Perhaps the most misunderstood band to record for Factory Records, The Royal Family and the Poor remain for many an (oc)cult enigma, releasing only four albums in two decades, and rarely performing live after 1984.
A lost classic, highly recommended for fans of Joy Division, New Order, Section 25, Durutti Column, Death In June.
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7he Myriads debut on Theomatic with the stellar 'Betelgeuse EP'. It is a bow to the era of all-round enthusiasm for space exploration and travelling to far off galaxies that swept across Russian (then Soviet) youth in the late 70's-early 80's. Highly influenced by the sound of the likes of Didier Marouani's Space and Soviet space-rock legend Zodiac (which sold 20 million copies of their albums in the USSR and lately found way to Environ's 'Unclassics' compilation), all four tracks on the EP are well charged with nostalgic analogue synth lines, powerful guitar riffs and dynamic live drums. If someone told us this was some unreleased stuff produced back in 1980, we would certainly believe...
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Schon bald nach ihrer Gründung sorgten "Catfish And The Bottlemen" im Sommer 2013 in UK für Furore, als Radio1 ihre ersten Songs auf Rotation spielte und damit auch NME, Q Magazine, Timeout und The Independent auf die Band aufmerksam machte, die ihrerseits begeisterte Artikel über die Band veröffentlichten. Ausverkaufte London-Shows und gefeierte Auftritte beim Reading und Leeds Festival folgten. Seine Kindheit verbrachte Frontmann Van McCann weit entfernt von der Langeweile der nordwalisischen Kleinstadt Llandudo, wo die Band später zusammen fand. Obwohl "Catfish & The Bottlemen" nach wie vor in Llandudno ihre Heimat haben, spiegelt sich in ihrer aktuell ziemlich improvisierten Wohnsituation wieder, dass die Band die letzten anderthalb Jahre fast komplett on the road verbracht hat. Die Gruppe hat einen Proberaum in einem Bed & Breakfast, und da sich das Paar, welches das Hotel führt, schnell als Fans der Band entpuppte, dürfen die Vier dort gratis leben - so lang sie weiter zusammen Musik machen. So ziehen sie von Zimmer zu Zimmer, wann immer sie zurück in ihrer alten Stadt sind. "Catfish And The Bottlemen" liefern mit der vorliegenden EP einen Vorgeschmack auf ihr im Spätsommer erscheinendes Debüt-Album, das sie mit Ian Grimble in den legendären Rockfield Studios aufgenommen haben.
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Monuments The Amanuensis: der neue Sound des Progressiven Metals. Erhältlich als limitiertes CD Digipak inklusive 3 Live-Bonustracks, aufgenommen 2013 auf dem Euroblast Festival in Köln. Mit ihrem Überraschungsauftritt bei BBC Radio 1 und ihrem Full-Length-Debüt - Gnosis' fanden Monuments sofort eine fanatische Anhängerschaft. Für ihren anspruchsvollen und doch song-orientierten Ansatz zu harter Musik gefeiert, haben Monuments die Progressive-Metal-Lücke überbrückt wie wenige andere vor ihnen. Zwei produktive Jahre später haben sich Monuments - nun mit Chris Barretto (Ex-Periphery, Ever Forthright) am Mikro - enorm gemausert. Während sie nach wie vor instrumentaler Gymnastik frönen und Fans mit ihren musikalischen Fähigkeiten beeindrucken, haben sie sich auch darauf ausgerichtet, monumentale und unglaublich eingängige Songs für ihr neues Album The Amanuensis zu schreiben. Größerer, böserer und epischerer Stoff als zuvor. Es ist ein ziemlich unerbittliches Album, das jedoch mit diversen monumentalen Hooklines im Gesang aufwartet.
1. I, The Creator
2. Origin Of Escape
3. Atlas
4. Horcrux
5. Garden Of Sankhara
6. The Alchemist
7. Quasimodo
8. Saga City
9. Jinn
10. I, The Destroyer
11. Samsara
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Monuments The Amanuensis: der neue Sound des Progressiven Metals. Die Vinylversion des Albums kommt als extra schwere, schwarze 180g LP. Als Bonus ist der LP eine CD mit allen Albumtracks in transparenter Stecktasche beigelegt.. Mit ihrem Überraschungsauftritt bei BBC Radio 1 und ihrem Full-Length-Debüt - Gnosis' fanden Monuments sofort eine fanatische Anhängerschaft. Für ihren anspruchsvollen und doch song-orientierten Ansatz zu harter Musik gefeiert, haben Monuments die Progressive-Metal-Lücke überbrückt wie wenige andere vor ihnen. Zwei produktive Jahre später haben sich Monuments - nun mit Chris Barretto (Ex-Periphery, Ever Forthright) am Mikro - enorm gemausert. Während sie nach wie vor instrumentaler Gymnastik frönen und Fans mit ihren musikalischen Fähigkeiten beeindrucken, haben sie sich auch darauf ausgerichtet, monumentale und unglaublich eingängige Songs für ihr neues Album The Amanuensis zu schreiben. Größerer, böserer und epischerer Stoff als zuvor. Es ist ein ziemlich unerbittliches Album, das jedoch mit diversen monumentalen Hooklines im Gesang aufwartet.
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"The Magic Numbers" veröffentlichen ihr neues Album Alias und verkürzen die Wartezeit mit der ersten Single - Shot In The Dark'. - Shot In The Dark' liefert einen perfekten ersten Einblick in das neue Werk der Mercury Prize Nominees. Die typischen harmonischen Vocals zieren einen mit vielschichtiger Elektronica und Percussions ausgestatten Song. Das Resultat ist ein verlockend-melancholischer Sound, mit dem die - neuen' Magic Numbers zu überzeugen wissen. Für Songwriting und Produktion zeichnet Magic Numbers Sänger / Gitarrist Romeo Stodart verantwortlich.
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Geboren und aufgewachsen in Nordwestengland, ist Tim Bowness vermutlich vornehmlich als Sänger/Co-Writer der Band No-Man, einer langjährigen Kollaboration mit Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) bekannt. Unverwechselbar Art-Rock- und Singer-Songwriter-Einflüsse verbindend, wechselt Abandoned Dancehall Dreams zwischen dem Zurückhaltenden und dem Großspurigen; es besitzt das cinematische Ausmaß und den anspruchsvollen Glanz der besten Momente von No-Man und führt Bowness Musik zugleich in unerwartete Gefilde wie das antreibende Drum- und Streicher-Tuckern von The Warm-Up Man Forever, die bundlosen Bass-, Synthie- und Chor-Verschmelzungen auf Dancing For You, das Nick-Drake-eske Waterfoot oder die schleifenden Rock-Codas bei Smiler At 50 und I Fought Against The South. Das Limited Edition 2CD Mediabook kommt mit einer zusätzlichen Disc, die wunderschöne Mixe alter Kollaborateure wie Richard Barbieri (Japan) und neuer Weggefährten wie der hochangesehenen Brightoner Band Grasscut oder des Underground-Phänomens UXB enthält und obendrein mit Outtakes und Alternativ-Versionen zum Album-Material ausgestattet ist.
1. The Warm-Up Man Forever
2. Smiler At 50
3. Songs Of Distant Summers
4. Waterfoot
5. Dancing For You
6. Smiler At 52
7. I Fought Against The South
8. Beaten By Love
1. There Were Days (Smiler At 52, Grasscut Mix)
2. Sounds Of Distant Summers (Songs Of Distant Summers, Richard Barbieri Mix)
3. Singing For You (Dancing For You, Uxb Mix)
4. Abandoned Dancehall Dream
5. The Sweetest Bitter Pill
6. The Warm-Up Man Forever (Band Version)
7. Songs Of Distant Summers Part 1 (Band Version)
8. Songs Of Distant Summers Part 2 (Band Version)
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Geboren und aufgewachsen in Nordwestengland, ist Tim Bowness vermutlich vornehmlich als Sänger/Co-Writer der Band No-Man, einer langjährigen Kollaboration mit Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) bekannt. Unverwechselbar Art-Rock- und Singer-Songwriter-Einflüsse verbindend, wechselt Abandoned Dancehall Dreams zwischen dem Zurückhaltenden und dem Großspurigen; es besitzt das cinematische Ausmaß und den anspruchsvollen Glanz der besten Momente von No-Man und führt Bowness Musik zugleich in unerwartete Gefilde wie das antreibende Drum- und Streicher-Tuckern von The Warm-Up Man Forever, die bundlosen Bass-, Synthie- und Chor-Verschmelzungen auf Dancing For You, das Nick-Drake-eske Waterfoot oder die schleifenden Rock-Codas bei Smiler At 50 und I Fought Against The South. Die Vinylversion des Albums kommt als extra schwere, schwarze 180g LP im Gatefoldcover. Als Bonus ist der LP eine CD mit allen Albumtracks in transparenter Stecktasche beigelegt.
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Ihr Comeback im Jahr 2011 war ein echter Triumphzug. Mit breiter Brust hatte die Band um Frontfrau Sandra Nasic die Bühne nach acht Jahren Album-Abstinenz betreten, um auf ganzer Linie abzuräumen: "Bel Air" enterte sensationell, als viertes Album in Folge, die Charts auf #1, meldete in kürzester Zeit Gold und brachte drei starke Singles hervor. Die Guano Apes, als eine der wenigen deutschen Bands dafür bekannt, auch im Ausland extrem erfolgreich zu sein, spielten ausverkaufte Tourneen in ganz Europa und ernteten überall Respekt.
2014 kommt das Quartett mit brandneuem Material und präsentiert gleich mit der ersten Single-Auskopplung "Close to the Sun" eindrucksvoll das Können und die Spielfreude einer Band, die über jeden Zweifel erhaben ist. "Close to the Sun" rauscht mit schweren Riffs, entschlossenen Drums und sphärischen Chören heran, um uns mitzunehmen in die Umlaufbahn der Guano Apes, die genau da weitermachen, wo sie aufgehört haben: ganz oben. "Close to the Sun" ist jetzt überall erhältlich und macht die Bahn frei für "Offline", das kommende neue Album der Apes, das am 2. Mai 2014 offiziell erscheint und jetzt vorbestellbar ist.
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It's been over three years since Oscillate Wisely, the debut album from Mike Adams At His Honest Weight. A lot has happened to all of us since then, but it was a particularly actionpacked time for ol' Mike. His newborn son requiring emergency heart surgeries immediately after birth (doing fine now!), his former rock band of nearly 10 years calling it quits, and plenty of other heavy things have helped shape the follow-up, Best of Boiler Room Classics, into one of the most believably moving albums to come around in a long time. But forget about all that stuff for a minute because we need to talk about how great these SONGS are! And these are real songs, daddy! Verses, choruses, hooks, bridges, you know, well-written timeless songs that at least some of us will be listening to 50 years from now. The same mixing/mastering team of Adam Jessup & Eric Day have returned and have really taken their time to make this album sound like exactly one million bucks. The thoughtful, hard work that went into this record has resulted in something truly special, like a Midwestern Tusk made by fun, lovable people who actually get along really well. Best of Boiler Room Classics has the subtle, earnest warmth of an album like the Clientele's Strange Geometry but with the arena-ready grandeur of ELO's Out Of The Blue. While there is an unforgettable instant catchiness to these songs, there is a depth, both lyrically and musically, that makes repeated listens a delight. While this is not a country album by any means, songs like 'Count On It' and 'Don't Want It, Don't Get It' find Mike's comforting words gripping your heart like an old Roger Miller ballad. Speaking of 'Count On It', just wait until those actual strings kick in at 2:27! It'll do something to you! What if the GBV albums on TVT had been produced by Cowboy Jack Clement What if The Wonders songs in That Thing You Do were actually performed by The Pernice Brothers What if Dee Dee Ramone wrote 'Late For The Sky' instead of Jackson Browne What if Todd Rundgren engineered a Cass McCombs record Find out !!!
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1. You Or No One
2. Dark Sunglasses
3. Like In The Movies
4. Down The Wrong Way
5. You're The One
6. A Plan Too Far
7. In A Miracle
8. House Of Cards
9. Tourniquet (Cynthia Anne)
10. Sweet Nuthin'
11. Adding The Blue
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1 Out Of The Woodwork 5:50
2 Don't Apply Compression Gently 3:36
3 Avant Gardener 5:12
4 History Eraser 3:28
5 David 2:54
6 Anonymous Club 5:51
7 Lance Jr. 3:28
8 Are You Looking After Yourself 7:42
9 Scotty Says 3:52
10 Canned Tomatoes (Whole) 4:33
11 Porcelain 7:07
12 Ode To Odetta
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Hoga Nord Rekords pays recpect to one of the true swedish pioneers of electronic underground music, Prof. Robert Leiner. Starting back in 1992 Robert Leiner has been highly productive since then. Countless releases on classic high profile dance labels such as R&S Records, Apollo, H. Productions, Ohm just to name a few. Played all over the world with the creme de la creme of electronic music like Andrew Weatherall, Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox, Derick May just to name a few. The 303th day of 2013, 12:33 more minutes of analoge machinefunk signed Robert Leiner hit the streets.
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Anfang Juli erscheint die erste Single 'Right Action / Love Illumination' aus dem neuen Franz Ferdinand Album 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action' (VÖ: 23.08.2013). Angetrieben von einem eingängigen Riff und einem straighten Drum-Beat, über die Alex Kapranos seine poetischen Lyrics singt, gibt 'Love Illumination' einen Ausblick auf ein großartiges Album! Die Doppel A Seite beinhaltet ausserdem noch die englische Single 'Right Action'.
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We'd like to invite you to experience Evan Ønly's debut EP, No Matter What, a highly-evolved pop record with human progress in its sights and soulful electropop as its means. Produced by Ice Choir's Kurt Feldman, these nine kinetic anthems alchemize the DNA of Ønly's preferred architects of sound -- Prefab Sprout, Pet Shop Boys, The Associates, and David Bowie's Let's Dance -- into an astute psychological pop adventure for a future-facing generation. Like the British avant-pop artists who infused classic tunes with a social awareness, Ønly creates music in the belief that pop can still change the way you see yourself and the world. We've all got something on our mind; No Matter What gives you the keys to find out where it leads.
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Versions Of A Life is a collection of recorded works by London, UK post-punk band Ski Patrol. Formed in 1979 by singer Ian Lowery and guitarist Nick Clift, the band played moody, epic, angular music. Active until late 1981, Ski Patrol's musical and lyrical output mirrored the dub-reggae influences of their Brixton and Ladbroke Grove home-bases, the civil unrest of post-punk Britain and the freedom to push aside the rock rulebook as had been done by their peers PiL and Gang Of Four. They self-released their first single in early 1980 with the help of Rough Trade and came to the attention of Malicious Damage, a label & management operation, formed to release the early works of Killing Joke. This association produced the band's biggest success, the 1980 indie chart hit "Agent Orange" (featuring Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman on synth). Versions Of A Life collects Ski Patrol's recorded output in one place for the first time. This anthology also shines a light on the darkly comic, paranoid, often elegiac gutter poetry of the late Ian Lowery, who passed away in 2001. Including the band's first two singles, previously unreleased mixes of their third single and three unreleased songs from their last studio session. All songs are remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a glossy jacket with an unreleased photo of the band. Each copy includes a reproduction of a promotional poster with lyrics from 1981 designed by Mike Coles, the Malicious Damage house artist responsible for the label's iconic album and single covers.
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01. Son Of An American
02. House Of Glass
03. Diss Town
04. Lost Weekend
05. Blowout
06. Wrecking Ball
07. Speakeasy
08. All Of The Time
09. Everything Revival
10. Island Ridin'
11. Dizzy
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Michigan three piece CHEAP GIRLS signed to Xtra Mile in January 2014 and quickly announced plans for the release of their third album 'Famous Graves' - the label's first full worldwide release.
The first fruits of the record can be find on AV Club who premiered the upcoming single, 'Knock Me Over' here
Famous Graves was recorded in Chicago and Grand Rapids by Rick Johnson (who recorded Cheap Girls' first two records, 2008's Find Me a Drink Home & 2009's My Roaring 20's) and Jeff Dean (The Bomb, Dead Ending, All Eyes West). The follow-up to their 2012 release Giant Orange, Famous Graves sees the band continuing to grow their authentic Midwestern rock that's drawn comparisons to bands such as The Lemonheads, The Replacements, and early Smoking Popes.
With tours in the States confirmed with label mates Against Me! and The Hold Steady, and with plans being made for a summer of festivals plus a full UK and European run ear-marked for Autumn - Cheap Girls are set to have a fantastic 2014.
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Michigan three piece CHEAP GIRLS signed to Xtra Mile in January 2014 and quickly announced plans for the release of their third album 'Famous Graves' - the label's first full worldwide release.
The first fruits of the record can be find on AV Club who premiered the upcoming single, 'Knock Me Over' here
Famous Graves was recorded in Chicago and Grand Rapids by Rick Johnson (who recorded Cheap Girls' first two records, 2008's Find Me a Drink Home & 2009's My Roaring 20's) and Jeff Dean (The Bomb, Dead Ending, All Eyes West). The follow-up to their 2012 release Giant Orange, Famous Graves sees the band continuing to grow their authentic Midwestern rock that's drawn comparisons to bands such as The Lemonheads, The Replacements, and early Smoking Popes.
With tours in the States confirmed with label mates Against Me! and The Hold Steady, and with plans being made for a summer of festivals plus a full UK and European run ear-marked for Autumn - Cheap Girls are set to have a fantastic 2014.
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The new solo album! Very nice packaging with 24-page booklet including the lyrics printed inside out! Sivert Hoeyem is a Norwegian singer, best known as the vocalist of the rock band Madrugada. After the band broke up following the death of Robert Buras in 2007, he has enjoyed huge success as a solo artist and all of his five studio albums have entered at number one in the sales charts and have earned Platinum plaques in Norway. Sivert Hoeyem has been touring Europe after the release each of his solo albums, and several times with Madrugada. "Endless Love" contains 10 songs all written by Sivert, produced by Ulf 'Rockis' Ivarsson (of Swedish band Thastroem fame) and mixed by Michael Ilbert at the legendary Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin.
01. Endless Love
02. Enigma Machine
03. Handsome Savior
04. Inner Vision
05. Free As A Bird
06. Little Angel
07. Wat Tyler
08. Görlitzer Park
09. At Our Evening Table
10. Ride On Sisters
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Third Man Records unearths Neil Young's A Letter Home. "An unheard collection of rediscovered songs from the past''
PRESS: 'Originally made in 1947, the Voice-o-Graph is the only public vinyl record recording booth of its kind left in the world. After refurbishing it, Third Man opened the booth on Record Store Day 2013 and now anyone can come in and record up to two minutes of audio that's cut onto a six-inch phonograph disc. Young stopped by Third Man last year where he recorded a cover of Bert Jansch's "The Needle of Death" on the Voice-o-Graph last year for a special tribute to the acoustic guitar master.' - Rolling Stone
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The limited-edition box featureS an expanded edition of the record, presented on two vinyl LPs (the standard version and the "audiophile" version)
CD, DVD with comments from the producers and engineers, seven vinyl 6" singles, a download card for the "audiophile" version, and a 32-page booklet.
One of the singles features a cover of Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" and an alternate take of Willie Nelson's "Crazy".
1. A Letter Home
2. Changes
3. Girl From The North Country
4. Needle Of Death
5. Early Morning Rain
6. Crazy
7. Reason To Believe
8. On The Road Again
9. If You Could Read My Mind
10. Since I Met You Baby
11. My Hometown
12. I Wonder If I Care As Much
13. Blowin' In The Wind
14. Crazy (Piano)
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The Lively Ones third long player was originally released in 1963 on the legendary LA surf label, Del-Fi. Featuring 12 guitar and sax heavy sides including ripping renditions of Dick Dale's "Miserlou" and Santo & Johnny's "Sleep Walk", Surf City is probably best known to younger generations for the classic surf instrumental, "Surf Rider", which was featured in the closing credits of Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film, Pulp Fiction. Though they may not be a household name, The Lively Ones are in the top tier of 1960s surf rock groups and Surf City is perhaps their finest moment.
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Double A side single is pressed in neon pink vinyl and limited to 3000 copies worldwide.
The new songs were produced by Michael Beinhorn and recorded in Los Angeles, California and are the first new solo material Courtney has released since 2004's America's Sweetheart. You Know My Name is an undeniable slice of perfect punk pop and Wedding Day a visceral onslaught of guitar riffs with Courtney's customary impassioned vocals. Both tracks Courtney cites as some of the best music she has made in years.
As front-woman of Hole and solo artist in her own right, Love's stage presence that John Peel once described as "verged on the heroic... generating a tension which I cannot remember having felt before from any stage" has the presence and lyrics to make her a significant iconic figure in music & pop culture.
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'Court The Dark' is Hydrogen Sea's debut release.
It features five tracks from this enchanting and talented duo.
Hydrogen Sea = multi-instrumentalist PJ Seaux and singer Birsen Uçar. PJ plays guitar, triggers the wavy synths and drops the (gentle) beats. All at once. Birsen complements their distinctive sound with her ethereal vocals and moony lyrics.
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500 copies on, pure vinyl first pressing (clear). Amid the current industry of cool, MOUNT CARMEL's lack of gimmick is a welcome anachronism. The trio's third album 'Get Pure' is full of swagger, packed with great songs and inspired performances. This is true rock music like you haven't heard in years. Crank it up! // 'Like the blues, traditional rock 'n' roll remains a great musical building block and form. It'll never be out of date. Mount Carmel shows their devotion to the crunchy riff on 'Back on It', a smokin' tune from their upcoming album, Get Pure' Pop Matters // 'Plenty of bands drink from the well of tribute, allowing their vision to plateau in service of authenticity or Good Time Charlie-ism, because it's fun and familiar, and for some quite easy to achieve. Mount Carmel is that rare band that takes an existing concept - here, British-influenced blues-based rock circa 1966-69, the times that bore Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Cream, the Steve Miller Band, and above all, Free - and steers it so that they become a continuation of that earlier dialogue' Roadburn //
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Met haar muziek bonkt Reena Riot je tegen het trillende voorhoofd, ze hakt je ingewanden in zwevende stukken, en ze jaagt ijzeren vlinders in je buik. Kunnen witte meisjes de blues herdefiniëren, een nieuw maar vertrouwd geluid geven, en tot een genre maken dat ook vandaag tijdeloos blijkt Ja, dat kunnen ze, zeker als ze Reena Riot heten.
Laten we bij dit alles niet vergeten dat achter Reena Riot Naomi Sijmons schuilt, die het geenszins van vreemden heeft, want haar goeie ouwe vader, wijlen mijn gabber Fons Sijmons, heeft haar ongetwijfeld de paplepel doorgegeven waarmee uit een vertroebelde en toch ook vrolijke geest muziek van grote klasse wordt geschept.
Ik zag Naomi al lopen toen haar hoogzwangere moeder zich aan de zijde van Fons door Gent bewoog. De trots en de verwachtingen van Fons, die toen reeds al was het slechts één bassnaar kon doen zingen, was bijkans niet te evenaren. Ik zag Naomi hier in Gent als blond hummeltje, als klein meisje, als groter meisje, als de jonge vrouw die Reena Riot tot een van haar aliassen koos. We hebben allemaal wel een paar aliassen, die ons niet per se een voor een op de juiste manier identificeren, maar met Reena Riot heeft Naomi Sijmons een mogelijk zelfbeeld geschapen dat haar gegoten zit als een glinsterende handschoen.
Ik wou dat Fons er nog was, zodat ik hem kon feliciteren met zijn dochter. En met haar muziek. Want daar draait het om: Reena Riot is geen poppetje, geen pin up, geen babe van dertien in een dozijn, welneen, ze is een rasechte muzikante. Dat bewijst ze glorieus met haar EP die de nummers 'Stop Reverse', 'I belong to you', 'Army boots', 'Sing' en 'The Needle' bevat. Het zijn stuk voor stuk songs die zowel qua muziek als qua lyrics in Vlaanderen een unieke standaard zetten: die van absolute kwaliteit, mede door de productie van de grootse Mauro. Ik wil Reena Riot niet gaan vergelijken met Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell of wie dan ook, want hoewel dit namen als klokken zijn, wier beïnvloeding goed staat op je curriculum vitae, heeft Reena Riot nu al haar eigen stem gevonden, en de nummers op haar EP bewijzen dit met verve. Ik kan deze EP tien keer beluisteren en ik vind 'm steeds beter. Daarom heb ik 'm ondertussen meer dan twintig keer beluisterd.
'Stop Reverse' is mooi op een indringend-zachte manier en omgekeerd, en doet mij denken aan The Sundays, een groep die ik hogelijk waardeer. 'I belong to you' zou de noodkreet van een oude, gekwelde maar wijze en energieke vogel kunnen zijn, die z'n eigen boom ter beschikking heeft. 'Army boots' heeft de schitterende beginverzen 'Put on your army boots/ And meet me by the church'. Op je legerlaarzen naar de kerk. Een beeld om in te kaderen. Ook dit lijkt een klaaglied, maar er gloort hoop. 'Sing' bewijst eens te meer dat Reena Riot zowel teder kan zingen als uithalen met woorden die kippenvel kunnen bezorgen. Er zit tevens een melodieus motief in dat de hele dag in het hoofd van de luisteraar blijft hangen. 'The Needle' schrijnt met tekst en zang en piano en melancholische drums, en een gitaar die van lieverlede de keel toewringt.
De vijf nummers lijken wel geschreven en uitgevoerd door een performer met Engels als moedertaal en de noodzaak tot zingen in de bloedbaan. En aldus ben ik er na het beluisteren van de EP zeker van: Reena Riot zal een ster aan ons firmament worden die niet zal ophouden met rijzen, en daar mag de Vlaamse muziekwereld bijzonder gelukkig mee zijn.
[A] A1 | Stop Reverse [B] A2 | I Belong To You [C] A3 | Army Boots [D] B1 | Sing
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