Posted on July 21, 2008 by chriswingrove
Micah P. Hinson & The Red Empire Orchestra
S/T
MP3: Tell Me It Ain’t So
Buy
CSS
Donkey
MP3: Left Behind
Buy
Primal Scream
Beautiful Future
MP3: Time Of The Assasins
Buy
The Hold Steady
Stay Positive
MP3: Yeah Sapphire
Buy
Nas
Untitled
MP3: Sly Fox
Buy
Wire
Object 47
Buy
One Day As A Lion
S/T
Buy
The Dodos
Visiter
MP3: Ashley
Buy
She & Him
Volume One
MP3: Black Hole
Buy
You can vote for your favourite release of the last two weeks in our poll over [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by chriswingrove
There is a sign outside the venue that reads ‘Cornershop live tonight…yes, that Cornershop‘. It shows the abyss of public awareness that Tjinder Singh and his merry band have fallen into of late. After all, it’s been six years since Handcream For A Generation graced the album charts back in 2002. However, with the promise [...]
Filed under: London Live, Review | Tagged: Amersham Arms, Cornershop, John & Jehn, Live Review, MIA Remix, Peel Seession | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 7, 2008 by chriswingrove
Beck
Modern Guilt
MP3: Chemtrails
Tricky
Knowle West Boy
MP3: Past Mistake
Black Kids
Partie Traumatic
MP3: Hurricane Jane
Album of the week is Beck’s Modern Guilt. Both progression and regression from Mr Hansen, as he builds on the success of Guero and The Information, yet strips away many of the superfluous gimmicks that littered his mid-90s albums. Full review later on in the [...]
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Posted on July 4, 2008 by chriswingrove
Mogwai release their new LP, The Hawk Is Howling, on September 22nd on Wall of Sound. Today, however they have released a preview of that in this track. The Sun Smells Too Loud continues the Scots’ run of superbly titled, well-tooled instrumental post-rock. Doesn’t carry the Young Team -era menace, and actually sounds quite breezy [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2008 by chriswingrove
Watson Twins
Fire Songs
MP3: How Am I To Be
Seth Lakeman
Poor Man’s Heaven
Fonda 500
Je M’Appelle Stereo
MP3: Ihopekyliesok
Dirty Pretty Things
Romance At Short Notice
MP3: Chinese Dogs
The Subways
All Or Nothing
MP3: Move To Newlyn
Alkaline Trio
Agony & Irony
MP3: In Vein
Harvey Milk
Life…The Best Game In Town
Kid Carpet
Casio Royale
Albert Hammond Jr
Como Te Llama
Haven’t had chance to listen to much of this week’s releases, so [...]
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