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Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Weâ??ve drifted apart over these two years, though â?? I only see that now. I only hear the obvious when I play your second self-titled album and long to feel those flames again, to have my soul singed by an arsenal of fuck-the-avant-garde arrangements turbocharged by the rapid-fire beating of four hearts driving for something better than whatâ??s come to equal â??punk rockâ?? in the last few years...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Itâ??s strange how certain folks return unexpectedly, isnâ??t it? First Lazarus, then Pixies, then those Mitchell Brothers, then... Charley Stone from Gay Dad. Yes people! The anticipation can finally cease...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Ima Robot don't exactly hide their intentions with the name they've christened themselves with...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Guillemots are a freakish pop group, with a million elements that you could turn your nose up at. But have a little faith and they will astound you...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Listen to the smallest hidden details, not the attention-seeking showmen that wage petty fights over your attentions: James Yorkston would never stoop so low...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Rising from the ashes of defunct pop quartet The Beta Band, The Aliens are the latest band about town brandishing psychedelic pop...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
In this excellent year of high-quality heavy metal releases, Papa Roach release this single ahead of their fourth album; you probably don't need anyone to caution you against buying this sort of thing, but all the same...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
It may have taken a few years but the Mystic Megs among us have foreseen the ascension of punk-rockâ??s political arm for a while now. With the worldâ??s super-powers and their cozening military campaigns descending into near-chaos and absurd religious bickering tearing the heart out of our societies, it seems thereâ??s more than ever for these bands to sink their teeth into - and an ever-growing legion of inquisitive young minds desperate for some direction, too...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Air have arranged something I thought impossible â?? a compilation with longevity, mood and sonic exclusivity. This is like the ambassador throwing away his sodding chocolates and giving his guests a yacht and three free slaps of his permatanned face - a gem in the most generous way imaginable...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Cast your mind back to the summer of 1998, and the sinsemilla-flavoured scent of 'trip-hop' was floating through the air like a honeysuckle in bloom, casting aside any lingering stains of Britpop for the rest of the decade...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Standing out like a sore thumb amongst Sheffield's current Arctic Monkeys fascinated rabble of musicians are Bromheads Jacket, who aren't actually from the city of steel at all, as it happens...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Warped song structure, manic techno beats and a general air of certifiable electro-mayhem, all packed into 110 seconds of mislaid Arctic waterfowl-based noise. Cracking...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
The majority of the songs on The Kids At The Club draw from The Smithsâ?? school of vocals, Belle & Sebastianâ??s summery sound, Camera Obscuraâ??s indie-pop and a touch of northern soul...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Too good to be consigned completely to the background yet not gripping enough to sit comfortably at the fore, Expectation seems trapped in a curious limbo...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
It is almost impossible to carve a niche in a genre as restrictive as post-rock, but with their Heaven-sent melodies and plunging riffs of brimstone Red Sparowes have drilled a planet-sized chasm...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Cheers, postie. Not for the first time this year you've failed to make my day. Grrrr...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Erase Errataâ??s third long-player finds the all-girl San Francisco punks-proper minus a member, with guitarist Sara Jaffe leaving following the release of 2003â??s At Crystal Palace. The departure hasnâ??t noticeably affected the outfitâ??s potency, though: the twelve songs of Nightlife rattle by the listener with alarming speed, and at only thirty minutes long the record seems to be over just as soon as its begun...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
Essentially a solo project from the former Murderdolls frontman, Fang Bang is the second release from Wednesday 13 and its heady mix of punky glam-rock tunes and gormless shock-horror lyrics is an even more tedious affair than the last one...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
'Battle On' is what Athlete would have become if they'd continued down the Beta Band road to experimental subversiveness rather than hibernated underneath dad's carpet slippers...
Drowned in Sound - Reviews
They're from São Paulo. They play with a sense of fun and naïvety that you'd imagine to be sorely endearing to a London crowd loosened up on colour and glowsticks. They are five-sixths female. They are truly a marketing man's wet dream. However, tonight falls slightly flat, compared to CSS's record and its lightning bolt imagery...