The Wave Pictures - Just Like A Drummer
Self congratulatory, self referencing and a little bit sinister, you might not want to like The Wave Pictures, but hey you don’t really have a choice.
27th July 2008, 3:50pm
Self congratulatory, self referencing and a little bit sinister, you might not want to like The Wave Pictures, but hey you don’t really have a choice.
27th July 2008, 3:50pm
Try The Slits? Bikini Kill? Kenickie? Gosh, for now even Sleeper had more bite than this lot.
27th July 2008, 3:25pm
Feature
Uplifting, laughable but ultimately really quite ace. Listen. Blog. Steal his lyrics.
24th July 2008, 5:10pm
Feature
This troupe – 7 and constantly expanding - are no wallflowers on stage.
24th July 2008, 5:05pm
It’s even hard to believe that there is a young lass called ‘Cath’. With a name like that, she’s more likely to be your high school dinner lady than a long lost love.
24th July 2008, 2:34pm
‘Roots And Echoes’ might have shown that the band aren’t afraid of change, but it’s also confirmed that they’re bloody boring.
6th August 2007, 3:07pm
On ‘Heartland’ they’ve tried to go a bit emotional with their electronica to mark themselves out from the crowd. And to some extent, a stab at ‘emotronica’ works.
30th July 2007, 4:25pm
Shame, this one could have been a big-haired and big-beated romp. As it is, it’s merely a sexy shuffle on the dancefloor.
30th July 2007, 3:19pm
A strong fusion of playful grimey pop and politics, Lethal’s Bizznizz is looking pretty good. Just banish any thoughts of Gordon Brown getting grimey. We bet it’s not a pretty sight.
23rd July 2007, 3:08pm
Yes, the subliminal cry of ‘dance fools, dance!’ might be missing, but that’s not a bad thing. Heck, it’s this kind of variation that makes it all the better.
2nd July 2007, 3:26pm
With its whinge-bag vocals and oh so earnest fist-clenching chorus, it’s the kind of thing that should be mocked all the way to the bargain bin in Asda.
2nd July 2007, 3:11pm
Challenging their way to be top of France’s (electro) cuisine JUSTICE get a Michelin star for effort. With a bit some fine-tuning there’ll be one for the end product too.
18th June 2007, 3:39pm
Björk - Volta
‘Volta’ just continues to prove that Bjork is ace. And while she remains so there’s nothing better to do than just listen.
7th May 2007, 4:22pm
Help She Can’t Swim make playful and powerful look easy. Hopefully they won’t ditch the synthesiser and take up tweed any time soon.
7th May 2007, 4:17pm
Kubichek! are your mates’ band gone right. Very right.
19th March 2007, 5:05pm
May the congregation be seated. The service is about to resume. Pay attention. It’s fantastic.
5th March 2007, 6:36pm
Never mind ‘Make Another World’, it’s a bit surprising that Scot longstays Idlewild have made another album.
5th March 2007, 5:27pm
Uncontrollable shouts and twiddling guitar parts, Tokyo Police Club are the Canadian version of The Cribs. Canada is just a bit better at it…
12th February 2007, 6:43pm
We’re relieved. After shamelessly banging on about Dartz! for a fair while now, it’s a good job that this is ace with added (cow) bells on.
12th February 2007, 6:32pm
It’s obvious that ‘Weekend In The City’ isn’t the tame pet that ‘Silent Alarm’ became as it dabbled its paws in indie discos everywhere.
5th February 2007, 6:38pm
All the subtleties of ‘Oh, Inverted World’ with the pop panache of ‘Chutes Too Narrow’, The Shins are still making pop look easy.
29th January 2007, 6:44pm
Regaining the synthesiser from the ‘nu rave’ rabble and making radio-worthy gubbins that isn’t what we not-so-affectionately know as ‘tramp rock’, Field Music are spoiling us.
22nd January 2007, 6:47pm
With enough sub-3-minute hard-jazz-spazz-core to fill any scenester’s boots, The Blood Brothers are a super singles band.
20th November 2006, 6:49pm
Blurring lines rather than harshly mixing it up, ‘The Beatific Visions may not be as immediately loveable as ‘Give Blood’, but it’s still got some hellz-a-poppin’ moments.
6th November 2006, 7:00pm
With Rachel Chinouriri, A.G. Cook, Yannis Philippakis, Wasia Project and more!