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| The Victorian English Gentlemens Club Love On An Oil Rig |
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The Victorian English Gentlemens Club is an indie rock/art punk rock band which formed in 2004 in Cardiff, Wales. The band consists of Adam Taylor (vocals, guitar), Dan Lazenby (guitar), Louise Mason (bass, vocals) and Steph Jones (drums). The band was formed by Taylor, Mason and drummer Emma Daman, who left the band in early [...]
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| Absent Elk CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS (Amazon) |
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In Grimstad, on the southern coast of Norway, there wasn’t much local music to interest Kjetil Morland. As a teenager his eyes and ears were set southwestwards, towards Britain. He channelled The Beatles and Blur, The Clash and Nick Drake. As soon as he could leave, he would…
In Shoreham-By-Sea, on the southern English coast, for [...]
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| Little Claw HUMAN TASTE (Ecstatic Peace) |
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Little Claw was born in Detroit, Michigan during the Great Eastern Seaboard blackout of 2003… having nothing to do, nowhere to go, Heath Heemsbergen and Kilynn Lunsford began playing their acoustic guitars and singing into the darkness. An auspicious beginning to be sure… Even now, Little Claw are still strumming and screaming into the void.
Formed [...]
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| Samara Lubelski FUTURE SLIP (Ecstatic Peace) |
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“Songwriter-singer-multi-instrumentalist-improviser-engineer Samara Lubelski is not what anyone could call ‘pigeonholed’ in the climate of contemporary music.”
In 2007 longtime fan Thurston Moore recruited Samara and her violin skills for his ‘Trees Outside the Academy’ album and tour. Familiar with the solo work, Thurston wanted to hear a new type of record from her: more confident, bolder. [...]
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| Animal Kingdom SIGNS AND WONDERS (Warner) |
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Signs And Wonders is released on 28 September 2009
This USA rock quartet’s debut album has met with virtually universal acclaim from the UK press. Almost inevitably, the comparisons have been made (Radiohead, Coldplay) while NME proclaimed, “…Will have Sigur Ros quivering with envy.” I often wonder why PR companies send out promos accompanied by the [...]
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| The Blizzards DOMINO EFFECT (Island) |
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Released 12 October 2009
This is the second album from this Irish quintet, but I’m not sure that it signals a much higher level of popularity here in the UK - perhaps with a fair wind and airplay…
‘Buy It Sell It’ opens the album in cracking rock-pop style and reminds me of The Editors. There’s a huge melody, [...]
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