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Album review: Wooden Shjips – “West”
Wooden Shjips’ drone of ultra fuzzed out guitars aligns them with the trend of retro sounding new-music that seems to have exploded in the past couple of years. They are taking the psychedelic/early hard-rock sound and very much running with … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 2011, drone, guitar, music, psych, psych rock, psychedelic, rock, thrill jockey, west, wooden shjips
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Album review: White Hills – “H-p1″
Heavy, unrelenting drones of guitar riffage that are spread out over an extended jam. That is how I would sum up the sound of White Hills’ “H-p1″ in one sentence. It isn’t totally fair to sum things up in one … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, drone, heavy, minimalist, post-rock, stoner, stoner-rock, thrill jockey, white hills
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EP review: Andrew Lindsay and the Coat Hooks – “The Whittling” EP
(Originally appeared on Tympanogram here.) I normally tend towards more spastic, bombastic, or otherwise -astic music, while I let the quieter stuff just pass me by. It’s not that I fail to hear the beauty of slower, more languid material, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, EP, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged Andrew Lindsay, Coat Hooks, ep, Scotland, tympanogram
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Races – “Big Broom” 7″
(Originally appeared on Tympanogram here.) The A-side of the new 7? from Races, “Big Broom” is quite the introduction. I was instantly gripped by the stunningly expansive sound. They manage to capture something that would normally take a band several … Continue reading
EP review: TV Torso – “Status Quo Vadis” EP
(Originally appeared on Tympanogram here) Have you ever had one of those “Ah HA!” moments when listening to a band? No, I’m not talking about Norweigan one hit wonders and official musical group of the 1996 Winter Olympics in … Continue reading
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Tagged ep, Sound Team, Status Quo Vadis, TV Torso, tympanogram
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Album review: Priestbird – “Beachcombers”
Priestbird is the new moniker of former instrumental indie-prog outfit Tarantula A.D. It seems that tensions within the band came to a breaking point such that they didn’t feel they would be able to continue making music together. They split … Continue reading
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Tagged beachcombers, groovemine, Priestbird, psych rock, psychedelic, Tarantula A.D.
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Album review: Psychedelic Horseshit – “Laced”
For those of you out there that feel like White Fence’s release “Is Growing Faith” was a little too “mainstream” and accessible, you’ll be happy to know that Psychedelic Horseshit’s latest release, “Laced” is neither of those things. Psychedelic Horseshit … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, album, fatcat, groovemine, laced, music, psychedelic horseshit, records
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Album review: Joan of Arc – “Life Like”
The Chicago based math-rock outfit with steady lineup changes, Joan of Arc, adds to their already frighteningly prolific repertoire with their latest effort, “Life Like”. You know that you are in for a serious journey when an album begins with … Continue reading
Album review: Colourmusic – “My ______ is Pink”
Go ahead: admit the first thing that popped into your head when you read the title. Yeah, that’s what I thought, sicko. Well that’s not how this reviewer read it at all. I read it as “My blank is Pink” … Continue reading
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Tagged colourmusic, dance, groovemine, heavy, pink, review, rock, spectral
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Album review: Dag För Dag – “Boo”
I used to own a cassette when I was a kid. Well, I owned several. Having grown up in the 80’s means I went through a lot of cassettes. Blank tapes became canvases that I recorded memories onto. They contained … Continue reading
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Tagged american, dag, dag for dag, dark, haunting, snavely, swedish
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