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Introducing: A Happy Death
(This post originally appeared on Tympanogram.com on November 16, 2011) It’s really great to be a music blogger. I get the chance to listen to a ridiculous amount of music that I would normally not have any clue existed. Sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, EP, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged garage, happy death, nazi zombies, portland, psych, review, rock, tympanogram, vinyl
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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
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged colourmusic, dance, groovemine, heavy, pink, review, rock, spectral
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Album review: Queens of the Stone Age – “Queens of the Stone Age” (re-issue)
Re-issues are a touchy subject to some. Who decides whether or not an album is deserving of a 2nd look? Does an album have to be a runaway hit and become hard to find in order for it to be … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged desert, heavy, josh homme, kyuss, queens of the stone age, review, rock
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Album review: The Two Koreas – “Science Island”
Sometimes a straight forward rock album is exactly what the doctor ordered. Noisy, sloppy, balls to the wall rock has the power to erase any traces of trend-mongering buzzbands that exist only to grab a quick piece of the action. … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged canadian, garage, groovemine, music, review, rock, science island, toronto, two koreas
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Album review: Deerhoof – “Deerhoof vs. Evil”
Deerhoof, the ultra-quirky indie math rock/pop/irony heavy band is back with an album cheekily titled “Deerhoof Vs. Evil”. To me Deerhoof is a band that I am constantly curious about. They seem to be combining things that one wouldn’t necessarily … Continue reading
Album review: Motorifik – “Secret Things”
Motorifik seem to be wasting no time with their debut album, “Secret Things”. Normally one would expect it to take a band at least a few albums to develop a unique and well formed sound. This is not the case … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 2010, album, groovemine, motorifik, music, review, secret things, working for a nuclear free city
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Album review: Deerhunter – “Halcyon Digest”
Deerhunter truly lives up to the hype with their much anticipated “Halcyon Digest”. This latest release takes a sharp left turn from previous work, like the album oriented “Cryptograms”. Where that album relied much more heavily on ambiance, spacious sounds … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 2010, album, atlas sound, bradford cox, deerhunter, halcyon digest, indie, music, review, rock
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Album review: Wonder Wheel – “Brave New World”
Los Angeles’ Wonder Wheel is back with their trademarked brand of pulsating rock music that stands somewhere between a dream-like haze, drugged out reality and a hallucination. The music shimmers with retro keyboard sounds amongst the swirl of delayed guitars … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, albums, music, reviews
Tagged 2010, albums, brave new world, cure, music, neon indian, paul a rosales, review, rock, wonder wheel
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Album review: Women – “Public Strain”
Women’s latest release, “Public Strain”, is artier and more experimental than much of what is out there right now. The album leans towards an early Sonic Youth aesthetic with its use of ambiance, noise, feedback drones and aggressive guitar attacks … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 2010, album, band, calgary, groovemine, guitar, music, public strain, review, rock, women
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