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Figurines
This post originally appeared on tympanogram.com on April 7, 2011 here. Figurines is a poppy rock trio based out of Denmark that has been touring fairly relentlessly since their formation. Their latest self-titled release is 11 tracks of tight songwriting, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, music, songs, tympanogram
Tagged band, danish, figurines, hanging from above, rock
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Album review: Sloan – “The Double Cross”
Halifax natives Sloan are celebrating their 20th year as a band with an album full of hook laden power pop perfection. As usual the album title serves as a double meaning. Double cross meaning 2 xs, the Roman numeral for … 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
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged colourmusic, dance, groovemine, heavy, pink, review, rock, spectral
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Album review: Yuck – “Yuck”
Finally, after all the hype of indie culture coming to the mainstream, with Arcade Fire winning the Album of the Year Grammy and every band everywhere looking for a unique sound, we get an album that gives us exactly what … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 120 minutes, british, indie, mtv, rock, sebadoh, shoegaze, sloan, sonic youth, thrush hermit, yuck
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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: Chikita Violenta – “Tre3s”
Chikita Violenta is a Mexican indie rock band that is trying to make waves in a very crowded scene right now. They have the sound and the songs and, mostly, the production backing them up. Unfortunately they are about 6 … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, reviews
Tagged arena rock, arts and crafts, bss, chikita violenta, indie, mexican indie, music, rock
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Album review: Sonic Youth – “SYR 9: Simon Werner a Disparu”
I should start this post with a full disclosure: I am just about the biggest fan of Sonic Youth that there can be. This is not to say that I instantly love everything that they do. Even I can admit … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, reviews
Tagged instrumental, kim gordon, lee ranaldo, matador, music, rock, sonic youth, soundtrack, steve shelley, SYR 9, Thurston Moore
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