February 2012
13 posts
WatchA mix of some of my favourite ever bands. Enjoy!
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2012 Albums: Pulled Apart By Horses- Tough Love
You pretty much know where you stand with Pulled Apart By Horses. Loud, fast, heavy rock dipped in lots of fun. Consequently, much like their self-titled debut, there isn’t a lot of variation on Tough Love as all of the songs have these qualities (and some ace riffs too) and barely pass the 3 minute mark. It’s not a bad thing by any means, it just gets a little tiring after a while....
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2012 EP's- British Theatre- EP
This is fucking brilliant. A year after my favourite band split up, legends Mike Vennart and Gambler have finally released the first 3 tracks of their much anticipated British Theatre collaboration. It’s 3 electronic infused tracks focused on slow keys and hazy textures, combined with Mike’s twisted vocals and minimal guitar work. There’s quite a heavy Nine Inch Nails influence...
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2012 Albums: Cloud Nothings- Attack On Memory
Cloud Nothings make retro lo-fi indie rock that would’ve sat very comfortable amongst the likes of Pavement and Archers of Loaf in the 90’s. It’d be very easy to dismiss them if they didn’t write such good songs. From the tense and paranoid opening of ‘No Future/No Past’ to the final fade out of ‘Cut You’, Attack On Memory is pretty much excellent....
Anonymous asked: best friend
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This could be interesting. Let’s turn on anonymous questions again for a bit.
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2012 Albums: Sleigh Bells- Reign of Terror
If you’re expecting something big, bold and new from Sleigh Bells second album you’ll probably going to be disappointed. If you’re looking for more heavily distorted pop songs that you can dance around to featuring Alexis Krauss’ almost angelic voice you almost certainly will. Reign of Terror isn’t a million miles from Sleigh Bells debut album Treats (it mostly...
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2012 Albums: Lana Del Rey- Born To Die
You probably have had the backstory of Lana Del Rey crammed forcefully down your throat from most media outlets, so lets focus on her mediocre album instead. Essentially most of the songs boil down to overly dramatic strings dominating drum beats and loops with occasional other instrumentation hidden in the mix. As most songs seem to follow this pattern there’s little room for variation...
WatchA special Valentines edition of the Halfway Home. Enjoy!
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2012 Albums: of Montreal- Paralytic Stalks
I’m very confused having listened to of Montreal’s 11th studio album. On most his albums of late Kevin Barnes has been dipping in and out of the madder part of his imagination, but on Paralytic Stalks he seems to dive in and stay there for the full 54 minutes. Whilst ostensibly an indie pop album, of Montreal as ever seem to throw in as many styles as possible into the album....
WatchA new mix for your all. Have fun!
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2012 Albums: The Twilight Sad- No One Can Ever...
The Twilight Sad are usually more well known for ear-piecingly loud shoegaze, with layers of guitars and keyboards underpinned by James Graham’s deep lyrics. On their third album however they take a drastic shift in direction. The keyboards and synth come much more to the fore and Andy Macfarlanes guitar, whilst still very noisy, is left at the back of the mix. With the bass heavier than...
