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Charity starts at home
The Charity compilation is a double-edged sword. Because it is for a good cause bands often hand over exclusive tracks to the compilers, which is a big draw-card that will have collectors queuing for their copy. But quite often the tracks that sparked Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:11 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Head lip Wayne Coyne takes on the Arcade Fire
During a recent phone interview with Rolling Stone, head Flaming Lip Wayne Coyne dissed Win Butler and his band. Here's what Wayne had to say. "I'm a fan of them on one level, but on another level I get really tired of their pompousness ... We've played Read More...
Posted Monday, March 09, 2009 5:00 PM by Lloyd | 6 Comments
Kings of Leon – Only by the night
Kings of Leon are one of the few bands around that are currently making a claim for the title of stadium rock champions. The only other contenders I can think of are Arcade Fire and My Morning Jacket. Kings of Leon’s last album Because the times , saw Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 PM by Lloyd | 4 Comments
Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake and Handsome Furs
In 2005 a little know band called Wolf Parade released one of the greatest albums of the decade, Apologies to the Queen Mary . Following the media shit storm that followed Arcade Fire’s trawl through the corridors of indie rock, Wolf Parade was crowned Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:32 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
On the surface the Besnard Lakes might appear to be the Johnny-come-latelies to the Montreal indie rock scene that includes Arcade Fire, Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade, but their second album might have proved them to be the dark horse after all. Indeed, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:28 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
The Pyramids - The Pyramids
When an album arrives out of nowhere to bring you endless joy, it really is the gift that keeps on giving. The Pyramids’ debut album was exactly that, a random side project from two members of the Archie Bronson Outfit that wormed its way into my daily Read More...
Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 2:56 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
The Veils - Nux Vomica
In 2004 a little known New Zealand outfit released their debut album, The Runaway Found . Although well received, lead singer Finn Andrews decided to break the band up. Fast forward to 2007 and he’s back with a new Veils line-up and even better second Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:47 AM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
Singing Hallelujah with fear in your heart – A review of the Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible
On first listen I didn’t know quite what to make of Neon Bible ! It was nowhere near as initially arresting as Funeral , but at the same time I didn’t feel disappointed by it at all. It was like a long lost friend returned home from a parallel world, Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:26 AM by Lloyd | 4 Comments
Tapes ‘n Tapes - The Loon
Indie kids pay attention, there is a freshly turfed gauntlet, that needs to be acknowledged and it is the debut from Minneapolis band Tapes ‘n Tapes. The Loon is an eleven track whirlwind ride through the last twenty something years of indie music, touching Read More...
Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 1:10 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Hey you, what’s that sound?
The internet is often singled out as the main culprit in discussions about the dying throes of the major record label dinosaurs, but they really only have themselves to blame. Incredibly wealthy and sluggish, these labels consciously did not embrace technology Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:01 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
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