Taking their name from a rather forthright way of telling someone to shut up, transatlantic duo STFU have forged a fittingly uncompromising sound on debut album What We Want. Despite being literally an ocean apart during the recording process, producer Dean Garcia and vocalist Preston Maddox, of noise-rockers The Bloody Knives, have created a homogenous, dystopian behemoth of a record.
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Throwing Muses offshoot 50FOOTWAVE are back with their first release in four years and it’s a real humdinger. Louder, faster and heavier than you might expect, the Bath White EP packs more of a punch into its six-tracks than most artists manage on a double album.
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No20 Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs. The first instrumental to be included in the Great Moments series, this 1962 single by the legendary Stax house band is a bona fide classic. Originators of the Southern Soul sound, the MGs were also pioneers in being one […]
There are plenty of artists who’ve had long gaps between releases – Kate Bush, David Bowie and ABC to name but a few. But indie groovers Khartomb are in a class of their own, after reemerging with their first new release since – wait for it – 1983.
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No 19 Plain Sailing by Tracey Thorn. A gorgeous slice of ’80s minimalism from the 1982 solo album A Distant Shore by Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl. Though she had already met future partner and longtime collaborator Ben Watt at Hull University, they both originally signed to Cherry Records as solo artists.
Nick Cave and The Band Seeds are to release their first material since the tragic death of Nick’s 15-year-old son Arthur last July. The new album, entitled Skeleton Tree, will be released on 9 September, preceded by an accompanying film One More Time With Feeling directed by Andrew Dominik.
The minute I put on this EP I was transported back to the halcyon days of the mid-Eighties when digital watches were cool, mobile phones were the size of breeze blocks and jangly indie pop dominated John Peel’s Festive 50. Salient Braves‘ shambling sound is shot through with nostalgia, reviving the spirit of the ’80s for the […]
I’ve always felt that there were two Richard Ashcrofts – the cocksure ‘Mad Richard’ you often see in his interviews – and the sensitive soul who gave us The Drugs Don’t Don’t Work, Lucky Man and A Song For the Lovers. Both Richards are in evidence on These People, Ashcroft’s first album in six years, but the combination is not entirely successful. […]
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No 18 World Destruction by Time Zone. One of the first rock/rap crossover, 1984’s World Destruction was the second single by Time Zone, a side project of rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. tt featured a collaboration with bassist producer and – showing a keen eye for the zeitgeist – PiL and ex-Sex Pistols […]
I always felt there was something a bit emperor’s new clothes about Antony and the Johnsons. There was obvious merit in the music, but I could never quite understand why the likes of Lou Reed were so enamoured. Then came 4 Degrees and even this old philistine had to sit up and take notice.