A flawless rhythm and inviting voices to a world made of perfect chemistry and understanding among the members of a band. That makes me wonder if only the real world could be like that…
Chicago’s Pulseprogramming, the brainchild of vocalist/producer Marc Hellner, are a multimedia studio-based collective that have been releasing material for over a decade. New album ‘Charade is Gold’ is a beautiful slice of subtle synth-pop which delicately mixes dreamy shoegaze with analogue loops, undulating bass, deep monotone male vocals and uplifting, airy female vocals. (more…)
Mazes Spectrals and Best Coast @ Queens Social Club, Sheffield
It was a very sunny Thursday, a strange occurrence in Sheffield’s “blink and you miss” spring, one that has felt more like a bad mood swing.
So, in order to cure those weather-got-me-down-blues, what best than 3 very uplifting bands to rock out in that place where time stopped, Queens Social Club?
Cool new ditty by The Cold and Lovely, a project by Nicole Fiorentino and Meghan Toohey. Slow groove, atmospheric and very dreamy. Can we have some more, please?
Album Review: Firesuite – You’re an Ocean Deep, My Brother
The first time I listened to Sheffield-based band Firesuite’s new album, ‘You’re An Ocean Deep, My Brother’ I almost had a cortical aneurism and it took me a full four weeks to pluck up the courage to listen to it again.
Let me explain…this record is so big, so epic and dense that I really think it is going to be of massive importance to this band’s career. When I heard it I went, “Oh my god…” and I couldn’t really take in the sheer heroic scale of thing. All I could think was, “How the hell am I going to review this?!!!” Well, eventually I managed to think up some strings of word-descriptors to do so; I was planning a piece of expressive contemporary dance but the editors pulled the plug on that at the last minute…so, words it will be. (more…)
Greetings, readers who know how to do a stoppie in a tricycle without a “rajita de canela” appearing afterwards. Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em […]
Hey, Carbon Units… Orestes here, albums that I’m listening to, including a band that just called it quits, an IDM band, a trippy folk band and A MASSIVE LEGEND: Two Wings - Love’s Spring Oooh, this is nice. Suave, bluesy and slow grooves from Two Wings, who send psychedelic vibes from the Glaswegian city of Glasgow. Uh. ‘Eikon […]
Why the hate towards Pick of Destiny? I’ve still have to meet ONE person that actually hates it completely. Sure, I know that Kyle Gass has commented on some of the faults in the film (which I don’t mind, but I see where he’s shooting from) but the album was good and, let’s face it, ‘Beezelboss’ [...]
Hailing from the Peak District, Neon Railroad have been putting in the hours gigging constantly since the summer with amps set on “ROCK”. The title track opens the three track ep and for me is the strongest number. It’s a no frills rocker with all the hallmarks of the bands heroes’. A driving beat, guitars [...]
It’s a strange affair, the one experienced by The Wind-up Birds and the newcomer to their sound. It’s clearly a miner in a strip mining operation that hit a motherload with a mineral with the formula Ba5Gu3Dr2·V(OH) (III). Bass is heavy and well connected to all parts, the drums get their time to shine, the guitar jangles, [...]
I’m pretty sure the adjective “dreamy” is over-used by this here excuse of a reviewer. Can’t justify it nor will stop using it in the foreseeable future, especially since somehow (PR people? Destiny? Last.fm recommendations? Luck? God?) I keep gravitating towards stuff that’s atmospheric, thick in layers and full of bubbly atmos […]
Everyone an army is a band from Scarborough that was summoned to the near vicinity of Sheffield (let’s say Barnsley because they hired a shit wizard for their teleport) to bring a lot of post rock and math rock shenanigans for our unholy ears. They’ve released two EPs, one’s called EP (our review) and the other one is called A coastal Danc […]
Ah, Silversun Pickups. First time I heard you, was during a bout of insomnia. A repeat of Jools Holland in México‘s cable tv. ‘Lazy eye’, it won me over. Got Carnavas right away and loved it (‘Rusted wheel’, ‘Waste it on’ are still regularly played). A few years late, Swoon came by just when I needed it (bought in No […]
Ahoy, mateys, Orestes here with the latests EPs we’ve been checking out for ya… Hanetration – Tenth Oar EP “I’m recording silence!” “You’re recording silence?” “Now I’m recording Tony fucking Wilson!” The life of someone doing the field recording gig isn’t an easy one. You find p […]
Stalking horse. For once, the name defines the sound perfectly. Devious, not entirely showing the true colours and with an army of scapegoats ready to sacrifice in case all goes topsy turvy. Specters is all over the place that a slightly distorted and unsettling voice takes us too, like a siren luring sailors to their death [...]
It was a very sunny Thursday, a strange occurrence in Sheffield’s “blink and you miss” spring, one that has felt more like a bad mood swing.
