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• Singles Reviewed : Reverend & The Makers, Stalagmites, Fresh Snow, Macho Muchacho, Freeze the Atlantic, Doctrines, Allman Brown, Nordenfelt, MJ Hibbett
  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 […]
• Album round-up: Two Wings, Holy State, Mitoma, Bonnie Raitt
  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 […]
• Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix
  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’ [...]
• Neon Railroad – Heaven Forbid EP
  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 [...]
• The Wind-Up Birds – The Land
  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, [...]
• Like Pioneers – Oh, Magic
  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 […]
• Spotlight on : Everyone An Army
  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 […]
• Silversun Pickups – Neck of the woods
  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 […]
• EP Roundup : Hanetration, The Social Club, Tomos Lewis, Strange & Partners
  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 – Specters
  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 [...]