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  • Old Baby – Love Hangover

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  • EP Island – Electr’ish

    A couple of years ago, in what was probably a whole different era for this website, we had the pleasure of reviewing EP Island‘s Sweet’ish. Born out of a weekend of composing, jamming and recording, the three tracks were a snapshot of a band’s talent and, more importantly, the music that can be created when…

  • Tramlines 2013 – The good, the bad and the _____

    Well, Tramlines 2013 is done and dusted and I’ve reviewed it amply for La Pop Life (a top site from México) and Goldflakepaint (a top site from Bristol). For my own Shithole of a Website (TM), Sloucher, I’ll do a bit of photo caption and then go into an assessment of the bad, the good…

  • Podcast – The Nectarine Mix

    [gigya src=”http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf” flashvars=”feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FRadioChaneque%2Fradio-chaneque-the-nectarine-mix%2F&embed_uuid=b2204e73-cbd0-40de-a5c6-a07110f85844&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”opaque” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”480″ ] We finish the July series of podcasts with another selection of fresh new grooves. Relish the acoustic loveliness of Picardy III & Jesse Woods, trip to the strangeness of Pinkunoizu & Che Ga Zebra, drink to the blue madness of Drenge and Old Baby and…

  • Mega Aquarians @ Tramlines 2013

    “It’s the festival of community. Community and unity, unity and peace, peace and love.” And with those very words, Mega Aquarians’ guitarist and singer Des launches Sheffield’s biggest-sounding two-piece into their second thundering song of the evening. It heralds bleeding eardrums, grinning faces and sweaty bodies.

  • Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana

    A few months ago, I compared Speedy Ortiz to the Elves of Mirkwood. It’s a long story. But the gist was that they were “ruthless, brash and good looking.” It’s now the time of Major Arcana, a full album of Speedy Ortiz maniacally rafting down some rapids, with meandering interludes and loud rumblings by tall…

  • Interview – Yokozuna

    Exactly a month ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing Yokozuna’s rather excellent Quiero Venganza. I quite enjoyed the album and got in contact with Arturo & Antonio Tranquilino, the brothers who make up this band. Quick email exchange and away the questions went, which got answered in less than 24 hours. Never be said…

  • Podcast – Rosolio Dischordial

    [gigya src=”http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf” flashvars=”feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FRadioChaneque%2Fradio-chaneque-rosolio-dischordial%2F&embed_uuid=b2204e73-cbd0-40de-a5c6-a07110f85844&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”opaque” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”480″ ] This week’s Radio Chaneque mix is a mix of dissonant rock, past and present, with bands who embraced odd time signatures with punk, metal, math and even a bit of psychedelic feelings. Lend your attention to these 18 bands, who crank it up when needed…