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Reviewed in words: The Fall, Gold Class, Nite Fields @ The Zoo, 20.10.2015

NO RESPECTS! These are the first words discernable from the disembodied diatribe, but the personality behind them was perfectly clear when the first slurred syllable pushed out of the PA. The voice emanates vaguely from a stage semi-populated by tight-lipped musicians behind a spot-lit empty platform, but its presence is physical. People look, grin, cheer […]

Added on July 8, 2015 Scott Creney Arthur Russell , ben lee , FFS , franz rerdinand , hudson mohawke , institute , Jenny Hval , meek mill , Muse , Sparks , sun kill moon , The Fall , vince staples

Album Roundup: June 2015

By Scott Creney So if Robert Christgau—who pretty much invented this format—is the Dean of Rock Critics, then what does that make me? The Mujahideen of Rock Critics? The Paula Deen of Rock Critics? The Jan & Dean? Whatever. Here’s some stuff that came out in June. I’m not going to bother embedding pictures and […]

Added on October 21, 2014 Everett True Everett True , Melbourne , Song of the day , The Fall , The Jam , The Saints , The UV Race

The return of Everett True | 62. The UV Race

Let me quote The Jam at you. “Life is timeless, days are long when you’re young/You used to fall in love with anyone/Any guitar and any bass drum.” That’s how it works, right? You see a band, you fall in love for a minute, an hour, a week, a year… whatever it takes. It’s even […]

Added on September 1, 2014 Lee Adcock Album Reviews , clarinets , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Lee Adcock , Pere Ubu , The Fall , The Velvet Underground , Tuxedomoon

Pere Ubu – Carnival of Souls (Fire)

For an entity as dependently freewheeling as Pere Ubu, I shouldn’t have to say much. Of course this new LP is great. Better, I’d venture to say, than last year’s Re-mit, another latter-day release from a renowned cult institution. I mean, there’s a clarinetist on board now. You remember what I said about clarinet solos? […]

Added on July 31, 2014 Everett True Can , Everett True , La Mômo , Song of the day , The Fall , The Monks , The Velvet Underground , Ye Nuns

The return of Everett True | 35. Ye Nuns

I dunno. Sometimes man, I feel obsolete. This is from the press release. On paper, Ye Nuns are a tribute band. An all-girl celebration of The Monks, proto-krautrock garage punkers formed by a gang of American GIs stationed in Germany who legendarily sported tonsures and nooses on stage. But Ye Nuns are more than a […]

Added on December 2, 2013 Everett True Everett True , King Champion Sounds , Lee Adcock , Pere Ubu , Pylon , Song of the day , The Ex , The Fall , The New Sound Of Numbers

Song of the day – 671: King Champion Sounds

I use the word blast. I refer to the bursts of clarion-call brass that punctuate this uplifting, insurgent noise. I refer to the chiding, aware vocals.