Posted by: mx on: December 14, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are continuing from where they were this winter, still going strong, still making every song memorable. Higher than the stars (the song) alone may hold enough beauty for an entire release, together with the remix, which amplifies its magnificent finale.
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Posted by: mx on: July 15, 2009
Don’t let this album pass you by. Seriously. It’s probably the best typical British album in a long time – strings, trumpets, piano, bittersweet melodies with the accent. And unexpected, at least judging by how little there is about the band on the web. We’ve been listening a lot to it in the office, and [...]
Posted by: mx on: February 17, 2009
It’s hard to give the band a name more indie than this; anyway, these people are a promising act and deserve your attention. A sweet semi-amateur interpretation of the late 80s, sounding like a cross between Vivian Girls, The Jesus and Marie Chain and The Meeting Places that’s non-stop running. Not particularly original, but sincere [...]
Posted by: mx on: January 18, 2009
When Twiligh Omens ended, it was fourth perfect modern pop rock song in a row from the start of the album. I worried what kind of a beast it is going to become. A few songs later, I was, to bo honest, relieved – they were good but not as brilliant as the openers, so [...]
Posted by: mx on: January 11, 2009
A great release from The Aliens, whose members stem from Beta Band. The album goes on for more than an hour, two songs over ten minutes, but this album is in fact a constant stream of different musical ideas – sometimes they’re pieced together in one song, sometimes they split, lose the focus a bit [...]
Posted by: mx on: December 5, 2008
Another classic remaster ripped to FLAC and posted today – The Beatles‘ A Hard Day’s Night. Oh yes, I have been working like a dog as well.
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Posted by: mx on: November 22, 2008
Of all Belle and Sebastian, I only listened to If You’re Feeling Sinister a few times before, but now I think I properly get their music. A nice companion to feeling … quietly awesome in a november fog.
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Posted by: mx on: November 16, 2008
Love Is All are a Swedish indie-garage-disco-punk band led by Josephine Olausson. They come with eleven songs on their second album that will most probably make you stand up, move and remember them. Meanwhile it’s actually a soundtrack to the young modern folk’s solitude despite a hundred things. Olausson’s tiny voice yells about how shitty [...]
Posted by: mx on: October 24, 2008
Dunno why I never posted about this; I often return to it these days. It’s such a juicy beat box with psyched vocals and vintage collage sounds. Yet it’s all very modern. It often happens with Beck, but I haven’t been into none of his albums this much. The important factor this time must be [...]
Posted by: mx on: October 14, 2008
Ryan Adams, who seems to have become a writer as well, returns with his Cardinals once again with a new recording. By now you probably have a formed opinion of his ctrl.alt.country; I personally liked Heartbreaker and Love is Hell a lot, but the rest, including this one, don’t move me. Still, this album does [...]
