Среда 21 Апр 2010, 17:40
I'm planning to use this Journal Entry to log all the new interesting bands/music I come across in the media/radio etc to research at a later time. If anybody has an pointers or advice on tracks/albums/bands please do let me know or make a comment.
Clash April 2010
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Random Recommended Albums
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Alex Smoke new album entitled “Lux"
(Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as “The scope of Lux+ displays the only music and character he’s challenging is his own. A fact that belies Smoke’s ascension into the exclusive pantheon of truly exceptional electronic composers”
Recommended track to download…..”Pilk”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Tadd Mullinix, Thomas Brinkmann, Perspects.
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/alexsmoke1
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Caribou new album entitled “Swim”
(Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as “Five albums and numerous aliases in, Dan Snaith has found a guise that suits him perfectly.”
Recommended track to download…..”Sun”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Four Tet, Hot Chip
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba
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Christian Prommer new album entitled “Drumlesson Zwei”
(Rated at 9/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as “Christian Prommer’s live interpretations of house, techno and electronic classics possesses a mastery of energy versus understatement. Using live instruments to play club 12”s, taking the linear, repetitive, building block nature of music made largely on machines, and having a band actually play it has brilliant results.”
Recommended tracks to download…..”Sandstorms”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. David Axelrod, The Detroit Experiment
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/christianprommer
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High Places new album entitled “High Places Vs Mankind”
(Rated at 7/10)
Described as “…this beefed-up second album, seeks to address the first album's overly delicate failings. Mary Pearson’s ethereal voice is more prominent, and the intricate layering also contains dance beats-an evolution through revolutions per minute…”
Recommended track to download…..”When it comes”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Cocteau Twins, AC Marias
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/hellohighplaces
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Ikonika new album entitled “Contact, Love, Want, Have”
(Rated at 6/10)
Described as “Ikonika has some technical ground to make up before reaching the neon scattergun styles of contemporary Hudson Mohawke”
Recommended track to download…..”Idiot”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Kode 9, Darkstar, Cooly G
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/ikonika
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MRK1 new album entitled “Sound Of Contagious”
(Rated at 7/10)
Described as “As dubstep moves from it’s niche, MRK1 is now settling down what once was a widescreen spectacle into a more accessible operation…”
Recommended track to download…..”Caged In”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Virus Syndicate, Kromestar, Plastician,
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/mrk1
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Nice Nice new album entitled “Extra Wow”
(Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as “They’ve been recording and gigging for nigh on ten years now but this new album, their first for Warp is also the first that’s likely to dent the mainstream. A good thing too, as it’s pretty damn impressive”
Recommended track to download…..”One Hit”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Battles, Liars, HEALTH
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/nicenice
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Rainbow Arabia new album entitled “Kabukimono”
(Rated at 7/10)
Described as “…especially when as here it’s tempered by beats and bottom end inspired by the best bits of underground dance music. Add fresh guitars and yelped vocals and you end up with a kitsch charming and engaging sonic palette.”
Recommended track to download…..”Holiday In Congo”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. MIA, Telepathe, Gang Gang Dance
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/rainbowarabia
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She & Him new album entitled “Volume Two”
(Rated at 9/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as “Ludicrously talented pairing Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward have kept everything that made their debut great and added a little more jangle and some beautiful vocal effects for this second outing”.”
Recommended track to download…..”In Tne Sun”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. M. Ward, [artistLucky Soul, Camera Obscura
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/sheandhim
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Starkey new album entitled “Ear Drums And Black Holes”
(Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as “Built for dancefloors and home stereos alike, ‘Ear Drums And Black Holes’ demonstrates an aural growth within the genres Starkey inhabits and his skills as producer. Denser than predecessor ‘Ephemeral Exhibits’, thriving amongst a veritable thicket of texture, ‘Ear Holes And Black Holes’ is exactly the type of popular record dubstep has been threatening to deliver.”
Recommended tracks to download…..”Numb”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Joker, Vex’dl
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/starkey
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The Radio Dept. new album entitled “Clinging To A Scheme"
(Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as “Clinging To A Scheme shows a band frothing with curiosity, picking up early-“90s dub inflected dance, discarding it for fuzz-drenched alt rock and sprucing it up with Sade-esque sophistipop, all the while retaining their trademark dreany haze.”
Recommended track to download…..”Domrstic Scene”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Saint Etienne, Yo La Tengo, Broadcast.
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/officialradiodept
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The Tallest Man On Earth new album entitled“The Wild Hunt”
(Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
Described as ”…the second release from Swedish guitar-twanging folky master, is a graceful and beautiful advancement of form and matures just the way a second album really ought to…”.”
Recommended tracks to download…..”Thousand Ways”
Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Deer Tick
Myspace http://www.myspace.com/thetallestmanonearth