Boy-Girl band dynamics can be brilliant… or totally cringe-worthy. On the one hand, X-Factor dropouts Same Difference. On the other, the XX.
Romy and Oliver should watch their backs, for My Gold Mask, aka Gretta Rochelle and Jack Armando, are on the scene. I haven’t seen them live (that pleasure awaits me at SXSW) but bootleg [...]
Most blogs out there are fairly content to keep things simple (Both Eyes Closed included), posting mp3s, the occasional video and maybe an interview or two.
Sometimes, however, someone comes along to mix up the ‘norm’; Willis from Vinyl And Vodka has made that step with his new e-zine. The second issue has just arrived, and [...]
Operator Please have grown up. I’ve been hard on them in the past, but they’ve happily sapped up all the negativity over their respective ages and kitsch pop music, holing up to record their second album. Everybody could see that underneath all the hype around “…Ping Pong…” and their debut album lay a potentially incredible [...]
Big Stereo, aka blog buddy, has entered the unsteady world of releasing records. It’s a pleasure to see any independent raising their head above the parapet in these times, but the fact that a blog in the driving seat sends further signals: blogs can make a difference.
For their first foray, Big Stereo founder Travis wisely [...]
And who really gives a shit about any of that when you have a 22 year old uttering suggestive lyrics, whilst straddling a lion in a bodysuit
Phonat, aka Michele Balduzzi, dropped his self-titled debut in September 2009 to instant industry approval and the unofficial title of ‘dance album of 2009′. His latest single “Love Hits The Fan” is musically entertaining, but works far better when coupled with the loopy animated video (courtesy of the “Savants Collective”).
Their Grammy win has only served to emphasise how much of a hot topic Phoenix are. Whether their next release will reach such heights as Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix remains to be seen, but it was a serious win for the Versaille band.
Monthly Archives: February 2010