This was a thing I was writing for Fact’s ‘new talent’ segment. It got kiboshed when it turned out they’ve been around for a few years. But, you know, I wrote it, and I love their last album, so it’s going here. I might write more about them, when I stop forgetting what it isContinue reading “The Duke Spirit”
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Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends
Anticon (2009) Not content with releasing Eating Us earlier this summer, Black Moth Super Rainbow mainman Tobacco goes weirdly prolific for a solo release on Californian label Anticon. BMSR’s (those initials so make me think of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club despite, you know, being different) last album, Eating Us, was fairly good. Pretty much theContinue reading “Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends”
Isis – Wavering Radiant
Conspiracy Records (2009) Doyens of the post-metal scene bring forth their fifth full-length album. Are Isis still bringing the celestial goods, or is their radiance wavering? It takes a while to realise, but Wavering Radiant is a different Isis album. The last time this happened was 2002, when Aaron Turner’s full time job (apart fromContinue reading “Isis – Wavering Radiant”
Metric – Fantasies
Metric (2009) Broken Social scenester Emily Haines returns with another in a long line of power pop albums. But does it grow up and blow us away, or should we forget it? Err, in people? Fantasies begins as well as you could hope; it anchors into your brain with pop hooks so strong that yourContinue reading “Metric – Fantasies”
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