Yeah. Actually, the Thom Yorke band are called The Smile. The album's supposed to be more or less ready, isn't it?
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Yeah. Actually, the Thom Yorke band are called The Smile. The album's supposed to be more or less ready, isn't it?
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i know they're really not the sort of band this thread would pay much attention to, but as the boards residents elbow fanboi its my duty to warn anyone that their new 'flying dream 1' album will be very poor.
what snippets i've heard its a low-fi ponderous mish-mash of down beat warbling without any tempo. the kinda shit they get beaten over the head for producing is what they've served up i believe. give it a wide berth. i can't, but its my duty to warn others...
I'll still give it a listen as well. I like them a lot. Scattered Black and Whites would be in contention for Desert Island Discs were I to be invited on to the show for some reason.
New song by Gentle Sinners - James out of Twilight Sad and "someone else"
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Matt Johnson's dad died a few days in to the tour. He found out when he was in Stockholm Airport. At the time he said he decided to continue the tour due to "the massive financial implications". In the sleeve notes he talks about regularly glancing up at the box in the Royal Albert Hall that he had reserved for his dad. It must have been a very emotional night for him. You are right, musically it's excellent.
Didn't know about the Body/Dilloway/Head album. Enjoyed Body/Head so I'm in for that.
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Really not sure what part of the board this post belongs on because I've never "played"? through anything quite like this before. Sometimes weirdly unsettling sometime very uplifting its truly unlike anything I've seen/heard before. If you've a PC or PS5 check it out.
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Radiohead’s ‘KID A MNESIA’ exhibition is as untraditional, warped and magical as the band itself
'KID A MNESIA: EXHIBITION' offers an absorbing dive into two of Radiohead's most boundary-pushing albums to date.
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Enjoying the new Ladyhawke on first listen, and the new Bob Vylan single is an absolute banger!
Bob Vylan are top notch.
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I’m seeing them support The Offspring next week.
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I mean, I love her. She’s amazingSome will love it, some will absolutely hate it. They’re never dull though
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Just got round to playing Primal Scream's Demodelica today. Well worth a listen for anyone who enjoyed Screamadelica.
After being unsure about the Damon Albarn album it has grown on me with just a few plays.
Gave a listen to the Lonely Guest (Tricky) album. Was surprised when Paul Smith appeared on a song. Found it a bit hit and miss. It's only about 25 minutes long and as with the last Tricky album some songs seem to end abruptly as if they were still works in progress.
After being unsure about the Damon Albarn album it has grown on me with just a few plays.
Gave a listen to the Lonely Guest (Tricky) album. Was surprised when Paul Smith appeared on a song. Found it a bit hit and miss. It's only about 25 minutes long and as with the last Tricky album some songs seem to end abruptly as if they were still works in progress.
A quieter week than some so I'm a bit quieter with my review. Anyway, here goes:
Deap Vally: their third album (fourth if you count their Faming Lips collab) continues in much the same way, containing Royal Trux-ish trash rock with a pop sensibility. Pretty good.
Body/Dilloway/Head: ambient guitar excursions and distortions. Interesting rather than good.
Ill Considered: as recommended by @chunkylover53 last week, this is excellent modern UK jazz. Highly recommended!
Alan Tyler: the erstwhile Rockingbird ploughs a gentler furrow solo. Not quite folk, not exactly indie guitar, not exactly country. Some cracking songs. It's very British in some ways. Well worth a listen.
OSS: a side project of The Orb (sometimes billed as OSS & The Orb), this is basically like a low budget Orb album. Prog, dub, techno etc. melded into something fun.
Elbow: excellent from start to finish. They've continued along the same line as Giants of All Sizes in making an album that works as a whole rather than relying in individual tracks.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: of the standard you'd come to expect from either solo or the two together. A mix of covers and new material in their roots/folk style. Very good.
Swansea Sound: two Pooh Sticks reunited. This is proper old school indiepop fun.
Sissi Rada: she's a classically trained harpist who's gone a bit avante garde and electronic. I like this without loving it.
Robin Guthrie: the ex-Cocteau Twin delivers meandering, shimmering instrumental guitar pieces. Very pretty but you get the feeling it would be lifted a level by Elizabeth Fraser's vocals.
Irreversible Entanglements: free jazz with the always excellent Moor Mother rapping over the top, this sounds angry and urgent. Long tracks (there ar eonly seven and it runs to an hour and a quarter) mean there's space for things to mutate. Very good!
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe: a collaborative album. Converge are a veteran punk/post-core band whereas Wolfe combines folk, goth rock and doom metal in her solo work. This is probably a bit more accessible than either and their own. It's metal but it's good metal.
Album of the week: I'll probably give it to Elbow, partly because I'll Considered's album came out last week (as did the Irreversible Entanglements album TBH). There's competition from those two, Planty and Kraussy, Alan Tyler and Coverge/Chelsea Wolfe.
Deap Vally: their third album (fourth if you count their Faming Lips collab) continues in much the same way, containing Royal Trux-ish trash rock with a pop sensibility. Pretty good.
Body/Dilloway/Head: ambient guitar excursions and distortions. Interesting rather than good.
Ill Considered: as recommended by @chunkylover53 last week, this is excellent modern UK jazz. Highly recommended!
Alan Tyler: the erstwhile Rockingbird ploughs a gentler furrow solo. Not quite folk, not exactly indie guitar, not exactly country. Some cracking songs. It's very British in some ways. Well worth a listen.
OSS: a side project of The Orb (sometimes billed as OSS & The Orb), this is basically like a low budget Orb album. Prog, dub, techno etc. melded into something fun.
Elbow: excellent from start to finish. They've continued along the same line as Giants of All Sizes in making an album that works as a whole rather than relying in individual tracks.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: of the standard you'd come to expect from either solo or the two together. A mix of covers and new material in their roots/folk style. Very good.
Swansea Sound: two Pooh Sticks reunited. This is proper old school indiepop fun.
Sissi Rada: she's a classically trained harpist who's gone a bit avante garde and electronic. I like this without loving it.
Robin Guthrie: the ex-Cocteau Twin delivers meandering, shimmering instrumental guitar pieces. Very pretty but you get the feeling it would be lifted a level by Elizabeth Fraser's vocals.
Irreversible Entanglements: free jazz with the always excellent Moor Mother rapping over the top, this sounds angry and urgent. Long tracks (there ar eonly seven and it runs to an hour and a quarter) mean there's space for things to mutate. Very good!
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe: a collaborative album. Converge are a veteran punk/post-core band whereas Wolfe combines folk, goth rock and doom metal in her solo work. This is probably a bit more accessible than either and their own. It's metal but it's good metal.
Album of the week: I'll probably give it to Elbow, partly because I'll Considered's album came out last week (as did the Irreversible Entanglements album TBH). There's competition from those two, Planty and Kraussy, Alan Tyler and Coverge/Chelsea Wolfe.
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Had a good catchup with @Cox Green Fc at Frank Carter listening to his new stuff on Saturday. Always a pleasure mate
Yeah, Wolfe is a really odd one, I'm not sure what she is - I've seen her twice, once opening up for Eels and once for Ministry, and her music was tailored appropriately. You'd be hard pushed to come up with 2 more different support slots
That is quite wide ranging. I'd generally have thought that Ministry's audience were more suited to her music though.
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Was a good night mate. Shame i shit myself like, too much beer i think
