There could hardly be a more apt sounding death knell for lo-fi indie garage than Nathan Williams’ infantile pop farts. Both the genre and Wavves itself have been due a backlash for some time now.
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28-07-2010 Wavves – King of the Beach
27-07-2010 M.I.A. – /\/\ /\ Y /\
In another universe, parallel to ours but not too distant, Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam is the pivotal character in Pulp’s ‘Common People’.
27-07-2010 Sleigh Bells – Treats
Everyone seems to hear something different in the kind of piercing racket that only the pairing of a former hardcore guitarist and an ex-girl group singer could produce
27-07-2010 Devo – Something for Everybody
The album rolls back the years and sates Devo-addicts’ cravings for more of the same. The lack of artistic progression is inevitable. After all, de-evolution is real…
26-04-2010 The Black Keys – Brothers
There’s no reason why the soul or spirit of a recording studio should rub off on people who record there (…)
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Oneida
Until 2008’s Preteen Weaponry, Oneida were a frustratingly elusive band.
The Dead Weather
Jack White turns to friends old and new for a foray into ‘gothic blues’.
The Warlocks
An epic bad trip of an album that sounds closer to fellow LA acid casualties the Brian Jonestown Massacre than the sonic extremes of The Warlocks’ last effort.
Matt & Kim
This rinky-dink boy-girl pop duo seemed like fun when they started out but as they grow older they become increasingly creepy.
The Horrors
In retrospect we should have seen it coming.
Women, Wavves / The Lexington, London
Wavves washed up as Women go with the tide
Queens of British Pop, Episode 1 / BBC1
A pat on the back for Auntie for commissioning this enlightening and entertaining documentary series, especially when most music coverage on television at the moment is vapid, cashing in on an obsession with seeing lacklustre bands inadvertently promoting rubbish beer and mobile phones. The question goes begging, why so long? Historical music documentaries are almost bound by default to include the usual suspects – The Who, Stones, Hendrix, Beatles – and while two of that list are unavoidably mentioned in passing here, this one-hour film refreshingly focuses on seminal artists of the fairer sex.
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The Phantom Band / Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, London
Glasgow’s Phantom Band put on quite a Spectrecal in London
