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Tuesday, April 05, 2005
 
Playlist

Chariots

Travis from Songs of Zarathustra new outfit. They display a more mature approach than the desparate melodies of SOZ. This means not all the songs are played at 160bpm and feature screamed vocals. His keyboards and effects feature here and suprisingly they don't tame the carnage. They'll tear it up live. Go see.

Neil Young

Revistiting his huge body of work. After the Goldrush is great, its got Southern Man and Ohio, Zuma has Cortez the Killer and Through My Sails. Tonights the Night was written after two of his friends, a roadie and band member, died on tour from heroin overdoses. No-one makes tradegy sound better and no-one makes solos as credible.

A Frames

These Sub Pop guys will make you scratch your heads. They have something of the Devo about them and when the girl sings they morph into the B-52s. However, they write simple quirky songs about such things as the future, appliances and Eva Brau! They would get cute indie boys and girls into them except the music is quite robotic and the vocals are detached.

Kepler

Saw them support Godspeed once but they are best on record at home late at night or even around a campfire while mosquitoes feast on your flesh. The singer has a Nick Drake style delivery with more emphasis on the lyrics. The band are faultless, no mean feat when playing music as intimate as this.

Edan

Hip Hop wunderkind from Boston. If you like infectious, savvy beats and rhymes deliciously served in a pot-pourri of flavours, then check. Goes from childish innocence to smart-alec toughness. Loved his first lp Primitive Plus and number two sounds great too. Is he the first rap artist to release TWO great albums in a row for a while?

Floor

The first album is a funny old thing, really big on low end, de-tuned sludgy guitars yet the vocals soar above with harmonies would not be out of place on a Beach Boys album. A refreshing change from the typical stoner-riff bands with the singer in a bad mood. They have a song called Tales of Lolita. Kyuss fans will dig.

More? ... its about time.
 
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