Last time I saw Mew live, they came on stage and immediately started playing the most cacophonous sound you’ve ever heard. Disjointed, loud, messed-up, it didn’t bode well. But suddenly, you could start to hear a melody coming through all the noise and it all made sense; this gorgeous music just erupted, with Jonas Bjerre’s [...]
All posts for the month May, 2009
Mew and Passion Pit
Posted by loftandlost on May 30, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/30/mew-and-passion-pit/
Review – Ascenseur Ouvert! by The Kingsbury Manx
Some bands are special to you. They can be huge megastars that you discovered early, and you’ve seen them grow to stardom, from tiny little clubs to huge arenas. There are the small bands who only release an album or two before disappearing. There are the indie favourites who never quite break into the mainstream, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 27, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/27/review-ascenseur-ouvert-by-the-kingsbury-manx/
The Pitchfork 500 Shambles – Orange Juice To The Clean
This post is all about the jangly, amateur sounds of shambolic Indie-Pop. It’s a sound that would go on to heavily influence everyone from REM and The Smiths, the C86 movement, Pavement to Brit Pop and beyond. Not that they realised it at the time of course. This lot were just wanting to make a [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 26, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/26/the-pitchfork-500-shambles-orange-juice-to-the-clean/
News – Mew(s), Apostle of Hustle
Sometimes, I buy a CD that I’ve never heard a track off of, usually thanks to a recommendation or a good review. Sometimes, it’s bloody awful. Sometimes, however, it’s like Mew’s “Frengers”, their 2003 album, which was, quite frankly, amazing. It starts off with the classic “Am I Wry? No”: Now if you’ve not heard [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 20, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/20/news-mews-apostle-of-hustle/
New Music – Sunny Days Sets Fire
I’m a big fan of Word magazine. Trying to separate itself both from the middle-aged rock-tastic Q and Uncut, and the “THIS BAND ARE THE BEST EVER BAND EVER!!!” ludicrous hyping of NME, it’s by and large well written and features lots of different music. The free CD has some pretty decent music on it, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 17, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/17/new-music-sunny-days-sets-fire/
Music – Tortoise
All work and no blog makes Loft and Lost a dull boy. All work and no blog makes Loft and Lost a dull boy. All work and no blog makes Loft and Lost a dull boy. All work and no blog makes Loft and Lost a dull boy. So, in order to try and get [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 16, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/16/music-tortoise/
The Pitchfork 500 Goes METAL! – Flipper to Iron Maiden
METAL! Skulls. Cider. Screaming. Donington. Long hair. Longer guitar solos. Ludicrous lyrics. Bottles of piss. Dungeons and Dragons. Right, that’s the clichés out of the way. Flipper – Sex Bomb Motorhead – Ace of Spades Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills First off, it’s Flipper with “Sex Bomb”. Who, I hear you ask? I [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 13, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/13/the-pitchfork-500-goes-metal-flipper-to-iron-maiden/
The Pitchfork 500 Mosh Pit – Bad Brains to Wipers
These songs remind me of dark, hot sweaty underground clubs, filled with teenage men, hot sweaty and lithe, writhing against each other, limbs flailing, reaching a state of ecstasy. Ah, the mosh pit. What the hell did you think I was talking about? Bad Brains – Pay to Cum Minor Threat – Minor Threat Dead [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 11, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/11/the-pitchfork-500-mosh-pit-bad-brains-to-wipers/
The Pitchfork 500 Drivetime – Abba to Journey
These five songs on the Pitchfork 500 are the kind of thing you’d expect to hear on drivetime radio anywhere from California to Krakow. Mixing both European and American bands, all of these bands (aside one) were enormous in the 1970′s, making their fortunes in the great commercial explosion of popular music. Fascinating people too, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 5, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/05/the-pitchfork-500-drivetime-abba-to-journey/
Music – Cocteau Twins and Grizzly Bear
A very good Bank Holiday to you. First off, a little birdie tells me that Grizzly Bear will be appearing on BBC2′s Later on Tuesday night, with the full programme on Friday night. When I say, a little birdie, I do mean my TV’s EPG. Not a birdie. Anyway, I suspect I’ll be missing it [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 4, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/05/04/music-cocteau-twins-and-grizzly-bear/
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