Some bands take a few years to really get their sound right. Listen to early Joy Division or The Pixies and you’ll hear hints of what they’d become, but it’s rare for a truly revolutionary band to appear pretty much fully formed. But The Smiths weren’t like other bands. In Morrissey, they had a stunning [...]
All posts for the month June, 2009
The Charming Pitchfork 500 – The Smiths
Posted by loftandlost on June 29, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/29/the-charming-pitchfork-500-the-smiths/
New Mew News, and no new Sufjan news
Mew have released another song from their long-awaited CD, “This title goes on and on and doesn’t make much sense/no matter how many times you read it/and you just can’t shorten it/and isn’t the cover horrid?”. And another stormer it is too. “Repeaterbeater” again shows off their prog-rock chops mixed with their ruthless way with [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 28, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/28/new-mew-news-and-no-new-sufjan-news/
RIP It Up
Steven Wells was one of the voices of my teenage years. A frustrating, infuriating, cajoling voice maybe, but also a fiercely intelligent one, never afraid to speak out against anything or anyone. Swells, as everyone called him, was openly gay in a world still not comfortable with homosexuality, and he never failed to let you [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 26, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/26/rip-it-up/
It’s All Coming Around Again – Orbital and Saint Etienne
It’s terrible getting old. You go through life, having fun, travelling, working, getting married, having a kid, when suddenly you hear a fact that makes you feel terribly, terribly old. This week, it was the news that Orbital have been around for 20 years. 20 years! Blimey. 20 years since I first heard “Chime” in [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 21, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/21/its-all-coming-around-again-orbital-and-saint-etienne/
Saturday Tunes – Vampire Weekend, Bhundu Boys, Waumiss
First off, I found a great band the other day. They’ve got a fantastic sound, a mix of The Smiths and The Bhundu Boys, which kind of makes me think they spent their formative years locked in a cupboard under the stairs with only a tape of mid-80′s John Peel shows for company. And what [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 20, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/20/saturday-tunes-vampire-weekend-bhundu-boys-waumiss/
Sonic Youth Geetars
Sometimes you’ve just got to laugh. If I was Fender’s Head of Marketing, and I wanted to go really out there with my artist endorsements (“New For 2009! G.E. Smith Guitar!”) who would I choose to get that valuable Lawyer-That-Was-A-Huge-Alt-Rock-Fan dollar (I’m looking at you, Searsy)? J Mascis? Nah, already done. Butthole Surfers? Too bizarre. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 16, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/16/sonic-youth-geetars/
The Pitchfork 500 Geek Rock – The Feelies to Mission Of Burma
The last set of songs on the Pitchfork 500 list for 1980-1982 takes us back to the States, with music that was in many ways similar to that discussed in my last couple of posts. Shambolic, rumbunctuous, with a definite amateur feel to them, and three of these four bands won’t be known to your [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 15, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/15/the-pitchfork-500-geek-rock-the-feelies-to-mission-of-burma/
Istanbul and Super Furry Animals
Boss: “What are you doing next week?” Me: “Oh, this and that, nothing I can’t move” Boss: “How do you fancy going to Istanbul?”1 Me: “Not Constantinople?” Ahh, that joke never gets old. Anyway, that was a week ago. Last week was spent in a frenzy getting everything organised – from a flight to the [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 9, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/09/istanbul-and-super-furry-animals/
Review – Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
There was a joke doing the rounds in the Eighties. Thatcher meets Reagan to talk about the American’s nuclear policy. When she warns Reagan that the route he’s taking could precipitate another world war, he responds “Goddamn it, we were late for the first two, we’re gonna make goddamn sure we’re on time for the [...]
Posted by loftandlost on June 2, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/02/review-veckatimest-by-grizzly-bear/
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