I was listening to the new Sunset Rubdown album “Dragonslayer” the other day, and a thought struck me. And that thought was: “This sounds like those weird, angular Wolf Parade songs with the chappie yelping theatrically over the top”. A few songs later and my mind was made up – this must be the yelpie [...]
All posts for the month July, 2009
Do I Know You? Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade
Posted by loftandlost on July 28, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/07/28/do-i-know-you-sunset-rubdown-and-wolf-parade/
The Pitchfork 500 Alt Rock 101 Part 1 – Sonic Youth to Meat Puppets
The next two Pitchfork articles feature the flowering of US Alt-Rock; these are the bands that your favourite bands love. From early ’90′s staples like The Pixies and Nirvana, to more recent bands like The Hold Steady and even the likes of Fleet Foxes, they were hugely influenced by the next six bands. I’ve split [...]
Posted by loftandlost on July 22, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/07/22/the-pitchfork-500-alt-rock-101-part-1-sonic-youth-to-meat-puppets/
Growl Growl Growl – Live Review, Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli
“He looks like David Mitchell” says Mrs Loft and Lost. “You go and tell him that” say I. “Actually, he looks like the lovechild of David Mitchell and Stephen Fry” “Are you trying to get us killed?” Mrs Loft and Lost is right though. Greg Dulli doesn’t really look like the sex-and-drugs obsessed rock demon [...]
Posted by loftandlost on July 20, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/07/20/growl-growl-growl-live-review-mark-lanegan-and-greg-dulli/
Live Review – TV On The Radio at Brixton Academy
Thunder! Bash! Squawk! TV On The Radio make complicated music. It’s challenging, multi-textured, frenetic stuff, taking influences from pretty much anyone you can think of. Prince? Check. Roxy Music? Check. Obscure ‘80’s industrial-funk band Slab!? Check. U2? Check. Tackhead? Check. Go on, add some random names into that list and see how you get on. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on July 17, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/07/17/live-review-tv-on-the-radio-at-brixton-academy/
EEEEEEEEEE – Live Review – The Twilight Sad, ICA, London
EEEEEEEEEEEE. EEEEEEEEEEEE. EEEEEEEEEEEE. The Twilight Sad are LOUD. About 25 years ago, Swans played the ICA in London, a gig which has gone down in London gig folkore as the loudest ever. Apparently, people were being sick and in all sorts of trouble. Having seen Swans the following year, when apparently they’d calmed down, and [...]
Posted by loftandlost on July 9, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/07/09/eeeeeeeeee-live-review-the-twilight-sad-ica-london/
More Live Shows – Pixies and Flaming Lips
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Posted by loftandlost on July 5, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/07/05/more-live-shows-pixies-and-flaming-lips/
Live Review – M Ward at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
There’s something odd about M Ward. Whilst I’ve listened to three of his albums – Transfiguration of Vincent, Transistor Radio and Post-War – more than pretty much anything else over the past four or five years, I still haven’t really got a grasp of the man behind croaky voice, obscure lyrical themes, and that guitar [...]
Posted by loftandlost on July 2, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/07/02/live-review-m-ward-at-the-shepherds-bush-empire/
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