The Beep Seals with Denis Jones and Ain
Trof Grosvenor Street, Manchester
Tuesday, March 18th 2008
Having missed The Redbricks’ first night at Trof last week (headlined by Liam Frost, who we believe is off to a recording studio very soon) thanks to a funny turn that belongs in the pages of Little Women rather than those of the Motel, this week finally sees at least two of our brethren gracing an event with a genuinely exciting lineup.
Nancy Elizabeth with Starless and Bible Black Trof Grosvenor Street, Manchester Wednesday, March 12th 2008 Entering the latest addition to the Trof family for the first time, I’m immediately taken with it. Decorated in their customary quirky style, whilst still serving as a highly functional space for music, it’s actually gorgeous with a capital G. [...]
The Maple State – Say, Scientist (High Voltage Sounds)
3rd March 2008
3.8/6.0
The Maple State’s mini-album has been a long time in the making, and as such it’s hard to say whether this has increased the anticipation, or whether the lengthy time lapse between this and 2007’s quite perfect Joanna will mean that the music buying public have moved on.
Revere – A Soundless Tree (Albino Recordings)
March 3rd, 2008
4.8/6.0
Serving as a precursor for bigger and better things due to come our way later into the year, Glastonbury Unsigned finalists Revere are described in their press release as standing out “for a reluctance to toe the party line.” If refusing to play ball leads to music as distinctive and gorgeous as this, then get off your backsides now and start wreaking merry musical havoc in your basements. When you get caught out, hell, blame it all on Revere.
The Whip – X Marks Destination (Southern Fried Records) March 24th, 2008 4.7/6.0 It’s been a long time coming, but the highly anticipated debut effort from The Whip is finally here. Having built their reputation on a truly thrilling live experience, I suppose it was always inevitable that constraining that euphoria on record was going [...]
The Walkmen – Bows and Arrows (Warner Music/Record Collection) Released: 2004 Having already decided that our next Classic Album was going to be Asleep In The Back, an album of which I most likely have far too many words (albeit all positive), I felt it only fair to perform a swift about-turn over the weekend [...]
We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery (Virgin Records) March 17th, 2008 3.4/6.0 “Difficult second album” is a phrase banded about all too often. However, the follow up to the Brooklyn trio-now-a-duo’s impressive debut With Love And Squalor was always going to be tough. Stay the same and go stale or change the (chemical) formula [...]
Counting Crows – Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (Geffen) March 24th, 2008 3.0/6.0 The long-awaited return to the studio for Counting Crows has resulted in a concept album fundamentally about hedonism and hangovers; confusion and contemplation. Compiled in two parts, with two different producers, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is as disappointing as the concept [...]
The Teenagers – Reality Check (XL/Merok) March 17th, 2008 5.3/6.0 Started as a joke on MySpace, Parisian trio the Teenagers have grown into being one of the most unique and honest bands around. Opener Homecoming is like a musical version of a porn flick, making CSS’s risqué lyrics sound about as inoffensive as High School [...]
Guillemots – Red (Polydor) March 24th, 2008 5.0/6.0 First album Through The Windowpane was a solid debut and certainly deserved its Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2006 (eventually losing out to some low-key pesky Sheffield foursome…) As good as the album was, for me, it was just a bit too sleepy. There were some cracking [...]
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