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Wednesday, 09 June 2010 06:36

LISA O PIU BEHIND THE BEND

A Swedish folk singer for whom words like bewitching and ethereal seem to have been invented for, Lisa O Piu is the kind of artist who instantly transports you to other worlds the second you hear here whispery voice. On her latest release, BEHIND THE BEND the singer/songwriter delivers a collection of songs about as achingly beautiful and dreamlike as any you've ever heard.
Published in Archive - 2010
Thursday, 03 June 2010 06:57

TURZI BALTIMORE

A Versailles born musician who has already achieved huge success in France, Romain Turzi is the brainchild behind Turzi. Following two albums A and B in their native country, BALTIMORE is the first single to be lifted from B, an album set for a full release over here later in 2010.

Featuring vocals from Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and inspired by the April 1968 riots in Baltimore following Martin Luther King's assassination, this is a single bursting with attitude and thrusting krautrock bombast. Though the Bobbie Gillespie connection and the general musical direction Turzi takes here does result in BALTIMORE sounding exactly like it could have been lifted from Primal Screams XTRMNTR album of a few years back, this isn't necessarily the worst thing you could hope for. Like the Scream's work on that record, this is urgent sounding stuff, raw, rough around the edges and vibrant, the kind of thing that immediately grabs you by the scruff of the neck and refuses to let go for the entire duration. Gillespie sounds as fired up and direct as ever, whilst Turzi provide all the electronic squelches and beats you need, perfectly cross pollinating Neu, Primal Scream and Guru Josh. Steve Moore under his Lovelock guise offers up a slowed down mix of BALTIMORE, letting Gillespie's vocals breath over rumbling bass grooves, nineties synth work and Madchester guitar licks.

BALTIMORE is an urgent sounding single from Turzi, and for anyone appreciating XTRMNTR era Primal Scream this is near essential stuff.
Published in Archive - 2010
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 09:34

LAWRENCE ARABIA - CHANT DARLING

Lawrence Arabia may be a new name to some people from outside New Zealand, but James Milne has been around acting as his musical guise since 2003. His self titled debut album had success and lead him to be nominated for several Bnet awards.

Published in Archive - 2010
Sunday, 06 December 2009 08:47

THE ECHO SESSION - TELL ME

Another band mining the sixties era pop basement of the Kinks and early Beatles, The Echo Session are a Glasgow based outfit treading very similar musical territory to the likes of The Coral, The La's and The Zutons.

Published in Archive 2007 - 2009

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