Five! Fast!! Hits!!!
Mr Marone
Weekender
Proof that the current indie sound isn’t exclusive to the UK, Germany’s Five! Fast!! Hits!!! play Libertines inspired punk-pop more… “Five! Fast!! Hits!!!”
Single reviews
Kid Harpoon
The First EP
Young Turks
Kid Harpoon’s folky indie wouldn’t sound out of place in the 60s yet still manages to sound as fresh and exciting, if not more so than anyone else this year. more… “Kid Harpoon”
De Salvo / Take a Worm For a Walk Week
Get Black / Side Effect 7”
Dizzy Storm/Mid March
Riffs? Noise? SCREAMING? Yup, DeSalvo have the lot. A drummer who plays so enthusiastically that you imagine that he has the severed heads of Ringo Starr and Alan White out of Oasis rather than a kit. more… “De Salvo / Take a Worm For a Walk Week”
Codes in the Clouds
Distant Street Lights
Erased Tapes
Gently rocking out and merging a kind of mesmerising Krautrock feel with a kind of post-post rock, this genre-resistant tune is very much in the quiet/loud vein. more… “Codes in the Clouds”
Tibi Lubin
Frankie Quinn
Aufgeladen und Bereit
Pleasantly shambolic Glasgow all-girl indiepop on oh-so-indie banana milkshake-shaded 7” vinyl. more… “Tibi Lubin”
The Knockouts
The Remarkable Sounds of India 7”
Topplers
Thank the Lord – that’d be Krishna I assume – for liner notes. Mick Sheridan is, we’re told, something of an expert in things Indian – well, he’s visited the country and written about it extensively. more… “The Knockouts”
Turin Brakes
Stalker
Source
The first word that springs to mind here is dark. It’s a perfect summation of the heart of this song – a brooding, dark, sensual and scary atmosphere. more… “Turin Brakes”
Crowded House
She Called Up
Parlophone
‘She Called Up’ demonstrates that, if anything, Neil Finn’s voice has got bluesier over the years. It has more of a weary, lived-in quality now than it did twenty years ago more… “Crowded House”
Biffy Clyro
Machines
14th Floor
With the recent overdue, but entirely worthy, mainstream discovery of Biffy Clyro it’s no surprise their record label has released this safe but highly accomplished radio-friendly grower more… “Biffy Clyro”
Noisettes
The Count of Monte Christo
Universal
An interesting enough little three minute ditty but nothing to make the hairs stand on end, and with brushes on the snare what would you expect? more… “Noisettes”