Patrick O’Connell (Guitar) has announced that he is leaving Sparks The Rescue.
Friday, 12 March 2010
News - Maprs & Atlases Sign To Barsuk Records
Maprs & Atlases have signed to Barsuk Records.
Source: http://maps-and-atlases.tumblr.com/post/442103259/barsuk-records
News - Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate
Geffen Records will release "Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate" on the 27th of April featuring five tracks of previously unreleased material.
Track Listing:
1. Space
2. I Woke Up in a Car
3. She Paints Me Blue
4. Hurricane
5. Me and the Moon
6. Fall
7. Ruthless
8. I Want to Save You
9. Cavanaugh Park
10. If You C Jordan
11. Down
12. Punk Rock Princess
13. Walking By
14. The Astronaut
15. Konstantine (Previously Unreleased)
16. Watch the Sky (Previously Unreleased)
17. Forget December (New Mix)
18. I Woke Up in a Car (Adam Young Mix)
19. Wait (New Recording)
News - The Bigger Lights - Queen of Broken Hearts
The Bigger Lights have posted a new song called "Queen of Broken Hearts" on their MySpace page. The band’s new album will be released on the 30th of March through Doghouse Records.
News - Secret And Whisper Post Two New Songs
Secret and Whisper have posted two new songs called "Edge Of Wilderness" and "Warrior" on their MySpace page. The songs are from their forthcoming album "Teenage Fantasy" which is set to be released on the 6th of April through Tooth & Nail Records.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Review - run,WALK! - I Hope All This Works Out So I Can Stop Standing On Even Amounts Of Manholes In The Street
run,WALK! - I Hope All This Works Out So I Can Stop Standing On Even Amounts Of Manholes In The Street
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8 out of 10
Combined with the recent Throats self-titled album, Holy Roar has made me even more envious of the youth of today. Youngsters are now writing and creating music that I struggle to do myself as a jaded adult. Of course we are talking of two very different styles here. run,WALK! have a total wig out feeling to their bass/drums racket. Yes, another 2-piece band trying their luck. Over saturating the world with more low end, distorted chaos at the end of a series of effects pedals.
run,WALK! has another angle though; a very tuneful ear. One which has more than likely been listening to as much Lightning Bolt as it has Bloc party. Tempering the distorted chaos with blasts of melody, squeaks of electronics and twisted little tunes that stick right in your head.
It's still very early days but the youngsters are doing pretty fine and maybe we will have something to shout about soon.
Listen: www.myspace.com/runwalk
Tracklist:
1. Back Of My Mind
2. Projections On The Wall
3. Trees Are Raw
4. NBY
5. He Who Must Not Be Named
6. Horizons
7. I hope this all works out so I can stop standing on even amounts of manholes in the street
Review - Les Claypool - Koko, London - Monday 8th March 2010
Les Claypool - Koko, London - Monday 8th March 2010
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10 out of 10
The Koko audience couldn’t agree when it was that Les Claypool had last visited these shores - was it ten years ago? Twelve? I was plumping for seventeen, since that was when, on a balmy (and, indeed, barmy) afternoon at the Reading festival, I had last seen the Thumb of God. On that day he was, of course, leading Primus. This evening he was ring-master to a trio of identically-masked Fancy bandmates; lead duties were taken by a gentleman doing unfeasible things to a cello, whilst a double percussion team handled wall-thumping. As for the man himself, well, mere words can do him no justice at all. From the opening Rumble of the Diesel through cuts from his last album Of Fungi And Foe (Red State Girl, Amanitas, Ol’ Rosco) to the epic closer Riddles Are Abound Tonight, we were taken on a glorious trip. A nugget from Mr. Krinkle lead to the inevitable cacophony of Primus titles being bellowed, which were finally rewarded with a stunning run at Southbound Pachyderm in the middle of an equally gargantuan David Malakaster. He even found time to sneak in a few bars of Led Zep’s Kashmir - as if the crowd weren’t ecstatic enough as it was (the massed singalong to D’s Diner showed that).
There was no extended bass soloing, however. No Hamburger Train, no One Better and certainly no Tommy the Cat. The percussive duo took that mantle, practically shattering Koko’s giant disco ball with a drum-and-vibes duel to conjure the ghosts of Bonham and Moon. Les seemed in fine fettle, yet the tour has a sad tinge - his father-in-law died recently and he really felt he wanted to be with his wife - the Iowan Gal. There are few in Claypool’s class either technically or creatively. Here’s hoping he doesn’t stay away for another seventeen years.
Listen: www.myspace.com/thereallesclaypool
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