Monthly Archives: May 2009
Ape School – S/T
Ape School – S/T (Counter) A chance discovery like the one Michael Johnson made prior to recording this album (his first under the Ape School title) can shape a recording and give it focus, or it can restrict it. Happily, … Continue reading
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Pop Levi – Police $ign
Pop Levi – Police $ign (Counter) Oh, I get it, dollar signs look like an ‘S’. Right. Childish by name, one supposes, childish by nature. Indeed, Pop Levi’s Police $ign begins with some rhythmic spitting and soon cavorts into primary-aged … Continue reading
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Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy (Big Dada) Speech Debelle’s genesis has been one defined entirely by herself, and one that purposefully eschews any conventional notions of lay-dee hip-hop. There’s little hardship and none of it is glamorised, the music is … Continue reading
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How’s Your Week? – Steve Abel
This week, the escalating-in-excellence Steve Abel has a go. His latest album is really good, and you’d buy it if you knew about how good it was. Here’s how good it is. Anyway, recovering from the torrential water attacks from … Continue reading
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Malcolm Middleton – Waxing Gibbous
Malcolm Middleton – Waxing Gibbous (Full Time Hobby) Because Waxing Gibbous is reputedly Malcolm Middleton’s last solo LP for quite some time, you’d expect some sort of parting message, a farewell, a sign-off. It appears to be “Fuck off. Can’t … Continue reading
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How’s Your Week? – Morton Valence
This time, PM has managed to pin down Rob from Morton Valence and ask him our usual pertinent posers. This could well be the first subject where the final question is answered with one statement. Then again, on hearing Morton … Continue reading
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Trespassers William – The Natural Order Of Things EP
Trespassers William – The Natural Order Of Things EP (Gizeh) Matt Brown and Anna-Lynne Williams are intuitively linked to one another, sharing a musical relationship that is both complimentary and wrought with nuance. This EP sees their haziness reach their … Continue reading
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Ghostfaceless
At the tail-end of last week, I was due to interview one of The Wu Tang Clan’s most eloquent, passionate and natural vocalists, Ghostface Killah. He, along with his accompanying Theodore Unit troupe, was to appear at the Scala in … Continue reading
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Steve Abel & The Chrysalids – Flax Happy
Steve Abel & The Chrysalids – Flax Happy (Kin’sland) There’s a vein in Antipodean pop that deals with the very darkest material, from the ubiquitous Nick Cave to the newly valorised Devastations, who find melody and drama in life’s corners … Continue reading
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Lightning Seeds – Four Winds
Lightning Seeds – Four Winds (Universal) It’s not often I’d slip into a first-person perspective, but this one’s kind-of important. The first record I ever bought for myself, armed with accrued pocket money and the influence of an older brother’s … Continue reading
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