Thursday, May 31, 2012
Album Review: The Soulsavers | The Light and the Dead See
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
EP Review: Husker Du – Metal Circus
Husker Du
released this somewhat transitional EP in 1983.
It seems them still playing breakneck hardcore to a degree on Bob Mould’s
Real World and Deadly Skies, Mould screaming his lungs out. However it’s Grant Hart’s material that heads
in a more conventional, songwriterly direction.
It’s Not Funny Anymore is almost power-pop, with some nice guitar fills,
while Diane is another story altogether.
Coming in on a steady, foreboding, insistent beat, before Mould’s guitar
shreds like f**k, and Hart bawls “Diane, Diane, Die-Anne”. It’s four and a half majestic minutes and is
Husker Du’s first real classic.
Also should
mention the proto-grunge Out On A Limb, which has a malevolent riff that surely
influenced Nirvana, before it goes absolutely mental after 40 seconds.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Album Review: The Long Knives - Kiss You Cursed Seducer
The Long Knives released their debut release Kiss You Cursed Seducer in 2007. It opens with possibly the strongest track, Someone, a summery track with Niall O'Riordan singing lyrics about rolling in the hay and living in sin. Although it's dominated by O'Riordan's guitar the feel isn't a million miles away from the Style Council.
The choppy guitar of Mouth is reminiscent of Lir's funkier moments, while Seduction suffers a little from vocals which are way too prominent in the mix. Curses skanks along nicely although it and other tracks such Oh Yeah are a little repetitive, and this feeling persists throughout this 7 track album.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Album Review: Paul Buchanan | Mid Air
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