Archive for June, 2008

• Monday, June 30, 2008  12:05 am 

  Cowboys

  The image of Snake Plissken advancing stealthy down the mesas, sliding in between the small flows of life that flourish in the desert at night like a shark tracking down the scent of his prey in the air so still, desert foxes, coyotes and wild dogs staring on his wake like a visitation from a […]

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• Friday, June 27, 2008  11:25 am 

  Eerie letters from the new

  Welcome to my house! Enter freely, go safely, and leave some of the happiness you bring! … I am our Lady of Shadows, and I bid you welcome to this palace of darkness and dust, Gorgo, Mormo, the moon of a thousand faces always shines yellow and malevolent upon its spires, a wraith awaits around […]

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• Thursday, June 26, 2008  11:12 am 

  Get real!

  Vivian Girls’ S/T album  encapsulates all that made C-86 great, that fortunate connection between Spectorian Pop and Post-Punk lo-fi, topped up with a good dose of cavernous feedback which makes us think of the ‘Girls in the Garage‘  compilations, i.e. teen turmoil unfurls over a spanking 60s psyche beat, natty!
  This is an In The […]

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• Wednesday, June 25, 2008  12:01 am 

  Get colonial!

  image supplied by Tommyboy
  Codek is a relentless tidal wave of synthesised arpeggiated surf breaks and polyester primary coloured bongo loops. This faux 70’s wave is crashing upon the beaches of Afro-disco like a thundering black-watered leviathan, leaving the sunbathers drenched with dance music. If Italians Do It Better are the label of the year, then […]

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• Monday, June 23, 2008  12:05 am 

  Get celestial!

  If you liked that song we posted some time ago with Pete Tosh singing exalted about smoking doobie while dancing to tropical disco then you are going to love this one.
  We first heard Junior Byron’s ‘Dance to Music’ in the astonishing James Murphy/Pat Mahoney Fabriclive cosmic/physical trip, it was one of those cuts that sounded […]

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