TAG: post-punk

May05

In Flagranti – Worse For Wear (Review)

In Flagranti

Worse For Wear

Released by Codek Records


In Flagranti are back with their third album. The London and Basel-based duo was inspired by one of their favorite places to spend time: 1970s/80s New York City. They never produce their music while being physically together, so their sonic collage of twisted sounds from an era that people try to forget is created in in different time zones while jamming in cyber space. Worse For Wear Spans over 10 tracks ranging anywhere from 5 to 9 minutes in length. The title track opens with footsteps ...

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Nov12

The Demon’s Claws ‘The Defrosting Of’ (Review)

The Demon's Claws

The Defrosting Of

Released by In The Red


Whether they meant to or not, Montreal based outfit The Demon's Claws successfully channel the glory days of good old English rock n roll on their sophomore release The Defrosting Of. Their sound, a pastiched incorporation of influences ranging from The Rolling Stones to The Kinks, is a stark reminder of the lasting impact of  'The British Invasion' on just about all North American based rock n roll acts thereafter. The raspy Jagger-esque vocals of front-man Jeff Clarke are showcased best on the track "Last Time At The Pool"--a bouncy ...

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Jul05

Thieves Like Us – Again And Again (Review)

Thieves Like Us

Again And Again

Released by Shelflife Records


Thieves Like Us are two Swedes and one American living in Berlin, Paris, and Milan. This multi-national band is out with their second long player Again and Again, recorded in early 2009 in a basement in Paris. This lo-fi pop band got their name from the 1984 New Order song, and it doesn’t stop there. The album is filled with references to 80’s electronic, goth and post-punk bands. Album opener “Never Known Love” opens up like a slow pop song with a youth sounding chorus a la Passion Pit or ...

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May10

Massive Attack Interview

British electro-hop pioneers Massive Attack have never failed to deliver conscience, dark, deep, sexy tunes wrapped warmly in their dense experimental vibe.  The duo’s fifth studio record Heligoland is no exception. However, they’ve kept us waiting for another taste of their live LED screen, political stream, pulse-groove for the past four years. Well we can now push past that yearn as the duo launch their nine-date U.S. tour tomorrow in Toronto. URB caught the band’s Grant “Daddy G” Marshall by phone from his basement in Bristol to chat new collaborations, ’70s influences, and money saving.

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May06

Lazer Crystal – MCMLXXX (Review)

Lazer Crystal

MCMLXXX

Released by Thrill Jockey


Just when it starts to become easy to grab ahold of what’s going on with the blasts of hard-edged electronics Lazer Crystal dish out on their debut album, the trio from Chicago see fit to change it all up and launch things in another direction. Hybridizing bits of noise, industrial, mathrock, post-punk, techno, krautrock and synthpop, they have plenty of source material to work with, and they show little caution about ramming the sounds together until the pieces are correspondingly dented and tightly locked together. One moment the band ...

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