Posts Tagged ‘ 2009 ’

Coma Cinema is the band furry, cuddly, squishy, huggly Snowshoes are known to play to their kittens when they want to get them to sleep. As most people know, Snowshoe cats are notoriously light sleepers and often prone to insomnia.  Luckily, researchers in the field of feline sleep patterns have found that a bottle...
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Your dog, tranquil and innocent, dozes through our cries, our murmured dawn conspiracies our telephone calls. She knows - what can she know? If in my own arrogance I claim to read her eyes, I find there only my own animal thoughts: that creatures must find each other...
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First reaction: WOW. We receive a LOT of music, and listen to a hell of a lot too. And while we often run into songs -one-off songs- we like, it sure isn't often that an entire album punches us in the stomach and runs off with our lunch money. Cloud Nothings' Turning On has done...
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The colours were designed to promote the promise of a fantastic future,A better tomorrow, instead we got this.   Hot Chip – Hand Me Down Your Love (One life Stand, 2010)   Cold Cave – Heavenly Metals (Cremations, 2009) Lali Puna – Remember (Our Inventions, 2010)
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50. The Dutchess and the Duke – Hands 49. Camera Obscura – French Navy Best song on the new album? But of course. 48. Ramona Falls – I Say Fever That video. Those drunken piano notes. That Poeesque sense of atmosphere. Jesus. 47. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Wind Phoenix Electric guitars are...
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It was a tiring week (we’re staying 30 minutes outside Barcelona and the daily back and forth was something of a challenge) but well worth it. We ate Pakistani food, visited our beloved Wok to Walk, saw a lot of the city and uhm, obviously a bunch of great bands! -Best venue: Sala Apolo...
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If you were expecting more playful showgaze from Asobi Seksu, you might be disappointed because this is an album of softly sung words, acoustic guitars and toy pianos. If you were expecting new tunes, again you’ll be out of luck, because this is all about remastered stripped down versions of their old songs. If...
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art by Jose Manuel Hortelano Yes indeed, Primavera Club 2009 is upon us, kicking off with The Pastels, The Black Heart Procession and HEALTH tonight. It’ll also be my very first concert in Barcelona (and Eliza’s second), so we’re pretty excited. The festival will continue until Sunday night, and we hope to see these...
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Burning Hearts – The Galloping Horse Burning Hearts – Aboa Sleeping Close the doorGo down the stairsThis is goodbye.
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This is what we long for: building weak walls in creaky floors And going to leave while they become debris and windows and doors are left crumbling This is what we long for: awkward waltzes on kitchen floors And going to sleep on sands of the beach, just the waves to wipe our sleepy...
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Action Biker: Frosty Snow Winter ❅Lois Casino: All I Want for Christmas is You The Smittens: Magpies and Eccles Cakes ❅ Pajaro Sunrise: Salt and Spoon The Airfields: Icing Sugar ❅ Piney Gir: Of All the Wonderful Things+ The Futureheads – Struck Dumb Our Time Warp Christmas Party last week – which we threw...
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Come stretch your skinny jeans, billow your hoop skirts and dance away those post-election blues(or greens) to the sound of the very best brand spanking new fuzz pop, noise pop, beach hop, chamber pop, bubblegum pop, noise rock, crisp rock, bounce top, booty rock, room rock, electro box, electro ping, electro boom, and electro...
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Why? – Even the Good Wood Gone Why? – Berkeley by Hearseback Okay, so it’s not Alopecia. What did you expect?
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When: August 6 – 9 Where: Myslowice, Poland OFF was a big unknown for us, we really had no idea what to expect. It wasn’t only a new festival for us but a new COUNTRY. Anyway, we spent the week before the festival in Krakow and loved it. Loved it so much in fact...
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It started innocently enough. I was on Facebook. Something like ‘3 of your friends have played Music Challenge. Play?‘ popped up in my newsfeed. Ah, sounds like fun, I thought. I could use a little break. I like music. I like games. Hell, I even like some of my friends.   So I clicked...
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