Performance - Love Life
Another find thanks to NME, although on a lesser scale than the Mew discovery.
Performance are so 80’s it’s not even funny. In fact, from the interviews I have read, they don’t know what funny is. It almost comes as a surprise then that their music is fun; retro, yes, but good; synthetic, […]

Mew - Special
Mew - the Zookeeper’s Boy
Mew - Behind the Drapes
If there’s one thing I have to thank the NME for, it is for introducing me to the Danish band, Mew last year. Their single, Comforting Sounds, was single of the week, and the writer called the band something like an intelligible Sigur Ros. I’m […]

Mu - Out of Breach
Welcome to Mu world bitch!
Former Japanese call girl Mutsumi Kanamori and producer/husband Maurice Fulton deliver yet again in Out of Breach (Manchester’s Revenge). This unconventional acid record shackled dance floors with the standout track Paris Hilton, consecrating the socialite dumb girl. Retaliating against eBay scams, tampon thieves, former label owners, Michael […]

Wolf Parade - Fancy Claps
It’s been a good year for Canadian bands. After the Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade joined the list of fantastic Montreal bands. Formed in 2003, the quartet toured with the Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse and that was enough to arouse my curiosity. I’ve been listening to “Fancy Claps” over and over […]

xiu xiu - muppet face
I first heard Xiu Xiu when the college radio station I volunteered at featured their EP, Chapel of the Chimes. Their cover of Joy Division’s Ceremony was unlike anything I’d heard. It was noisy, desperate and passionate. Their new LP, La Forêt, was released last month I believe. I haven’t […]