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But minus points for being dull and muso. They sound like they've had all the fun sucked out of them and they've been reduced to a one-paced plod. Shame. God save us from 'serious' musicians.

It is worthy, dull as ditch water and completely safe dinner party background music. It's Miss Dynamite -ee- hee without the tunes.

Positive review here.

http://callofthewyld.blogspot.com/2009/06/kap-bambino-advert-at-cargo-16-june.html

..he said, jagging.

One of the late John Peel's greatest laments was that people sent him so much stuff that he would never be able to listen to it all. He KNEW there was great stuff that he would never get round to.

kind of album. Popbitch reckon Johnny Borrell was brought in to 'polish' it and it sounds like it. Music for people who buy one album a year on a whim.

the fact that a lot of this sounds like a Stars In Their Eyes version of what would be regarded as quite a good Oasis album bothers "Stella-swilling, Hackett-wearing yobs" one little bit. Within it's limited parameters, this is a pretty good record. If the comparisons are always the same, well duh, there's a reason for that. Kasabian's insisting that they are breaking new ground has the same hollow ring as Gordon Brown saying that he's a fit Prime Minister.

Censorship or incompetence?

A decent pop album, and possibly less filler than the first one. Much Much better than could have been expected.

He's getting paid.
No problem.

The rating is about right -I'd say a 6 or 7, depending on how generous I were feeling.

but a lot of the rough edges that made their early demos so good have been polished off. Looking forward to the live shows.

Sidecar Kisses, so I'm chuffed that they are getting the attention they deserved then.

And fun is in short supply.

for Eux Autres' 'Another Christmas at Home'.

The best Christmas song since Fairytale of New York.

Worthless whimsical tosh.

Still, plenty of good stuff out there, so no harm done.

cos that really is one hell of a tune.

The other stuff is good but slightly too reverent of the Sixties.

1. Duchess Says - Anthologies des 3 Perchoirs
2. The Indelicates - American Demo
3. Autodrone - Strike A Match
4. Super Baby Face
5.Vampire weekend
6.Bodies Of Water - A Certain Feeling
7. Why?- Alopecia
8. Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life

but they do tend to champion fairly average bands. No historical memory, I guess - if you haven't got the experience it is easy to get blown away by the third band you see. Of the bands touted above, half are affiliated with writers on the site, either directly or through mates of mates. Fair enough, its DIS' site and they can plug who they like. The downside is that Youtube and Myspace enable anyone else to actually see and hear their recommendations.

My own worthless two cents on the above acts is that Women and Wavves may be worth your time. Others, less so.

End of pompous transmission.

rubbish modern folk. The anti Green Man backlash starts here.

Having seen them last night, they were pretty good in a Birthday Party gothic punk kinda way.

and she's spot on in this interview.

both for and against, I can safely say that I shan't waste time with this lot.

Like many others, I found it too sparse, too simple and too quiet. It stayed on the shelf for twenty years.

Due to the wonders of downloading, I am now listening to it again on a semi regular basis. And it sounds utterly contemporary. It's almost like a time capsule in reverse, something from the present that was uncovered in the past and not fully understood back then.

Of course, the other great saving grace is that their oeuvre was so limited - they didn't blot their copy books with subsequent, paler imitations of their beginnings or attempt to chase popularity.

They were perfect. (And should resist the urge to reform).

How environmentally friendly is that!

I use Rapidshare, Megaupload etc and don't upload myself.

If I like something sufficiently, I'll buy the physical copy.

fhd.com is useful for myspace though

is that it gives the reviewer nowhere else to go. If you give 0/10 to something that is merely slick, empty, non-groundbreaking major label product, then what is a meaningful score for something actually offensive? The reverse also applies - whenever the Observer Music Monthly gives blanket 5/5 ratings to every album released in a month, there are cries of anguish on these boards.

I would also ponder this - the readers of DIS seem obsessed with the ratings that Pitchfork, NME and OMM give to stuff - I have never seen any of those publications worrying about Dis's opinion.

I must admit that I find this album way too self-indulgent and messy. It is a rag bag of offcuts and jingles which are deliberately jarring and sketchy.

It is tempting to try to fit all the fragments together to make sense of the whole, but I think that to do so would be a fruitless exercise.

Its certainly unlike most other things out this year, and Barnes is always interesting - but this feels like a hastily assembled collection of half thought out ideas from his bottom drawer.

For completists only, I reckon.

'Leeds United' is some tune though.

I'm Cryin' Blood.

They didn't last a moment too long. They were a pleasure to have around.

Call it the 'No One Cares' Award.

The Indelicates - American Demo is obviously flawed, but glad that the bleatings for Frightened Bilge also went unheeded.

An incomplete July to September line up will be chosen from, amongst others

Duchess Says - Black Flag
Isoceles - Get Your Hands Off
S.C.U.M.- Wild In Blue
Royal Treatment Plant - Undercurrents
Shrag- Long Term Monster
The Bumblebees - Fluffy Clouds Of Joy
Tom Allalone - Crashland
The Velcros - Half A Biscuit
Mono Taxi - We Want To Have Some Real Fun
Little Jackie - The Stoop
White Pony - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
The Seedy Seeds - The Little Patton
V V Brown - Crying Blood

Mushroom soup my ass!

It's almost a return to the lyrical concerns of 'More Songs About Buildings and Food".

"Home" is an awesome track.

By who? No-one with any bloody ears, fo' sure.

Even the last album.

Whoooooargh!

A major lapse after WFB.

No band is ever going to say "We're making a new album, and it's going to be much more shit than the last one."

And I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.

Also really looking forward to SOSB.

of their 'Best Of' album.

"Forget them, they changed nothing."

me.

have ever heard of Frightened Rabbit. Get over yourselves.

for releasing White Winter Hymnal in the middle of July.

that I found this very disappointing. I'm sure they had fun recording it, but it really feels tossed off and half hearted. Almost as though they had to release something to justify the studio time.