european_son

Shame on you....

Bit harsh to post his Kanye moment at the top of the interview??

terrible venues.

= tautology. Sorry.

This.

that everyone is either a hardcore fan with all the b-sides/demos or a newcomer to the band. I think reissues like this are aimed at the people who fell through the cracks in your prose. I am one of these people. Ergo, I will get this.

In theory a band's artistic integrity necessitates complete control over how its discography is marketed, but this isn't commercial reality, at least not for a band's first record contract. There's an upside though, because I think this release serves a purpose and it seems pretty certain that it would never have got the band's blessing.

Late of the Pier, Why?, Nick Cave, Cut Copy. Shocking list.

Bit of a masterpiece, I reckon.

and well written IMO. I don't get this whole 'no-one on dis likes this band so lets ignore them' attitude - its really narrow minded. The site has completely missed some quality LPs over the last 12 months - everything deserves a shout.

Have you actually listened to Hold Your Colour? Or is your opinion based on their current output?

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a better producer than remixer IMHO, so this is fine.

In the final reckoning, music (both good and bad) is influenced by every aspect of popular culture, especially fashion. That soemthing is influential, as ectroclash undoubtedly was, doesn't IMO make it worthwhile art of itself.

The orginal point I was making was that 'indie electro disco' in 2008 is not a fad, as was suggested above, and to me these albums are testment to this. Electroclash was an influential fad.

I also think its possible to overstate its influence at the expense of earlier influences (Krautrock, New Wave, the New Romantics, Detroit House etc etc)

Good but not great.

between a vacuous fad and worthrhile progression is quality albums. Electro clash produced nothing of the sort, it was just fashion. To me, the fact that Cut Copy, LOTP, Metronomy, Friendly Fires and others have made really strong LPs which will endure is evidence that the current trend for indie bands exploring electronic elements has genuine artistic merit.

1st Metronomy album is better though.

The man is undoubtedly a mad genius.

that thinks Magic & Medicine is their best album? Understated and melodic but still inventive (see Milkwood Blues for details).

A brilliant and criminally underrated band (on this and this alone I agree with Noel Gallagher).

are two great songs and two brilliant videos. A return to form perhaps?

trifle was the epitome of subtle culinary variety?
Good review though, looking forward to this.

they ever given it to a no-show? Can't remember that happening.
I reckon Kode9 would pick it up though - after all he discovered him and hand-picked the material for the first album.

is THE exemplar of the genre

but (like a lot of good dance records) it didnt get much coverage in the indie press. Shame.

does anyone else think TNP are shite?

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Pete and The Pirates
Benga
Weller

(Shcoked to discover neither of the latter 2 have been review yet on DiS - sort it out please Driver)

Portishead.