Label Day: Ghostmeat Records

Hello there, Christmassy people! Done your shopping yet? No? There a petrol station near you? Yes? Well, that's ok then.

First up we have the rather awesomely named This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, with Better Off Dead

90s underground rocks. I know I say it every few days, but that's because it's true, dammit! Sunbrain, Gravity

This guy's good. David Dondero, The Stars Are My Chandelier

Moll x 

Song Of The Week: Coyotes and Wolves, No Sleep

Modernisation has a lot to answer for. People are used to studio gloss, and they downright demand it. Supposedly, if it's raw, it's less worthy. Not so. There's something about the tape hiss that you don't get from anything else. There's an organic feel to it, a DIY feel that's absolutely priceless. An acoustic guitar or two, soul-baring lyrics, the occasional scream - you get that on Elliott Smith's Roman Candle, on Bright Eyes' Fevers and Mirrors, you get it here. It makes for an engaging, absorbing, powerful song. And who doesn't want that? Moll x

Label Day: Anti-Creative

I think I just found my new favourite band. Well, maybe second favourite. The National are still occupying top spot. But this is awesome, lively folk punk, halfway between Mouldy Peaches and Mountain Goats. Ghost Mice, Homesick 

My internet is being blah again. Damn internet. Can't live with it, can't live without it. Anyway, despite constant interruptions, this still sounds great. imadethismistake,  Gravediggers On Their Deathbeds Pt. 2

For this, I'm going to have to link to an album stream, but what I've listened to so far, it's great. Defiance, Ohio, Midwestern Minutes

Mollx

AOTS: Nelsonvillans, Our Evil Inside Joke

 The way it powers through with great slams of guitar and rocketing drums; The nervousness next to courage and the way it can't settle. It shudders and skids through darkness to darkness, from sober to drunk to high to rock bottom. There's no glitter on this album, no shine, just the painful shaking of some kind of truth. I haven't heard such a raw scream, or the great, tugging lyrics hidden beneath rock'n'roll coloured glass, for what must be months. The truth is, I forgot how good it could be. How good it is. Rock isn't dead, and no self important magazine article can say so, not with music like this floating around on the underground. It might not be perfect, or entirely original. When is it ever? That's not the point. The point is that this album is well worth giving time and space in your CD player. It's well worth telling people about, because someone might hear it and buy it. Someone might see them live. Someone might play it on their final drive out of town. Someone might hear it, and start a band. That's what great music does to you, it sparks your imagination. It makes you believe that next time, that singer roaring into the microphone could be you.

 

8/10

Mollx

SOTW: Elite Gymnastics, We Don't Dream Anymore

The Cure. It needs to be said, before anything else; this sounds like The Cure. But to a reviewer whose favourite t-shirt quotes Friday I'm In Love, this is no bad thing. We Don't Dream Anymore ironically floats along in the midst of a sleepwalking fuzz; with the swirling synthesiser, the thudding bass, deadpan delivery - it should be a zombie of a song, but it's not.  It stands in the middle of a frozen world, half scared, half daring. Even so, there's a glimmer of life in the gentle darkness, a hopeful tinge to the cold desolation.

8/10


Moll x

Label Day:8bitpeoples

They were right. 2012 is the year of the apocalypse.The geek apocalypse. Yes. It started with The Big Bang Theory reruns. Then there was the arrival of the 50p Spiderman money box. Now it's chiptune. This time next year I'll have an Atari computer and a not-too-shabby collection of comic books.

This is fantastic. Really awesome. I'm not usually a big fan of electronica, but hell, this rocks. The J Arthur Keenes Band, The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down

How about this one? Firebrand Boy, Famous

This is adorable. I didn't ever think one could describe what is essentially a collection of bleeps and whooshes as "adorable", but there you are. Nullsleep, Her Lazer Light Eyes

And, you know what's more awesome? It's FREE! Well, most of their discography anyway. See?

Mollx

The TV Show Episode

Wednesday in this house is Grey's Anatomy day. Well, actually it's Thursday, as my Mum tapes it pretty late...and then watches it over Thursday lunch. Yes. Hmm. Anyway, these are three songs that have been featured in Grey's.

And, just so you know, this post might have a vaguely techno tint. The Jealous Girlfriends, Something In The Water

I really like the bounciness of this. It's brilliant. Camera Obscura, If Looks Could Kill

Eh, I needn't have worried. Business as usual for the last track today, folks! Bat For Lashes, Moon And Moon

Mollx