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Stuff! (Reviews and Other Bits of Interesting Musical Stuff) Its not an mp3, its not a demo, but it is worth a shout (or not! depends really). Read a review of it here. Our reviewers just live to tell you about music, so get reading! Reviews by David Lloyd (DL) & Anita Bhagw |
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Mclusky - 'Who You Know / Love Song For A Mexican' (CD Single) A double A side from The Boobytrap singles club. Following on from the amazing album and singles, its good to be hearing some new Mclusky material. Quite simply
the best live band playing around South Wales at the moment, none of the incendiary live fire is lost on record. 'Who You Know' comes on like a fuzz bucket thrown down a lift shaft, all grind, sparky scraping guitars
and falling voices. Poignant (for Mclusky) lyrics about getting older and some outrageously effects vamped voices, that at one point sound like Harry the Love Whale. 'Love Song For A Mexican' mines the
grunge assault of Mudhoney to similar pounding effect. Throw in some growling feedback and this boy is happier than a pig in shit on national diarrhoea day. Finally, as is a prerequisite for any Mclusky single, the old
hidden ending kicks in just when you haven't heard enough and want to hear more. Pixie chafage circa Surfer Rosa, chiming, climbing, metal guitar riff and screams of non singing which to me sound like they are
complaining about 'I smell like a women!' Hide your Starsailor record behind the garden shed, if you haven't already burnt your Oasis Weller Scene collection, get the petrol. This is alternative music at its finest, if
you can't hack it, then hang up your life. (9/10) DL. MC Mabon - 'People Are Stupid/Route' (CD Single) New Single from Ankst Record, this double a side is from the new and
upcoming emerging Welsh Talent MC Mabon and this is the first chance to hear tracks from their forth coming English language concept album. The verdict? Stomping! The unusual first track owes as much to
the Small Faces circa the Ogden's album, as it does to the obvious comparisons they will garner from mining the same psychedelic vein as Gorky's. Forget the ballsy big rockers like the stereos and manics, If the Welsh
should be pigeonholed as doing one music thing well, its this idiosyncratic and weird sub navel rock. Clipped drums, chiming guitars, and some psychedelic keyboard mix nicely with the sing along chorus vocals, swirling
its way to your head like Willy Hague toying with his sexuality. The AA track 'Route' brings to mind some early Sugarcubes musings, and can be best categorised as (big drum roll as a new musical genre is
born, you heard it here...) Quip Hop - quirky trip hop. More clipped drums, weird Celtic strings and some great Welsh accent rappings and singings. My favourite of the two, and the definite hook to get me checking out
the album when it is released at the end of July. (7/10) DL. Flinch - 'All Day Breakfast' (CD Album) Hailing from Wrexham, Flinch as a 4 piece rock band site themselves as a Indie/Grunge band. What I hear though is an album of clean, uninspired, middle of the
road, rock away under achievement. White collar, clean shaven idea of grunge, with everything sounding dry cleaned and rinsed. Grunge is supposed to be dirty, but this all sounds so tame, the overdrive pedals are all
set on 'can't be arsed' and the power chords have come from the muted dullsville whence they should be sent immediately back. Rev it a bit guys, this just doesn't have legs or interest. One suspects the
problem is a lack of imaginative production, there is some obvious song writing ability (despite some over earnest lyrics.) At times Flinch have an obvious liking for the epic song writing highs of a band like Pearl
Jam, but unfortunately they often sound more like Go West! (4/10) DL.
United World Underground (sampler CD)
Hmmmm, my initial thoughts on receiving this were worried to say the least. Cover reminiscent of a dodgy Ozric Tentacles
album, not inspiring to say the least! As a confirmed musical snob I was expecting the worst. Several listens in, I was happy to be dumbfounded! Alright, so one or two of the tracks are on the bad side of mediocre, but
there are also some complete gems on this 'un! Covering as many bases as possible, Mock Magics Music has a sack of eclectic music here to be proud off. Happy Hard-core, Grebo, Trip Hop, Drum and Bass,
Psychodelia, Emo, Country and Folk. I enjoyed this sampler immensely, once I had acclimatised to the varying raft of styles on it. You can buy it from Spillers (Cardiff) for £8, which, lets face it, is just 4 pints of
the Amber from the City Arms (would you prefer a hangover or musical expansion?) Special shout goes out to New Welsh Music's Steve Andrews (last on the CD, but very far from least, in a late and great,
Kim Foley 'Midnight Tradegy' esuqe opus called 'Love and Comunication', for alerting us to this little beaut of a collection. (7/10) DL Contact:
Mick Magic, United World underground, 6 Farm Court, Frimley, Surrey, GU16 8TJ. E Mail: Websites: music-elsewhere.hypermart.net ; www.greendragon.demon.co.uk
Mountain Men Anonymous 1-chamber music 2-unwanted affection 3-love is…….. 4-fear, isolation Dark
bleak and vitriolic. Three very appropriate words to describe Cardiff/Gloucester's most promising talent! A fantastically raw mix of punk minus the usual shit vocals combined competently, with labyrinth of fusions
reverberations and flares. 9/10 (AB)
Tommy and the Chauffeur 1-Having and wanting. 2-Sneaking suspicion A proficient first double A-side on Boobytrap singles club. Its a quirky idiosyncratic tune but with a
certain radio friendly sensibility! 'Having and wanting' provides the more elevating melody whilst other A side 'sneaking suspicions' is a maudlin contemplation on the veracity of life. Nice! 9/10 (AB)
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