Archive for 'Brag 375 (August 16)'
Album Review: The Book Of Ships – Dark Continent, Cold Century
Indie Album Of The Week: The Book of Ships
Dark Continent, Cold Century
Vitamin Records
****
Dark Continent, Cold Century is as beguiling and ambitious as its title suggests, emerging like an awakened giant left to survey the progression, destruction and decay of the century passed… But for such a sprawling epic by one man (ex-The Hauntingly Beautiful [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Album Reviews, Brag 375 (August 16), Music, Uncategorized.
Tags: Kilian David, The Book Of Ships, The Brag
Album Review: Twin Sister – Color Your Life
Twin Sister
Color Your Life
Popfrenzy
***
Brooklyn’s Twin Sister garnered considerable buzz Stateside on the strength of their debut EP Vampires With Dreaming Kids – which they thoughtfully made freely available through their website. Although their second LP delivers some radiantly chromatic moments – assuring them their place on the ‘ones to watch’ list – it does [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Album Reviews, Brag 375 (August 16), Music.
Tags: Oliver Downes, The Brag, Twin Sister
Album Review: !!! – Strange Weather, Isn’t It?
!!!
Strange Weather, Isn’t It?
Warp/Inertia
***1/2
Any doubt that I had about a ‘90s revival being in full swing has been put to bed with the latest album from Californian punk-funkers !!! – it sounds like a fusion of Surrender-era Chemical Brothers, The Stone Roses and late INXS. So much so that anyone who remembers the era as [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Album Reviews, Brag 375 (August 16), Music.
Tags: !!!, Kirsty Brown, The Brag
Album Review: Papa vs. Pretty – Heavy Harm
Papa vs. Pretty
Heavy Harm
Peace and Riot/EMI
**1/2
These guys are so tight live, so focused on nailing their set, that they refused my attempts to get them liquored-up on rider last time they played while I was working behind a bar. Then again, that was a few years ago, and they were probably in Year 10.
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Album Reviews, Brag 375 (August 16), Music.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Papa vs. Pretty, The Brag
Album Review: S. Carey – All We Grow
S. Carey
All We Grow
JagJaguwar
**
Sean Carey was last seen on these shores as part of Justin Vernon’s touring band for Bon Iver. Seeing the group perform at Angel Place last year was a chilling, thrilling experience – so when Carey’s debut album dropped into my lap, I sat up and took notice. But sadly, when I [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Album Reviews, Brag 375 (August 16), Music.
Tags: Andy McLean, S. Carey, The Brag