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Posted by Babs in Reviews on 11 16th, 2007 | No Comments

The Eminently Likeable West Indian Girl...

LONDON – I want to post lots of pics of blue seas and skies and photos of beaches with beautiful people surfing, so cheerful is the new album from West Indian Girl, 4th & Wall. Actually, let’s see what I’ve got in my StumbleUpon sea and water tags. (Links generously shared to (a)...

Posted by Babs in Reviews on 11 3rd, 2007 | No Comments

Alexandria Quartet – Wide Range Ro...

LONDON – The Alexandria Quartet and I had a weird, synchronous moment. I was loving Justine by The Alexandria Quartet (different band) over in October’s NNME and a few hours later, Alexandria Quartet (no ‘The’) found my MySpace and messaged me, wondering if I’d be interested...

Posted by Champersnova in Reviews on 10 23rd, 2007 | 1 Comment

Say Hi (To Your Mom): The Wishes And The...

Precious fellow fans of Say Hi To Your Mom would know how Eric Elbogen and his crew harshly broke our hearts by demoting the band’s name to Say Hi a short time ago. Why and how would you change one of the most deluxe band names all of a sudden? Is it sort of a netting down? Was it needed? Is SHTYM...

Posted by Champersnova in Reviews on 10 8th, 2007 | No Comments

The Perishers: Victorious...

2007 has been the year of new releases, obviously! One anticipated release after another before the excitement of the previous one hasn’t even been passed on. Outstanding debuts, reunited old bands, new albums from our favorites coming out following years of silence… One busy, musically dense and...

Posted by Champersnova in Reviews on 09 30th, 2007 | 7 Comments

The 1900s: Cold and Kind...

The 1900s are a 7 piece band from Chicago. What makes them special is their combining diversity of instruments along with harmonic boy-girl vocals. Their use of instruments and the polyphonic sound falling out consequently give an orchestral feel to their mainly mellow -psychedelic pop songs. (And some...

Posted by Champersnova in Reviews on 09 27th, 2007 | 5 Comments

Jesca Hoop: Kismet...

Some kind of magical perfectness chilling one to the bone… a soft, daisy-perfumed summer wind blowing in your ears, a fresh grass smell you can’t stop breathing in, an exotic-obscure sensation having you hypnotized the moment she enters your world. What to say? What to write more to describe...

Posted by Babs in Reviews on 09 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Seabear: These Are The Things, The Thing...

I’m so lucky this week. I’ve been feeling just a tad under the weather and really needing softness around me – and that’s exactly what I got. Neighbours have been quiet, weather has been dull and dozy, and the right music found me. I’m so relaxed right now and my arms are...

Posted by Champersnova in Reviews on 09 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Elk City: New Believers...

Two cronies of NYC’s Elk City; Renée LoBue and Ray Ketchem are moving onward in their running which was started by their former band Melting Hopefuls in early 90s. After Melting Hopefuls disbanded, they joined arms with Peter Langland-Hassan to release two critically acclaimed albums under the name...

Posted by Babs in Reviews on 09 18th, 2007 | No Comments

Orba Squara Reach Parts Other Bands Fail...

I’ve not had that great a day, today. For a start, it’s Monday. The sun didn’t come out and it’s been dull and grey here in south London. More leaves are falling off trees and the wind’s picked up. The only thing that made me smile was the Leave Britney Alone video, which...

Posted by Babs in Reviews on 09 13th, 2007 | No Comments

M.I.A. – Kala : Kyaa Bhaat Hai!...

She tantalised us with nicely paced leaks all over the net all year until finally, M.I.A.’s new album, Kala, was released. I, for one, couldn’t bear the excitement, I loved all the the tracks I’d heard so far. I’ll walk you through them: First, back in February, we were given...

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