Reviews | AAA Music - Part 137
The SLOW SHOW – Brother E.P.
9 April 2012 | aaamusicNew Manc band The Slow Show, following their last year critically successful EP Midnight Waltz, burst on this fertile beginning of 2012 with a warm, gentle and poetic EP titled Brother. Melodies and vocals walk our minds to the … Read More
Evans The Death – S/T
9 April 2012 | aaamusicGhosts of Pixies and My Bloody Valentine inhabit the first album of Evans The Death. Claphamite ensemble draws upon a clear influence from indie-acts and shoegaze-wave of the late 1980s and early 1990s. References thus start with the Breeders … Read More
Auburn – Indian Summer
9 April 2012 | aaamusicOne might assume that all music that inspires any strong reaction in someone must be fiercely unique. It makes sense, My Chemical Romance wouldn’t have developed one of the most hardcore cult followings of all time if they hadn’t … Read More
Paloma Faith – Fall to Grace
9 April 2012 | aaamusicPaloma Faith is a jazzy singer-songwriter who, if you have not heard of, I would be surprised. (And I would envy your wonderful ability to ignore what’s going on in the media). She’s performed at the BRIT Awards, been … Read More
The Sea – New York
9 April 2012 | aaamusic
The Sea are a pop-rock duo consisting of Peter (vocals, guitar and keyboard) and Alex D’Chisholm (vocals and drums). Having supported the likes of Muse, The Gossip and The Kills, and headlining tours and festivals across Europe, The Sea are … Read More
MADAM – Gone Before Morning
9 April 2012 | aaamusicMadam is a London blues based band led by the voice of ex actress and singer songwriter Sukie Smith. Musically there are similarities with PJ Harvey and Portishead. Madam’s debut album In Case Of Emergency was released on the … Read More
Man Without Country – Puppets
9 April 2012 | aaamusicThere’s something rather interesting going on in Man Without Country’s latest single, ‘Puppets’. The dreamy, gentle vocals that wash over the lush soundscape suggests that someone might enjoy a bit of My Bloody Valentine every now and again. It’s … Read More
Trim The Barber – Trim The Barber EP
9 April 2012 | aaamusicTaking their cues very much from The Cure circa ‘Seventeen Seconds’, ‘Faith’, and ‘Pornography’, Trim The Barber offer up four tracks of echo-drenched moodiness. Tribal drumming, slow bass and keening guitars all float around on this EP in abundance, … Read More
CORNSHED SISTERS – Tell Tales
9 April 2012 | aaamusicThe Cornshed Sisters are four singer songwriters influenced by the north eastern folk tradition of Tyne and Wear. They comprise Liz Corney (Kenickie), Marie Nixon, Jennie Redmond and Cath Stephens. Their 10 track debut album Tell Tales is co-produced … Read More
The Cribs – Come On, Be a No-One
9 April 2012 | aaamusicAs one of possibly three people who don’t consider 2009’s Ignore the Ignorant, the album The Cribs made with the assistance of one Mr Johnny Marr, to be a gargantuan waste of time for everyone involved, The Cribs’ second … Read More
