Reviews | AAA Music - Part 151
Capelle – Crooked Deluxe
4 March 2012 | aaamusicAustralia-born Nic Capelle and the band which revolves around him have a new adventure to unveil to the world – Crooked Deluxe, 12-track strong and with some interesting tricks to show. Kicking off with Paisty Lectric, the record’s set … Read More
Belleruche – Stormbird
4 March 2012 | aaamusicBelleruche’s new single Stormbird is a snippet of an intense, distorted world. A transcendent beat, à la Big Pink, opens the gate to a double vocal of acid audacity. This is the part where I start wanting to use … Read More
Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun – A Song About Death
4 March 2012 | aaamusicI am a man famously slow on the uptake. The next legendary band could be staring me in the face while giving me a ticket to see them in some basement in Shoreditch and I’d still pass that up … Read More
Straight Lines – Half Gone
4 March 2012 | aaamusicMaybe I’m in the wrong business. Sometimes it truly hurts me to be cruel about a band that I can see have potential, and this is one of those times. Straight Lines are yet another post-hardcore act from the … Read More
Crowns – Full Swing
4 March 2012 | aaamusicOn their debut E.P, Crowns manage to do something that many bands that share their folk punk tag fail to do throughout their entire career. Which is to sound rootsy and (heavy inverted commas here) “Authentic”, without ever trying … Read More
Baddies – Build
4 March 2012 | aaamusicBaddies are a prime example of the way that clinging to closely to a style can undo all the hard work a talented band does. There is no denying that they have talent coming out of their ears, this, … Read More
Terminal Gods – God Child / Electric Eyes
4 March 2012 | aaamusicTerminal Gods release this AA single as part of their campaign to revive the gothic post-punk sound of yesteryear. ‘God Child’ and ‘Electric Eyes’ both have big guitars joining electronic beats in an onslaught of that crucial 1980s power … Read More
Sweet Lights – Endless Town and Handle with Care
4 March 2012 | aaamusicSweet Lights is the solo project of Shai Halperin, singer of The Capitol Years and his voice has a melodic and melancholy feel to it, however Endless Town still manages to sound fairly bright, probably thanks to the guitar … Read More
Saturday Night Gym Club – How to Build a Life Raft EP
4 March 2012 | aaamusicThe EP opens with the single I Know, which hits the ears like an underwater current, an ocean of the melodious with dubstep influences but not overly so, not enough to hit the bow anyway. The hyperactive electronics have … Read More
JODIE MARIE – Mountain Echo
4 March 2012 | aaamusicJodie Marie, a 20-year-old from Narberth in Pembrokeshire, was quickly signed to major record label Decca after her discovery in West Wales. She was the first artist signed by Simon Gavin since Duffy, though her refreshing and promising style … Read More
