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Reviews | AAA Music - Part 195

Nick Lowe – The Old Magic

13 September 2011 |

NICK LOWE

The Old Magic

In his 20s, New Yorker Nick Lowe was not a part of the three successive movements of pub rock, punk and new wave, but his music had a character of its … Read More

Patti Smith – Outside Society

13 September 2011 |

Patti Smith – “Outside Society”

 

Patti Smith is a legendary American singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 1970’s after her influential debut album “Horses” catapulted her to the forefront of the female punk-rock scene.  She is perhaps remembered … Read More

Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong

13 September 2011 |

Dawes – Nothing is Wrong

Having released their debut album “North Hills” in 2009, American rock band Dawes have been touring almost non-stop ever since due to its success. Somehow, they managed to find the time … Read More

Puro Instinct – Headbangers In Ecstasy

13 September 2011 |

Puro Instinct – “Headbangers in Ecstasy”

Sisters Piper, 23 and Skylar Kaplan, 16 started out as a duo formerly known as Pearl Harbour and released their debut EP “Something About the Chapparrals” which was met with relative success … Read More

Margate – Rock ‘n Roll Reserve

13 September 2011 |

MARGATE

Rock ‘N Roll Reserve

No, this isn’t the well known Kent seaside town with its famous roller coaster, though there’s some scarily fast music! Margate is a Los Angeles based three piece indie punk rock band.

The … Read More

Jumping Ships – Standard Bearer

13 September 2011 |

Jumping Ships – Standard Bearer

 

It’s a beautiful thing, our rock ‘n roll. And nowhere is it more apparent than on this, the second E.P from Brighton alternative rockers Jumping Ships. It may just be me but there is … Read More

To Arms Etc. – To Arms Etc.

13 September 2011 |

To Arms Etc. – S/T

 

Second album for Sven Sauber, Miriam Grundström, Daniel Martin, Charles Campbell-Jones and Arvid Bjurklint.

The five-piece from London hired Ben Thackeray and the result is twelve gems of arty pop. The Black Pampas is … Read More

The Narcoleptic Dancers – Rastakraut

13 September 2011 |

The Narcoleptic Dancers – Rastakraut

“Keep it simple” is an advice that too often doesn’t suit music. We can easily imagine James Blunt’s mom saying that to her son, ruining the nights of thousands of Britons.

Said that, sometimes … Read More

Example – Playing In The Shadows

5 September 2011 |

With more producers than you could shake an entire rainforest at, Example’s second album is no doubt a sleek, slick affair that while not the stellar outing that truly breaks the mould, definitely pushes many of … Read More

Cranium Pie – Mechanisms

5 September 2011 |

Wait… did I wake up twenty years earlier than my normal eighties time-lag lifestyle allows? Cranium Pie are more trippy psychedelia than a cheap rainbow effects-laden flashback on a questionable sitcom. The guitars are 110% Gilmour … Read More