Saturday 30 October 2010

Thursday 28 October 2010

MOJO NOVEMBER 2010 REVIEWS: K-X-P, FRANKIE ROSE AND THE OUTS, CARO EMERALD, GOLD, CLIFF RICHARD RARE AND UNSEEN

Finland (terrific stuff), Brooklyn, The Netherlands, a curious and intermittently entertaining ‘60s film, and a terrible Cliff Richard DVD.





Monday 25 October 2010

REVIEW – LOST IN MUSIC FESTIVAL, TAMPERE, FINLAND

Went to this.

Kiki Pau are what you dream of: wandering in off the street in some strange place to a band you know nothing about and then having the top of your head taken off. Like the effect of seeing Joensuu 1685 and Murmansk in Denmark a couple of years ago, La Grande Sophie in Canada and Eplemoya Songlag in Norway this year. Kiki Pau began with a concise wigout over which bits of a book were read out: Jeremy Narby’s The Cosmic Serpent. Intense from the off, they conjured an nth degree take on the fadeout from I Am The Resurrection, parts of Electric Music For The Mind And Body, bits of early ballroom-era Quicksilver Messenger Service. Spacemen 3 as well. But no flab and with melody too: a sort of updated Swedish progg, perhaps cousins of Dungen.

Slightly different - Iiris is pretty bloody great. Not-yet fully formed, but it’s obvious she’s a star.

Review here: theartsdesk in Tampere, Finland: At the Lost In Music Festival

Here’s a few more pics, all by Jukka Ässä – from the top: Iiris, LCMDF, K-X-P.



Thursday 21 October 2010

RECORD OF THE DAY: MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

From last week's Record Of The Day magazine.

Saturday 16 October 2010

Thursday 14 October 2010

REVIEW - GUESS WHAT: YURI GAGARIN

This is great, but times – for this type of thing – may have moved on.

Review here: Guess What: Yuri Gagarin

Wednesday 6 October 2010

REVIEW - ZAZIE: 14/49

A new album by someone as high profile and long established as this really shouldn’t be this woolly-minded.

Review here: Zazie: 14/49

It's not all bad – moments truly shine. But someone should have taken control. Hear how good it can be from this (but ignore the silly, cod-meaningful, visuals - how sorry can you feel for a snail?):