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- The Noisettes: Whats the Time Mr. Wolf? < Music | PopMatters
- Too Many DJs – Music – The Stranger Seattle’s nly Newspaper
- DVDs to fill your heart (and your disc player) with song.
- Nickelback UK page 1 – Music – Village Voice – Village Voice
- … :: Music :: Philadelphia City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts…
- 30 albums to hear before you die
- Fishbone swims back onto music scene
The Noisettes: Whats the Time Mr. Wolf? < Music | PopMatters
PopMatters – Apr 17, 2007
The Noisettes embrace this paradox (innocent embrace of ferocity) with both arms—to illustrate on official merch the band’s type faced as NISEttes. Get it?n the other end of the spectrum it’s also incorrect to characterize the band in terms of recreation of childhood innocence… But in the face of their verve and true punk attitude it hardly matters. Britain’s pub rock revival (that started with the Arctic Monkeys and quickly dragged us down to the growling level of the Fratellis) stretches quite comfortably to include the Noisettes’ buzz-saw rock-n-roll. The London three-piece is conventionally composed of guitar bass and drums but as with bands like the White Stripes it wrings as much from that combination as one could hope for veering between acoustic folky blues and crunchy full-textured rockers. And given front woman Shingai Shoniwa’s propensity for sexual innuendo growled ferocity; and girl-group melodies it’s no surprise critics are talking about the Pipettes and the Fratellis in the same breath. The Noisettes’ debut effort shouldn’t be dismissed as a turbo-charged Pipettes or a female-vocal Fratellis.
Too Many DJs – Music – The Stranger Seattle’s nly Newspaper
TheStranger.com – Apr 17, 2007
The album collects remixed tracks from the band’s 2004 album Any Minute Now—which had itself spawned three singles including the Nancy Whang–assisted “NY Excuse” and the cheeky pharmaceutical rave-up “E Talking”—and sequences them into a continuous delirious DJ-style mix full of thumping beats loose high hats distorted guitars corrosively modulated synths and processed echoing vocal fragments. A rock record literally cut up and reimagined for the dance floor Nite Versions effectively bridges what Dewaele sees as a very American divide. “I think dance music in the States is seen as very gay-oriented house music” he says. For the Dewaeles rock and dance have always been complementary—”I have never seen them as separate music styles” Dewaele says—and the brothers frequently work with other acts that combine the two such as Tiga LCD Soundsystem Daft Punk Gorillaz and the Gossip. “When the Clash wrote ‘Radio Clash’ it was rock meets dub meets hiphop and people danced to it. The brothers’ upbringing was key in establishing their unified take on music.
DVDs to fill your heart (and your disc player) with song.
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 17, 2007
17–The recent news that Intonation Fest will not return to Union Park this summer bummed me out. So I tried putting the loss in perspective concentrating on the season’s other big music events. The Pitchfork Music Festival holds promise with indie heavies Sonic Youth and Cat Power on the bill. But Vans Warped? Skate-punk bonehead central. Lollapalooza? Strike up the Pearl Jam and the arena-size hype. Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival? Makes me think of six-string self-indulgence on a galactic scale. So I turned to the music DVDs piled atop my desk.
Nickelback UK page 1 – Music – Village Voice – Village Voice
Village Voice – Apr 17, 2007
band: Blur which followed up its hugely successful debut with 1993′s Modern Life Is Rubbish one of the best Britrock LPs of all time. Blur was a versatile band that could drop punk disco and all other kinds of weirdness into its sound a band that could rule the dance floor then step outside to examine a back alley or a country house. Arctic Monkeys have yet to show a smidgen of that kind of versatility. They’re playing at being rock stars and doing a helluva a job at it but a band for the ages? Bollocks. Arctic Monkeys play Hammerstein Ballroom May 15.
… :: Music :: Philadelphia City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts…
Philadelphia citypaper.net – Apr 17, 2007
7 from Pitchfork but might’ve been one post-punk CD too many back in ’03. The band landed some decent gigs like opening for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Penn’s Landing and did well with them but grew frustrated with the local scene and eventually curiously publicly swore off playing their hometown. Now tempers have cooled dust has settled and post-punk seems like a silly thing to call a kind of music. It’s time to start over with Trouble Everyday and n the Way to Disaster is a great excuse to get reacquainted. Kyle Costill’s swaggering sing-shout does the navigating but guitarist Darren Morze is the driver swerving aggressively between verse and chorus. When the riffs aren’t casual and distant they’re grooving and relentless. And everything’s tight tight tight.
30 albums to hear before you die
iafrica.com – Apr 17, 2007
The primal chord-call fuelling ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’ ‘Got My Mojo Working’ and ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ inject sex straight into the whole rock ‘n roll equation. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 RevisitedFolk music plugs in. This was Dylan’s electric move and quickly elevated his freewheelin’ verse from hippie-protest poems to a singer-songwriter who actually sounds like he makes a difference man… A blockbusting collage of pristine pop rollicking rock ‘n roll novelty sing-alongs and in Harrison’s ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ the best song Lennon and McCartney never wrote. The Stooges: FunhouseThe definitive garage punk blueprint. ozing a young fucked-up anger Iggy Pop as chairman of the bored leads his three chord stooges on a sex and drug-addled street crawl that remains a garage punk-rock blueprint. Miles Davis: Bitches BrewJazz has left the building. Tune into his bitchin’ improvised ambient psychedelic soul funk rock and blues jam brew or just drop out.
Fishbone swims back onto music scene
Texas A&M The Battalion – Apr 17, 2007
Fishbone which formed in Los Angeles Calif. in the late 1970s has released four EPs two live albums and seven studio albums over the course of its nearly 30-year career. The album is an energetic upbeat fusion of punk rock ska funk heavy metal and reggae that blend almost seamlessly. With such a diverse range of sounds it’s difficult to compare the band’s style with any one artist. The album is sort of an “everything but the kitchen sink” combination of styles. Some parts are reminiscent of artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers who Fishbone toured with in the late 1980s while other parts are more reminiscent of bands like Sublime who is featured on the last track “Date Rape. ” Lead singer Angelo Moore’s voice even bears resemblance to Incubus front man Brandon Boyd at some points… Tracks to check out include “Party With Saddam” “Skank ‘n Go Nuttz” and “Behind Closed Doors. ” Fans of funk and ska will most likely find several enjoyable dance-friendly tracks. Music lovers not obsessed with ska funk or reggae will be able to appreciate the band’s artistic talent but should definitely beware of the dominating brass and excessive energy present on every single track. If this album doesn’t get stuck in your throat it’ll probably at least get stuck in your head. Page 1 of 1 Article Tools Share:.