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Music on Your Radar
Quite simply, a review column where I look at upcoming music and give it all a review.
Starting us off this week are The Lightning Seeds, last seen when Britpop had been killed and Travis were the next big British band and releasing “Four Winds”, their first album for 10 long years. A lot has changed in ten years; we have internet speeds that didn’t seem possible, Britney Spears has suffered through a mid-life crisis in her mid-twenties, we’re in another “war”, Labour turned out to not be as great as expected and British guitar rock is still relevant and vibrant. OK, that last one is a lie but it’s something that didn’t get through to Ian Broudie because this album would fit nicely in the middle of a thriving music scene. Not anything life changing but not anything dreadful. A forgotten gem if you will. Anyway, it’s mellower than standard Seeds fare, drops in hints of country and synth pop but still manages to be incredibly catchy. It’s nothing life changing but it’s worth checking Lightning Seeds out all over again.
A band worth checking out no matter what is the sublime Phoenix who are so good they’ve made me liken them to Cheap Trick. If not in sound, certainly in songwriting craft since every track on their new album “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” is perfectly crafted rock music, driving along at frenetic pace, not giving you enough time to let their sublime hooks and catchy choruses sink in your skull before blasting you with some more. Electro-indie-pop crafted by French hands. Essential.
“Rum & Coke” by Dub Pistols: More like Dung Pistols.
For the longest time, Devin Townsend couldn’t have came with any stronger recommendation from the metal community if his wife handed out free blowjobs with every album sold so I dipped my toes into his new album to find it very entertaining indeed. One part Explosions in the Sky, one part whale music, it’s all very interesting but incredibly well-produced and Devin has a voice that could shake the fillings from your teeth. Honestly, it’s hard not to enjoy some of this since it’s just good music.
Finally, Miles Davis’ “Sketches of Spain” is getting a reissue with all sorts of special add-ons. Ignore the add-ons and listen to one of the most innovative and genius minds that music has ever produced. Incredibly far-reaching, Miles lay the blueprints for modern music as we know it and you’re doing a disservice to yourself not to experience it and listen to some of the best jazz music ever recorded. In Spain. During a Siesta. On drugs.
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