Album Review: Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years 8.5/10 In a recent Pitchfork review Animal Collective declared that it must be “weird to be in a band with good musicians”, referring to the fact that they basically view themselves as electronic collagists than a band in the strict (i.e., formally trained) sense. It is [...]
Light years from dark days
March 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Alt-rock, Alternative, Film, Folk/Acoustic, Music, Pop/Rock, post-rock, Prog, Psychedelia
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Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
November 8th, 2005 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Folk/Acoustic, Indie, Music, Pop/Rock, Psychedelia
Labour of love 6/10 Die hard SFA fans will be queuing up to award their latest effort five stars, so it seemed necessary to put forward an outsider’s point of view. I am hardly new to the band, but wouldn’t call myself a fan. I enjoy a few tracks on Radiator and liked their last [...]
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Out Hud – S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
July 26th, 2004 · No Comments · Electro, Music, post-rock, Psychedelia
Who’s the Daddy? 7/10 Out Hud is a fearlessly imaginative and unusual clash of post-rock, funk, acid, electro and house. Often sounding freeform but nevertheless packed with complexities, each track is an instrumental journey full of stylistic twists and turns – none least ‘L Train Is a Swell Train and I Don’t Want to Hear [...]
Tags:acid·Electro·Funk·post-rock·pyschedelia