TOWNS. They are where Baggy meets Shoegaze: shaggy, perhaps. There is drive and energy here, for sure, but it is of the louche, listless kind. They combine the "sun-shines-out-of-our-behinds"/"wanna-be-adored" Manc Narcissus persona with the floppy-fringed, feedback frenzies of their southern-softie counterparts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/07/new-band-towns
GABRIEL AND THE HOUNDS. On "The World Unfolds" Gabriel and the Hounds sounds buoyant and brash. The band shakes off rusting shackles - drums and voice rushing forward, chasing each other away from the past, not looking back.
http://www.riotactmedia.com/artists/gath.php
To listen, click on the following link: http://snd.sc/x4Zoln
HYPERPOTAMUS is a London-based vocal one man band from Madrid, Spain. He makes music with nothing but a few microphones and a loop pedal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/artist/242f665f-0335-4e68-ac97-67fc4f6b2fe2
To listen, click on the following link: http://snd.sc/xBSBRw
Saturday, February 11, 2012
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