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Monday
6th February-
Megafaun - Megafaun
- Author
- Aaran Gicquel
Crammed Discs
The only words I can muster after my first Megafaun experience is “wow!!” I’ve struggled all week to come up with language to describe something that is best listened to and I’m not going to get anywhere close to an accurate description by the end of this review.
So lets start with Megafaun as a band… more »
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Wednesday
1st February-
Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet
- Author
- Christian Scharp
Real World Records
The world of jazz is a wide and varied one – branching out into a number of different sounds and styles. And although the East-London-based Portico Quartet are comprised of members who play traditional jazz instrumentation (Sax, Percussion and Double Bass), it’s hard to envision this music ever really being labeled as such… more »
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Monday
23rd January-
Mezzanine - Novella
- Author
- Aaran Gicquel
Gun Fever
Local avant-post-grunge rockers Mezzanine, debut explosively with their extended tale, a Novella as the title suggests and drive down the throats of the willing with catchy sweet choruses and distorted power chords.
Mezzanine have performed their fair share of great and woefully terrible shows, some may remember a doomed night at the Rocket Room with a drum machine and since learned many a lesson the hard way… more »
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Friday
6th January-
James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
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- Christian Scharp
Hippos In Tanks
Voted as the album of the year by music snob institution The Wire (the long running UK publication, not the West’s frothy tome), Far Side Virtual is the latest in a steady stream of material from James Ferraro – ex-member of lo-fi electronic outfit the Skaters, and the first to favour the shiny digitalism of the current age over the dusty analog electronics of the hypnagogic heyday of the 80s… more »
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Thursday
5th January-
Various Artists - Twentysomething
- Author
- Aaran Gicquel
ABC Music
So If you haven’t watched twentysomething on ABC yet its best you start hunting down the re-runs or the DVD ASAP. Heres the plot: Josh and Jess are best friends, housemates and twentysomething. Upon losing their jobs and being evicted they finally have to answer the question “So what are you going to do with yourselves?” the answer is to become their own bosses… more »
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