PopMatters on the new Witchcraft album "The alchemist": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/50099/witchcraft-the-alchemist/
Tag: Reviews
Dusted reviews the Jazkamer + Smegma collaboration "Endless coast": https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3904
PopMatters reviews Porn Sword Tobacco: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/49980/porn-sword-tobacco-new-exclusive-olympic-heights/
Popjustice lauds Danish act Private: https://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1747&Itemid=9
Perez Hilton too: https://perezhilton.com/?p=7444
Pitchfork reports back from Iceland Airwaves: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/46542-live-iceland-airwaves-festival
Repoman
s/t
Monument [1]
The furious opening track ("Cursory") leads the way. You can tell that this band apologizes for nothing. Per Stålberg from Division of Laura Lee is featured in the line-up and, to some extent, it shows. Especially in "A jawbone night" where the indie-/noiserock that DoLL does so well is present during the entire song. Besides that, this has nothing to do with said band, seeing that we're dealing with vicious hardcore in the vein of Jesus Lizard and Minor Threat and, basically, the entire Dischord back-catalogue. Add a little Converge to that recipe and we have a winner. Because this is the most intense stuff I've heard from a Swedish band for quite some time now. In fact, not since I heard Step Forward's "Away" for the first time have I been this blown away. And that right there shows for something. Hell, the breakdown in "Chemically obsessed" sends shivers down the spine. Definitely on my top 10 for 2007! Hardcore attack? You bet!
- Jonas Appelqvist
Ink19 reviews the US release of "Poverina" from Finnish artist Astrid Swan: https://www.ink19.com/issues/october2007/musicReviews/musicS/astridSwan.html
Baby Woodrose
Chasing rainbows
Bad Afro
With the 80s nostalgia scene quickly becoming little more than a dance floor too crowded for much dancing or originality, it feels as though more and more bands are looking further back through the decades for relief and release. Baby Woodrose attempt a look into that strange, dark heart that fueled the psychedelic rock of the 1960s - borrowing from (and paying tribute to) bands like the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane - and crafting an interesting, layered rock album in "Chasing rainbows". If you love the Stones and the soundtracks to films investigating the liminal period that the 60s and early 70s represented, "Chasing rainbows" should find its way into your collection, or at least be scrawled down on a piece of paper as a band to check out.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Moll Flanders
Out of fashion
Crying Bob
Honestly, it took me a while to figure out how to review this record. There wasn't much information readily available besides a brief bio (maybe I didn't dig deep enough, just being honest). Moll Flanders are a rock band from Sweden, and you could put them right into a slot next to The Hives, Interpol, etc. The aspects that hold the most value are the musical diversity in the album, Dylan-esque balladry, even some 60's baroque aspect, especially on "Could it be me?" They practically channel "She's not there" by The Zombies. That's my personal favorite track and I doubt I'll let this one slip through the cracks. It's one of those albums that one tends to share with their friends.
- Paul Bredenberg
Stylus is not stoked on the new Darkthrone album "F.O.A.D": https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/darkthrone/foad.htm
Myself, on the other hand - I love it.
Pitchfork lauds the US release of "A new chance" from The Tough Alliance: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45570-a-new-chance
The Bell
Make some quiet
Badman Recording Co.
Reminiscent of Matt Skiba's Heavens side project, The Bell move through that well explored terrain of 80s throwback music with a similar approach. A collection of well crafted pop songs punctuated by a digital drummer, with plenty of hooks and clever electronic touches, "Make some quiet" is nothing groundbreaking, but is a surprisingly strong and entertaining album. "Nothing is logical" is everything a nostalgic pop song should be - a threaded assortment of pop sensibility and craftsmanship that exudes hope while simultaneously hinting at the faintest shade of melancholy and sadness that made 80s groups like The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen so powerful. A solid, engaging record that is worth its retail price - just don't expect any new territory to be explored.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Gravy
Glory to our brilliant name
PonyRec
Denmark's Gravy have two strong things going for them. One, they're a silly party band with some wickedly funny lyrics and many sing-along repetitive chants. Two, they're a highly-skilled trippy psychedelic groove band with plenty of extended instrumental breaks and radical mid-song transformations. Sometimes, like on the album opener "Depression is near", the combination works. The song's a swirling and seductive dark journey that's good for plenty of laughs and dance moves along the way. At other times, though, when the music demands to be taken seriously, the lyrics and vocals are too goofy to make it fully possible. Or, just when the lyrics have got you in their world, the music veers off in another direction altogether. The result is a record that is usually interesting and often very fun, but never quite penetrable. I'd hate to see them pick one tendency over the other, but they've got a ways to go in making those two elements work together consistently.
- Nancy Baym
Pitchfork reviews "The Trentemøller Chronicles": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46338-the-trentemller-chronicles