November 2010
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MAKING MUSIC WITH CHUNGKING
An unofficial sequel to Feist’s Let It Die
Photo: www.myspace.com/chungking20
MP3: Chungking - “Making Music” (from The Hungry Years, 2005)
nbeknownst to me until a couple minutes ago, this blog’s been a straight-up sausage party. So, in the name of Equal Opportunity, today the ladies get their due with a trio from Brighton known as Chungking.
Chungking came...
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TRUE LOVE ALWAYS
Resurrecting a band that existed before auto-tuned indie rock
Photo: www.myspace.com/officialtla
MP3: True Love Always - “The Losing Part” (from Torch, 2000)
t’s got to be a challenge for a three-piece band. As a small troupe, they’re always overcompensating for a shortage of sounds. I suppose it’s like when small-dicked dudes buy Hummers. Well, one band who...
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EDITORS CURED BY LULLABY
Post-post-punk Brummies cover my favorite Cure song on the NME’s “Godlike Geniuses” tribute compilation
Photo: www.last.fm/music/Editors
Editors “Lullaby” (The Cure Cover) (from NME’s Pictures of You: A Tribute to Godlike Geniuses the Cure, 2009)
would be a fool not to credit the Cure as the model for what I call make-out music — or at least its torch...
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MAKE-OUT MUSIC'S GUIDE TO...JUNIOR BOYS
With a new album just a week away, we present to you our ‘Best of’ spanning three LPs, numerous remixes, comps and side projects
MP3: Junior Boys - Make-Out Music’s Guide (from Various, 2004-09)
f for some reason you failed to hear 2006’s ubiquitious go-to electronic LP, So This Is Goodbye, now is your chance to catch up on one of the freshest, most detailed and romantic...