Little Girls – Concepts
Reading through The Guardian’s New Band Of The Day, I picked up on the Canadian band, Little Girls, and their most recent album “Concepts”.
Track listing:
- Youth Tunes
- Seeing
- Tambourine
- Concepts
- Imaginary Friends
- Salt Swimmers
- Thrills
- Departure
- Venom
- Last Call
- Growing
The bands earlier EPs are on Spotify – http://open.spotify.com/user/toxicmusic79/playlist/2fUZZYWPzbiEwleleRTq3Z
Reviewed at:
AWMusic – http://awmusic.ca/2010/01/04/little-girls-concepts-review/
The New Music – http://blog.thenewmusic.net/album-reviews-little-girls/
Pop Matters – http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/119680-little-girlsconcepts
Redefine Mag – http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Little-Girls&id=1190
Hero Hill – http://www.herohill.com/2009/09/quick-hitters-little-girls-concepts.htm
Genre(s):
- Indie Rock
- Post-punk
Similar artists:
- Blank Dogs
- Silk Flowers
- TV Ghost
- Blessure Grave
- Pearl Harbour
- The Coathangers
- Crystal Stilts
- Future Islands
- Tamaryn
- Wetdog
Further information:
@MySpace – http://www.myspace.com/littlelittlegirls
@Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Girls_(band)
Similar Artists To: Dalis Car
Dalis Car came about from a collaboration of Peter Murphy (Bauhaus), Mick Karn (Japan) and Paul Vincent Lawford. Here’s an album list of similar artists based on my selection process as described here: https://newmusicexcess.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/similar-artists-to-esben-and-the-witch/
Only this time I have 11 albums, 1 by Dalis Cars and 10 others by last.fm ‘similar artists’. The list is:
- Dalis Car – Waking Hour
- Peter Murphy – Deep
- Tones On Tail – Pop
- Love and Rockets – Earth, Sun, Moon
- Japan – Tin Drum
- The Danse Society – Heaven Is Waiting
- The Bolshoi – Friends
- Bauhaus – Mask
- The Creatures – Boomerang
- Virgin Prunes – If I Die, I Die
- Flesh For Lulu – Big Fun City
UUVVWWZ – UUVVWWZ
1. Berry Can
2. Shark Suit
3. Japdad
4. Neolano
5. Castle
6. Green Starred Sleeve
7. Trapezeus
8. The Sun
9. Hum Jam
Ahh, angular art punk. Listening to this album made me want to seek out a bit of X-Ray Spex, Bow Wow Wow or Lene Lovich. Not that they sound exactly like any of those bands/artists, it’s just something about certain songs reminded me of that quirky screechy singing that both employ. But, then the next minute they have a riff that makes me think of Black Sabbath. Also, the band actually has an explanation of how to say the name on their web site. http://www.uuvvwwz.com/
Reviewed at:
No Ripcord – http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/uuvvwwz/uuvvwwz
All Music Guide – http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kjfpxz90ldje~T1
musicOMH.com – http://www.musicomh.com/albums/uuvvwwz_0809.htm
Pitchfork – http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13250-uuvvwwz/
PopMatters – http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/110333-uuvvwwz-uuvvwwz/
Oh, eh, ah, oh! I’ve found some Lene Lovich!
Githead – Landing
Track listing:
1. Faster
2. Take Off
3. Before Tomorrow
4. Landing
5. Ride
6. Over The Limit
7. Lightswimmer
8. From My Perspective
9. Displacement & Time
10. Transmission Tower
Landing by Githead is a melding of music into a smooth, steady reliable delivery. With drums and bass providing the solid framework over which the guitars can layer their melodic chimes and accents, atop this rides the almost dispassionate vocals. After several listens it certainly makes me want to check out the record collection for My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Curve, Ride, Stereolab, Bolshoi and a bit of Wire.
Reviewed at:
The Onion – http://www.avclub.com/articles/githead-landing,35684/
Dusted Magazine – http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5367
Pop Matters – http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/117288-githead-landing/
Drowned In Sound – http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14860/reviews/4138380
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