dont make lists

#115 - Broken Social Scene - KC Accidental

oh my god those drums. sometimes i think every indie rock record should have the production of You Forgot It In People

#191 - Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship

This, a million derivative and boring post-rock bands, is how you do an album closer. And they don’t have a (particularly) poncey name.

#196 - Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights

Really glad I had a chance to see them when I did. Must admit at the time I didn’t like them as much as I do now, or that their debut would age as well as it did (one of the best rock records of the past AGES?). It was a weird night. Test Icicles supported and were generally pretty confusing. The friend I was with got into an AFTERSCHOOL FIGHT cos he threw food at some guy’s girlfriend, and massively lost. He had a black eye the size of a plum and he spent the entire performance poking his own eye. After the gig I left Leeds Cockpit to see Steven Gerrard celebrating winning the champions league on a tv inside the hotel episode, watching from outside on the street. Turns out I’d missed probably the greatest football match of my lifetime. So there’s a bit of regret about seeing one of the best bands ever, somehow. Cruel world.

#224 - Les Mouches - What We Know As Buildings Have Always Been Canyons

A short while ago I posted about Picastro, and said in bold to catch attention: If you’re a Final Fantasy/Owen Pallett fan, they were an essential listen. This is even more true for Les Mouches - criminally forgotten early musical endeavor from the man, and maybe my favourite thing he’s ever been involved with. Really beautiful post-rocky compositions. This track was the climax to their only record, and an incredible piece of work.

#231 - Picastro - Hortur

While this is not at all Owen Pallett’s project, I’m going to say if you’re a final fantasy / owen pallett fan, you really should hear this with a post containing the same message coming up in the next few weeks. Mostly because Whore Luck contains an Owen Pallett cameo (a former full-time member) (and also a Jamie Stewart one, cameo fans) but mostly because Whore Luck, my favourite Picastro record by some distance, contains similar atmospherics to his solo work, if a little more doomy and apocalyptic. I had the chance to see Picastro perform back in 2007 but had to leave the all-dayer early. Tragic, as a few months later I found out what a gorgeous record this is - it had me hooked as soon as this haunting opening track had finished.

#237 - Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen

Euphoric and other such synonyms.

#311 - The Bitters - Warrior

another captured tracks band. really good.

#317 - Little Girls - Youth Tunes

Apologies for a late one today. Another lo-fi guitar band in the vein of nice face etc.