A Jumper’s Handbook (2012, Anchor Brain) USA, Providence. Band founded with Arab On Radar’s members (reviewed soon too), Doomsday Student is a terrific band. I first bought their LP and [ … ]
Otto Von Schirach
Supermeng (2012, Monkeytown Records) USA, Miami The cherry on Otto’s talent pyramid : his new album. What a success ! Otto made a perfect combination of his experimental thirst and [ … ]
Metz
Metz (2012, Subpop) Canada, Toronto. It’s with a fine digipack that Metz arrived in my hands, pushed by the grand Benoit Maume. So Metz is not a French town but [ … ]
Yowie
Damning With Faint Praise (2012, Skingraft Records) USA, St. Louis. Here is Yowie’s new album that I discovered live in Paris @ Le Rigoletto the 13th of October 2012. What [ … ]
Mr. Oizo
Stade 3 Ep (2012, Ed Banger Records) France, Paris “Stade 3 ” is in “Stade 2 ” vein, surprizing isn’t it ? Calculatrix soundscapes are terrific ! WC reminds me [ … ]
Purity Ring
Shrines (2012, 4AD) Canada, Montreal. I discovered Purity Ring in checking the news on 4AD website : They offer us an interesting music in the vein of Grimes. I learned [ … ]
The Junction
Let Me Out ! (2012, DIY) Italia. Another discovery sent by Julien from 5RosesPress. The Junction are italians who offer us a very current music between The Lanskies, Cloud Nothing [ … ]
Zulus
Zulus (2012, Aagoo Records) USA, NYC. I discovered that band thanks to Julien from 5RosesPress. To be honest, I wasn’t attracted by the artwork which looks better on that page, [ … ]
EL-P
Cancer 4 Cure (2012, Fat Possum Records) USA, NY. Last El-P album, yes, I missed a couple of them in between, but I’ll work on it. There is in C4C [ … ]
Chateau Brutal
Ham Slicer (2012, D.I.Y.) France, Lille. That is Grand, and from the North ! I’ll be extremely subjective on this review and not only because I appreciate humanly a lot [ … ]