Cocteau says, “What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.”…and the reviews are in…Tricky Woo released their new album, “First Blush” on August 30 – Chart Magazine says…“…where truckloads of greasy riffs collide with a hip-shimmyin’ rhythm section bottom-heavy enough to bend steel.” I like that. Metric completed the first video for the first single off their new album. The album is called, “Live It Out” (out September 27) and the first single is “Monster Hospital”. Director Micah J. Meisner and his team have outdone themselves. Emily Haines plays Catherine Deneuve. We’ll have the video up for viewing in a few days. Death From Above 1979 just returned from their 2nd tour of Summer festivals in Europe and the reviews are in again. Reviewers of the Oya Festival in Norway had this to say: “Act of the day was Canadian two-man band Death From Above 1979. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that Canada is safe or boring: with just a bass and a drum-kit, the pair kicked out a set of a high-octane noise that many bands don’t even achieve with a full complement of instruments. The singer re-christened the festival the ‘oh yeah’ festival. The crowd loved them and so did we.” DFA79’s remix album is set to drop October 11. It is dance album of the year in this critic’s home. Run The Road, LGR’s compilation/salute to the UK Grime scene, lead one Pitchfork reviewer to say, “It is also full of more wonderful single moments than you would reasonably expect from an ensemble cast. There’s a new sound, a new voice, and a new idea at every turn– I can’t remember the last time a compilation had me this excited for a genre. Until next month…
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