Colder, Sleeker, Similar, Stronger

Yet another rather good cold/minimal wave mix.

mp3---> Veronica Vasicka - Minimal Wave 10 For 2010 Mix

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Cycles

Another Tuesday, another Flux=Rad gig in Cardiff Arts Institute. This week Tubelord & Tall Ships, who are from Falmouth.

I had a raging hangover so I didn't write a review.

But I did scribble down that one Tall Ships song sounded like a soundtrack to an epic robot fight in slow motion and that another was about two dogs.

This is the one about two dogs... I think.

mp3 ---> Tall Ships - Beanie & Dodger

Review: Beach House

Once again, stuck this up on Buzz to no avail so over to theSprout.

The gist of it is that I preferred Lawrence Arabia.

mp3 ---> Lawrence Arabia - Apple Pie Bed (Direct Link)

Beach House Tonight

Wrote a preview for Buzz about Beach House's gig in CAI tonight. Hasn't been stuck up, so shoved it on theSprout.

It's a bit twatty.

mp3---> Beach House - Norway (Direct Link)

Coldwave By Numbers

... or by box ticking.

It is unoriginal, reductive, done before. It is also brilliant.

This is music for robots to fuck to. 80s robots, sensually fucking. Clean, crisp and cold its mechanical heart beats human blood and emotion.

With a hint of a less trashy Thee Glitz, Shadow World revels in the tropes of coldwave.

mp3---> Xeno & Oaklander - Shadow World (Direct Link)

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