August 20, 2002
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Australian Pop Festival
CD / various / 555 Recordings
Just the thing for this summer. It's a fun mix of electronica and organic indie pop.
[read more] ---Tina Glyptis -
Clinic
CD5 / Walking With Thee / Domino
The real highlight of this EP is Mechanical Madrigal, a rocking track that is flat out and fine.
[read more] ---Carl -
Drowsy
7inch / Harmless & Careless Me b-w Shaa / Fat Cat
This 3 -track single is exquisite. If you like dreamy 60s influenced lo-fi pop-- of the kind you might find on the Earworm or Acuarela labels.
[read more] ---George F. Kilgoar III -
ESG
7inch / My Street / Soul Jazz
ESG observe the rough side of the streets, as Major Thinkers did in their early 80s single Avenue B.
[read more] ---Carl -
FC/Kahuna
CD5 / Machine Says Yes / City Rockers
These guys know how to keep it dirty and on the floor and they don't hold back.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands -
Generation X
CD / Radio 1 Sessions / Strange Fruit
The 13 songs on this disc comprise 4 complete Peel sessions the band did.
[read more] ---Carl -
King of Woolworths
CD5 / Stalker Song / Mantra
The second single from Mancunian producer Jon Brooks, who released his debut full-length album, 'Ming Star,' on Mantra last September.
[read more] ---Teresa Concepcion -
King of Woolworths
CD5 / Bakerloo / Mantra
Bakerloo is a six-minute instrumental piece that is reminiscent of the kind of music often heard in 1960's suspense films.
[read more] ---Teresa Concepcion -
Macitajs On Acid
CD / Friki Diki - The Enrique Tapes 1992 - 2001 / Tornis Records
This disc contains some real nice, rough punk rockin. Some songs even drift into darker, slower territory.
[read more] ---Andrew Culler -
Parsley Sound
CD5 / Platonic Rate / Mo Wax
This five song EP will only require one spin to hook you, but repeated listens reveal a band that loves its craft and fills their music with subtleties to ensure songs don't halt and jerk into one another but spill into each other.
[read more] ---Mike Tiernan