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If .riii want lit be cool. (Jr ildi llil. cr iriiparisons .'.’|ll get ,oii next/here. As a result. Athlete :re lalielled :ndie lierl\.'.'etters lust ttecause they dared to don
(lllt istionahle knits/ear and \.'.'ielrl ac< ‘itlflllt‘ guitars and big "horiises. lltl‘.‘.’t?‘.(?t. lllt'll dehth l l’ Vehicles; and Ari/trials caught the attention of the singalong loying masses. and if you happened to he one of them. the fr lllt)‘.'."llll will not disappoint as four/st boasts more
melancholy tinged guitar aritlterits holsteieil hy swirling strings and delicate pianos.
Yet despite some undeniany oner. ntonients. it is sirnph too unadxenturous to truly make an impact. In
BRUFORD- BORSTLAP Every Step A Dance, Every Word a Song
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U'llll‘llitrl Bill Brufor'rl is best kiio‘x. for his txrork .'.’llll res and King (Liiiiison. but has always had a foot in the ia/X camp as well. notahlj, .‘.’|lll his excellent l arthvmrks guartet. He teariis up ‘.‘./|lll pianist Michiel Hoistlap in this ll‘.i? s :ssion.
lheir material is mostly ]()lllll\,' composed. hut also includes a couple of Monk tunes. The pianist is given plenty of room to develop his richly inventive soloing. and Briiford chips in with strong. supportive druinrnirtg on this second release on his new label - he has also launched \.’Vllll(}tl()l(l Records for his more lllf§l()ll'()l'l(?lll(?(l protects. ll<enny Mathiesonl
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lliey '.'.iork out on a n‘ix of original tunes lh, Potter and Stewart. as well as standards. including a mammoth ionip through Charles Mingus" 'Boogie Stop Shuffle. prefaced by a iorig solo sax intro. iKeiiiiy Mathiesoni
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It's instant and a grower. T he Secret Migration goes straight in Wlllt melodies that inject pop direct into the belly. Bass keeps things deep, rooted and movrng on. while piano strikes out chords shifting from minor to major and lifting. Donnahue's gravely
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This is not a good week if your pet hate is irritating band names. The Girls are. in tart. boys from Bath and angry. quirk. fuckers the‘. are. as the ‘Zebra Jeans EP' iWe l one \i’i iui
O. spits and sixxles along ‘.‘.lllt plenty of DBFSOllEilll\. but somewhat latking in ambition The'Ga'Ga's hate a niassiyely irritating l‘ttll‘t?
-what's wrth all the asterisks, ~ and their debut single 'Sex' (Sanctuaryl .0 doesn't iriipri :‘.e things. being a clicheridderi slab of unreconstructed cockrock. like the Cult without the sense of their own ridiculousniiss.
Hang on. here's another arson-ripe l‘r’llltl moniker — Yourcodenameis: Milo. [lt‘dllt' ll‘t’. Their ‘Rapt. Dept EP' il-‘ictioni O is mucky. heads-down apocalyptic angst-rock except they're forgotten one Vital ingredient * the requiSite bowel-loosening ritfs. l'wats. They're very definitely not to be cerifused Wllll Mylo. Scotland’s great white dance hope for this year with good reason OK. ‘Destroy Rock‘n'Roll' (Breastfedi 0.. is pretty giiririiicky but it's still a cracking blast of Visceral beats and stylish samples. Another neat sample is to be found on Eminem’s ‘Like Toy Soldiers' (Shady; 0. but in this case that's all the tracks got going for it. alongside yet another anodyne rap front surely the biggest one-trick musical pony on the planet.
Athlete is a rather boring band name which fits the band perfectly, because 'Wires' lParlophonei O. is a rather boring rock song. trying to sound like Coldplay but lacking so badly in the baSics (singable melody. anthemic riffs ~— you know. the good stuff) as to be faintly embarrassnig. More accomplished is 'Mirage' (Ryko) 000 by Midnight Movies. an oddly glacral electro-pop slither from across the pond.
I've been to house parties and beach parties. but what's a Bloc Party? Fuck knows. but the band are fantastic. as Single of the Fortnight ‘80 Here We Are' lWIChllal O... proves. An atmospheric slow build of a tune. it sounds like early U2 crossed wrth a chilled out At the Drive-In and displays a band of serious intent and with real strength in depth. lDoug Johnstone,
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