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XMAS REVIEW ROUNDUP PT 1Saturday, 19 December 2009Hey folks, it's John here from the top of the snow-covered music mountain at Bruised Fruit Towers. This is the first of a two parter this X-mas. First I'm covering a seriously exciting new label, and conclude in a few days with a round up of the best (and not so best) or the demos and bands who've sent us some songs. So first up, Subplot Records came all the way from Cork, to the Pavillion on December 7th for a showcase. --- Stone Throwing Youths, a name for the precocious Brian Casey to show off his talents, which include sounding somewhere inbetween Muse, Nirvana and Cooper Temple Clause, with a depth of sound from one man and a guitar which defies my simple ears. Boasting easily the most skilled drummer I've seen grace a rock stage live, the recordings I heard don't do the band justice - they improvised THREE full tracks in the Pavillion and each was something else again., Stone Throwing Youths are two talented guys; they already sound like they belong, but I think the best is to come from them,. --- Ladydoll are hard to pin down but think Brian Molko, Frank Black and Dresden Dolls, and it all sounds delicious. "Honeybunny" mixes some laugh out loud lyrics with an infectious hook you'll be singing for weeks - OK Go running alongside The Wannadies for personal best pop gold "You Know Best" mixes Matchbox 20 with Smashing Pumpkins. Oh, you know what? Locally, we should hook these fellas up with A Plastic Rose off the back of this one! I am serious! Gerry? Make it happen! "Eisenhower" is like Amanda Palmer wrote the intro to a Placebo track, one of the good ones, too. Ouch! Powerful, exciting, unique stuff. Although I think some production work would polish them up, Ladydoll could easily be one of my new favourite bands. I am looking forward to hearing them next year, oh hell yes. --- Finally we had the sinister but stellar Fingersmith .Their latest album is "In The Annexe". Tunes and intensity to rock like Biffy and a wobbly energy of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but at the fore, vocalist Phil Murphy sounding like he could out-Foo Fight Dave Grohl.any time, The whole way through the album are themes of friendly menace. Not wanting to spoil the surprise but if you've heard of John Wayne Gacy Stand out tracks are "Pogo The Clown" - born for radio and "Sub" : plain frightening. Each track sounds fantastic up loud when playing on repeat, as well as being a clever and coherent concept as an album as a whole. Please, please check it out, but don't say I didn't warn you if you can't visit the circus again after listening to Fingersmith... --- You'll be seeing more from Subplot next year, Belfast. It's early days but these are some bands and folks I want to bring to your attention, and plans are afoot... http://subplotrecords.com ---- If you're still reading this, thanks! Expect Part 2, a distillation of all the best bands (and one not so good one!) to follow. John |
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