Recent Posts from mp3hugger

mp3hugger — Yep, this really is them when there were just a bad pun and Dolores O'Riordan a schoolgirl like a thousand others from Limerick. The difference of course was her voice and the fact that she could pen a killer tune or two (with Noel Hogan). I remem... read more »

mp3hugger — This is so old (2007, internet derived franchises age in dog years) that the thing that announced it – the Chamber of Commerce label – has crashed and burned. Well, the site has anyway which is a shame because Lucas Jensen (of Venice Is Sinking fa... read more »

mp3hugger — Despite only turning 22 Caitlin Pasko is already onto her second record ‘Selah’ as Lacrymosa. The Brooklyn based singer admits she has been influenced by that other New York chanteuse Regina Spektor yet there is much in Pasko’s gift to eek out a n... read more »

mp3hugger — Some time soon I am going to hit you with choice fragments from my CD collection (the one that stopped growing about 3 years ago), or the plastic mountain as Mrs. Hugger likes to call it, but my cunning plan is currently on hold as I dare not brea... read more »

mp3hugger — In an era of overwhelming homogenisation Melbourne’s Rudely Interrupted certain corner a previously unregistered angle. I won’t go into because you can read what it is via pretty much every other dispatch about the band. Besides before I altavista... read more »

mp3hugger — In what might just be a dagger through the heart of certain people I’ll admit I prefer this version over the original Replacements effort. That said if that band attempted (or more precisely were in a postion to) Adam Bainbridge’s ‘Gabriel’ I’m su... read more »

mp3hugger — Today I slaughtered 83 songs. Gave them all a good hearing but none shifted something inside so strong to make another moment in their company appear like a decent plan. Only when I had reached number 84 did I find the sunshine that will grace thi... read more »

mp3hugger — There comes a time in every footballers career when he realises that he is never going to get any better, that the slow decline has set in and he is going to have to use his head to counteract the rubber joints of the young lads all around. It’s a... read more »

mp3hugger — It can be a bit disconcerting at times discovering how much new indie music sounds the same these days. The possibilities are hardly endless given the tools of the trade but incidences of brave new tailoring are few and far between. So that's why ... read more »

mp3hugger — The newbie from Teenage Fanclub was lost on me, I’d heard ‘Baby Dee’ and after that I couldn’t be seen for dust. I’d suspected the magic was draining so decided against picking from the carcass. Instead I voted with my ears and plumped for the Ber... read more »

mp3hugger — Lefse Records (with a pronunciation that is more difficult than what you might achieve by going it alone without the phonetics) kept popping up on my radar (owing to their signing of hugger favs Low Sea and A Classic Education) so an investigation... read more »

mp3hugger — He is far too young to have been there but that doesn’t mean Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum isn’t fully informed on the constructs of a great eighties pop song. You only have to listen to his version of Kate Bush’s ‘Cloudbusting’ to understand that thi... read more »

mp3hugger — If there was one band I could wrestle to the ground and not let go of until they signed their recording lives away to Indiecater it would probably be Tears Run Rings. They unashamedly ape ye olde sound of shoegaze but do so with such verve (!) it’... read more »

mp3hugger — I researched and then concluded that the only bands I've ever liked from Leeds are the Pale Saints and the Wedding Present. Was surprised to find out a few others that came from there but somehow I've never been that way inclined (Gang of Four bei... read more »

mp3hugger — Pretty intuitive of the Chicago 4-piece Light Pollution to call it 'Good Feelings' because the sense of euphoria in its slinky design is all pervasive. Ok, remixers CSLSX have probably had a twiddling hand in making it appear like a Panda Bear wit... read more »

mp3hugger — We think we've got dream/indie pop down to a tittle so our next assignment was to uncover some contemporary shoegaze that was deserving of that particular classification. You see the aforementioned genres are the pillars of our musical taste, with... read more »

mp3hugger — Title of the decade probably from Galway’s Junior85, he being Tony Higgins who used to drum for the pitchfork-noted So Cow (who I still don’t get). Besides making enemies with the chief reviewer on the 75-or-less review portal ‘Indie Cool Pretty o... read more »

mp3hugger — Yeah it sounds exotic and why shouldn’t it when there are 3 ladies from Barcelona at the controls. They go by the name of Aias and will be releasing their debut record ‘A La Piscina’ on Captured Tracks next month. ‘Tu Manes’ is nothing short of lu... read more »

mp3hugger — Foxes In Fiction is the clever name Warren Hildebrand uses for his home productions. You can read all about his cute adventurers on his website and once you’re done you can download everything he’s ever recorded for nada. Seems his lo-fi dreampop ... read more »

mp3hugger — Harald Frøland from ace nu-jazz types Jaga Jazzist has his own side project and while it is no less ambitious it is a good deal less chaotic. For Black Feather straddles the indie rock/dream pop divide, summoning pleasant melodies as he traipses t... read more »