Hello. So many things have happened over the past few months. Poptart is currently planning to start its residency in a new venue, and things are looking great! We will hopefully bring you some big news in the coming weeks.
Also, the reports that Amy Winehouse passed away was pretty big and sad news. No matter what people think about her lifestyle, the world has definitely lost one of the best voices of our time.
So here is a Poptart mixtape I put together with mostly new tracks that have been tickling my fancy. Play it loud and serve it with a pot of really spicy curry ok?
Sorry if we are late to the show but this band is probably the best breakout band for 2011. A bold call, especially when there are still 6 more months to the new year? I think not. So what can we expect from the Vaccines?
Add a pinch of Interpol/Editors, throw in a tablespoonful of the Ramones, blend in some JAMC-isque vocals, and you will get the perfect Poptart vaccine for a bad week at work. Seems like this London-based quartet has managed to retrieve the best elements from our favourite rock bands and formulate this uniquely-but-yet-familiar sound of theirs.
What did you expect from the Vaccines is short, fast-paced and direct. Clocking in only at a total of 33 minutes or so, this 11-track album is reminscent of those punk records with 1 to 2-minute long songs. The band jumps straight in with Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra), and wastes no time in signalling their intent in one minute and twenty-four seconds. And before you can say “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, it is then followed up with my favourite track of the album, If You Wanna. An extremely infectious, quick-paced song that has been looping on my itunes for the last few days now:
“But if you wanna come back it’s alright, it’s alright!
It’s alright if you wanna come back!
If you wanna come back it’s alright, it’s alright!
It’s alright if you wanna come back to me!”
This album is also laden with useful advice; another favourite, Post Break-up Sex, tells us that post break-up sex helps you “forget your ex” and to “leave it ’til the guilt consumes”. Great!
Perfect for: A home-made poptart party.
If you wanna – the vaccines (right-click “save-as”)
Norgaard – the vaccines (right-cick “save-as”)
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First of all, a happy new year to all out there.
Apologies for the belated one and the lack of music recommendations for the past few months. 2009′s just ended and I am sure each and everyone of you would have had your top ten indie albums for the year all decided by now. So I was having a chat with Mark (who is as picky as pitchfork when it comes to music) and comparing our fav albums for 2009 just before the brilliant Yeah Yeah Yeah concert on Tuesday night. Right up there we had The Girls, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The XX, Animal Collective and Phoenix (this where our opinion differed, haha). He then brought up one more band in his top ten: The Big Pink.
“The Big Pink?” I exclaimed.
Ironically the band consisted of 2 straight men (no, I have nothing against our friends with alternative lifestyles) from London. Signed to 4AD (Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver, The Breeders,Camera Obscura, TV on the Radio), The Big Pink won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act. Previous winners include: Glasvegas (2008), The Long Blondes (2006) and Kaiser Chiefs (2005).
TBP sounds shoegazed married with electronic beats, hence the genre, nu-gaze. So if you’re looking for something to slit your wrists to, this might work. Try the song “Love in Vain”. “Tonight” starts off sounding like a La Roux track but Robbie and Milo’s vocals and random noise distortion changes the overall tone (remember, they’re shoegaze meets electronic). Still no clue? Imagine JAMC with more noise and electronic beats.
Listen to our recommended tracks on their myspace site: “Velvet” (best track of the album for me), “Count Backwards From Ten”, and “A Brief History of Love”.
7.9 pinks out of ten from me.
Check out Big Pink’s cover of The Cure’s lovesong —>here
