Clear The Decks

13 February 2006

Yes, it’s that time of the month; it’s music time (sorry).

Recently, a little band called Giant Drag have really caught my, err, ear. The combination of surprisingly heavy guitars, female vocals and a habit of not taking themselves too seriously is a winner, in my eyes at least. Hop over to 3hive to take a listen to some tracks; I think the album “Hearts and Unicorns” is out on the 27th in the uk.

Another band on my radar that I’d like to draw your attention to is The Raconteurs (also know as “Jack White’s New Band”). With Jack from the White Stripes teaming up with Brendan Benson and most of The Greenhornes, it’s really great to hear Jack get a full band behind him. Think White Stripes meets Led Zep, with a dash of 60s Pop.

You can hear some tracks on their very retro site. The site hits on a real bugbear of mine, actually, as it’s utterly inaccessible, relying on you to press numbers on the keyboard to get around the site. I really wish the music industry as a whole would get their collective head out their ass and start realising that websites are for using, not for just looking pretty. Almost all music industry sites are promotional in purpose, so why do they limit the audience so much?

Finally, please, please, please check out be your own PET (mmm, those kids and their crazy capitalisation…)! The forthcoming album is an absolute scorcher – I’ll be impressed if any album this year comes close to matching the raw energy packed inside. Some really tender moments as well (reminds me in some ways of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut album; a lot of really balls out punk rock, which makes the slower bits really stand out).

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13 February 2006