It was seeming more and more likely that The War On Drugs would drift into obscurity following the moderate success of their debut LP ‘Wagonwheel Blues’, now almost three years ago. It was an album with no real structure or purpose, one song drifting into another with no constraints on length, order or timing. What [...]
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New: The War On Drugs – Comin’ Through
September 5th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Previews
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Weekend Roundup #22/8 – Wild Nothing, Fever Ray, Small Black
August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · News, Previews
This week’s A-Level results provide confirmation that (by three marks overall) i’ll be moving to Brighton for Sussex University at the end of September. Which means, This Music Wins is going to be seeing a lot more live reviews by the time October and November come around. Off the top of my head there’s a [...]
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New: Come On Gang! – Fortune Favours The Brave
August 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · News, Previews
I’m not massively into music like this as a matter of course, but Edinburgh indie rock trio Come On Gang! make swift and scratchy post-punk with such urgency and tightness that its surely impossible for anyone with both their sanity and hearing intact to ignore. Fronted (or backed, since the lead singer doubles as the [...]
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Our Husband – Villages
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Previews
Our Husband read my mind in more ways than one when they sent over their latest track ‘Villages’ from Southern Australia last night. Not only had I picked up the track the previous evening from somewhere on the net; Freya and Nathaniel also couldn’t have picked a bigger fan of the kind of music they [...]
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Goodbye Technoir MA, Hello Bedfellows.
August 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Album Reviews, Previews
It is with regret that we announce the demise of promising upcoming pop duo Technoir MA, who kept us more than entertained in February with the stunning ’2/B’ EP. It was 80s inspired guitar music accompanied by drum machines and the direct, confident vocals of singer/guitarist Justin Vassalo. Their crazed post-punk was noisy and abrupt, [...]
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Weekend Round-up #16/8 – No Age, Ducktails, Gold Panda
August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Live Reviews, News, Previews
This is a weekend round-up i’ve been excited about all week – new music from noise-punk outfit No Age‘s upcoming LP “Everything In Between”, a new track and world tour from Real Estate guitarist’s other project Ducktails, as well as the first drips of new material to emerge from Röyksopp’s album Senior. But first, having [...]
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Preview: Dream Cop – Mango EP
August 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Previews
21 year old lo-fi buzz artist Dream Cop is the latest shoegaze pop artist to emerge from Danger Village, riding on the buzz his scratchy Virginia Tech recorded demos created when they were unleashed on the blogs earlier this year. Hailing from the same US state which recently output Jack Tatum aka Wild Nothing, Dream [...]
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Introducing.. Matthew P
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Previews
Matthew P was scouted out by a visit to Secret Garden Party from some of my friends, and judging by the breezy acoustic melody and grave delivery of his music – a festival was the ideal place to discover him. He makes festival-friendly, reggae tinged, beachy pop music in the vein of Newton Faulkner and [...]
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New Track: The Walkmen – Stranded
July 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · News, Previews
New York City band The Walkmen have been quiet of late – traditionally slotting themselves in next to equally morbid post-punk/indie rock bands in vein of The National, Editors and perhaps even Neutral Milk Hotel – the shoegazing Dylanites occasionally dip into country and rock music not unlike Phosphorescent’s latest offerings. 10 years on from [...]
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Album Preview: Best Coast – Crazy For You
July 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Previews
Everyone’s favourite California surf duo Best Coast are all set to release their debut album “Crazy For You” July 27 via Mexican Summer. Its going to be made up of almost entirely new material, which says something considering the amount of MP3s Best Coast has had floating around the net since her emergence on the [...]
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