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Julian H. Cope

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Anna von Hausswolff - Ceremony

 

She hates the comparison, but the similarities between Ms. Hausswolff and Kate Bush are too many to ignore. Her first album showcased her beautiful voice and her excellent song-writing skills as a more stripped-back effort. Her latest album though is far from stripped back. She recorded it in a vast church, and the acoustics sound great. The album is very organ-y which serves to portray the main theme - grief.

 

http://open.spotify.com/track/3YVIafrUWsnnTbdgE5ArvF

 

It's not driving music, but with some good headphones/speakers, the album speaks volumes.

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Any regular visitors to The Arts forum may be aware of me banging on about this band Peace.

 

I have seriously not been as excited by a new band since the days of '05, and trawling through fan pages finding dodgy Arctic Monkeys demo's.

 

Anyways, they seem to be on something of a roll at the minute, and spearheading Birmingham's assault on the music scene.

 

Debut album In Love is up on NME if anyone cares to give it a listen, I will be doing so, on repeat, possibly for ever.

 

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=peace_in_love_album_stream&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

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Indeed, I saw your comment (& replied) on the gig thread.

 

Thought it was a tadd harsh. I like them.

 

Fair enough tough, would be dull if we all liked the same stuff :)

 

p.s I do bloody love Savages.

Yeah but the Violets are just a very average Indie guitar band. Havnt we had enough of them ?

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I gave short shrift to the Pixies at the time, largely on account of being a metalhead which can be a bit exclusive in the early years.

 

This is a great song, Doolittle a great album - some other stone cold classics on that one too. Think I like "Hey" the best.

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Yeah but the Violets are just a very average Indie guitar band. Havnt we had enough of them ?

 

Fair enough if that's how you feel about them.

 

I'm a big indie fan, and think they are better than average. For me, someone like The Vaccines are a generic average band, their success I find completely baffling. They offer absolutely nothing different whatsoever.

 

I think Palma's have a slightly different sound to a lot of other bands. I also really like the dual-frontman dynamic, and juxtaposition of a hyper-energetic shouty type, with a more nonchalant 'singer' (i'm not claiming either have the greatest singing voices ever).

 

I also love the energy in their live performances. This is of course just my opinion, it would be dull if we all thought the same about everything.

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