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I Don’t Know by Lisa Hannigan

  By Will | May 25, 2009 - 6:32 am | Music, The Culch
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Title: I Don’t Know Artist: Lisa Hannigan Label: Hoop Release: June 29 I think Niall Harbison pointed out that the X-Factor the Irish have is charm. And “I Don’t Know” is charming. It feels like you are eavesdropping on someone’s thought process during a crush. You fancy them, but can’t quite verbalise it to them (If you walk with me, I will keep my head), but somehow it sounds more like Lisa trying to persuade herself rather than talking to the object of her affection. Then again I suspect that is someone passing that catches the eye. The problem with charm like this is that it eventually rubs off and reveals something irritating underneath. Fortunately for Lisa Hanningan, she doesn’t reach that point. Its a yes from me. Oddly this some has two videos. No idea why there are two completely different videos, with completely different vibes. The first one … There’s more →

We Got Time by Moray McLaren

  By Will | May 19, 2009 - 8:15 am | Music, The Culch
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Title: We Got Time Artist: Moray McLaren Label: unsigned/Lash Release: Out now I made the mistake of looking at the video before hearing the song on this one. The song starts off simply, then gets complicated, then fugue-like then sort of messy. There is simply too much going on here in a “wall of mostly harmonic noise” style as opposed to a “wall of sound”. This is my brain intellectuality trying to figure out why my heart changed its mind halfway through the song. Part of it is probably from a memory. School disco, not the adult in ill fitting uniforms that go on today, but an actually school disco. A midtempo song cleared the dancefloor. Too slow to dance to, and too fast to slow dance to. I assume that the likes of Coldplay don’t want to do floor-filling anthems, and its the case here. Its a gig or … There’s more →

Let’s Get Excited by Alesha Dixon

  By Will | May 13, 2009 - 3:00 am | Music, The Culch
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Title: Let’s Get Excited Artist: Alesha Dixon Label: Asylum Release: May 11 2009 I’ve never used “professional” as a negative before. But here it is. Its a polished and professional execution. A well rehearsed vocal combined with a backing track calculated to play with maximum efficiency on a mobile phone speaker for the ringtone. And no I don’t like it. It took me a few listens to figure out why. No heart. I suspect that this was supposed to fill an album, but somehow became a single. This is nonsense of course. A high tempo album filler would only become a single in a panic. And in that case, the vocals would be re-recorded with a different spin. Still that doubt lingers in my head. Its functional, it won’t empty a dance floor mid-set, but its destined for mid set, if that. No embedded video here, as for some reason … There’s more →