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Uncletoe's Portasound
- Nerissa and Lito Vales from new york together with some friend
special guests play a beautiful home_made dreampop/shoegaze variegated with
electronic. She, sweet and sometimes lovely out of tune, plays the
gtr, some bass gtrs and one keyb, - He, - to the voice, a bit
ā la Lennon (?) + drum machine. Now also Their friend Ken Fernandez
takes part to the line-up. 21 trx on the first cd, self-released and self
produced, with on the cover the smiling face of this droll child, - the self_same
one of Their happy birthday video, a sort of delicate sonorous
greeting card, closed to a cradle song.
Strange & curious, - wish i was there as new and the
idiotic song, could be one sugar-sugar/honey-honey song,
to dance surf style. Away, a far far better place, work and
others have all the power of thoughtlessness, but never given for sure. Then
the sky changes its colors, and 4 o' clock and to the sea seem
to want to give their translation of a dreaming psychedelia, and Their new
wave origins rise, like on the cryptical untitled 1978 where the text
is one unfinished lyric by Ian Curtis, - or like on in the dark.
Therefore Uncletoe' s Portasound is a changing spirit, much light from
a side and then deep darkness on the other face with a pair of sacred candles.
There is another cd from Uncletoe's, the covers, that is 24
cool covers. 1st trk: elephant stone, by the Stone Roses, that
played ā la melodic way of Jesus & Mary Chain, - but I'm curious,
and i have to jump on femme fatal by the Velvet Underground whose They
perform a really nice live version, as well as also sunday morning
that revisited with a electronic battery and without xylophone it acquires
a taste more free-and-easy. Then, fortunately gone by the Breeders,
creep by Radiohead (here Lito has cooked and burnt and
chewed Thom Yorke's brain), two songs by Joy Division, shadowplay
(bored sung from Nerissa's voice) and atmosphere, - taxman
by Beatles, even white wedding, a Billy Idol's song
[!anyone can tell me what's happened to Billy? Where is he?]. Then, Echo
& The Bunnymen, Belle & Sebastian, The Who (!),
truth by New Order trickled in obscure electric beats, - and
so go on. Well, i confess You i liked also Their version of rio,
by Duran Duran. Really cool/adorable/great Their version of are
you ready boots? by Nancy Sinatra, where Nerissa gives a
great épreuve of her personality. Are your ready boots? Walk! J On
Their website there are some mp3's, - you can also download the videoclip
--> uncletoe.home.mindspring.com.
Worth of being mentioned is also the corner about Lito's figurative
art, - visions from past and future, in b/w, - and videocaps manipulations.
Info: mp3's on uncletoesportasound and
on www.mp3.com
- Lito Vales - 31/20 28th rd. #2a - astoria - new york 11102 - usa ---->
by yrkomakino@gmail.compao mice
Kizzy - It was around midnight
of a torbid day in July when I heard for the first time singing this girl
taking her from her dead cat. The song was pourquoi, - here one voice
in french, - from the headphones her echoes in my head, angelic and last,
melancholic and lone.
Then i heard easy and crossing
my hands, two containers of lyric memories, in order to slip far away,
slowly. Christy aka Kizzy plays one classic guitar, and sometimes
also simply pointed out, - adorned with sporadic improviseds of violino.
Her voices in the most beautiful choruses seem those of some sirens abandoned
in the desert. Give Them a guitar, and will bewitch you to remain with Them;
- Field opens with the same chords of to be, by the Cranes,
even if the game of the voices and violino makes the difference. Deeply
is something holy and mesmeric. Nothing released, unfortunately, but on mp3.com/kizzy
there are several free mp3's, and also on www.megoman.com/kizzy.
Save your midnight. W kizzy, and tell Her not to change her name.. _by yrkomakino@gmail.compaolo
miceli
Ian C. StewarT - Behind this boy from Dublino, usa, there are a lot of ideas, musical plans, zines (AUTOreverse) and labels (Bizzarre Depiction). Let's start from Star Pillow (rec 96), (i guess it is his) soloist project, whose tape, that's a funny name for a lobster [phrase sampled from a movie, i think], has an artwork to envy, painted with water color, and a.. a snot attached[!]? Let's say it is a soft part of bread, and stop. 9 trx, a sort of lo_fi indie-rock impregnated of irony on the firs song, where Ian practically sings about the girl he always dreamt about, - his words are really nice. Here some post-rock moods, as well on guess, but without classic syncopated stop&go's. Moreover on the following trk everything changes, there's an electronic drum, and You can hear some early 80s memories, stained with a bit of electronic sounds. Instead, on leaping from the tallest structure in town there's an folker atmosphere, that special one of whom is alone in his bedroom with his gtr and a tape recorder, - press rec and record Yr sadness. Finally this tape closes with 2 trx stolen to the 80's newave, with ace of spades (motorhead's cover?) and another one, untitled, a bit ā la sisters of mercy's influence. And the dark music is another face of this guy, considering that on another tape, the one signed Irreligion (eyes of the lonely), where he plays gtr + drms, there's even a christian death cover, death wish, a bit slowed, as there were the type o negative to play it. Here, together with raymond lilly [vcls] e michael million [bs, gtrs & vcls], there are 5 titles of pure oversea goth style, - well nothing new, i think that the goth/dark canons have already been surveyed by then, + some rememberances ā la death in june. It's a pity that the bass is continuously slapped on the 1st song, which has a very lyric start.. too distant, is a trk completely played by michael, enraptured in the chorus pedal, and maybe this is the more credible moment of this tape, even if something is still lacking. On mp3.com/irreligion there are 3 songs. Ian doesn't stop here, and on the project named Crook'd Finger it plays no_stop underground rave party music, - title aft [?], 6 songs. Crook'd Finger touches their aim. Very flashed, x_ray eyes could be a soundtrk for some movie shot at night, panoramas over the roads where car lights become blazing and unfocused trail, and who knows what acid inside the veins. You can get up and begin to dance, prey of some trance. Good to be listened too while You're driving. Elettronic, samples, cool_edit, re_birth? This tape is split with Fzzy Pmpr, and because there are not absolutely ingo about it, i don't know who there's behind. Same arguments for this project, continuous mixing, - but in an easier_listening way, not so underground, - a lot of samples, - maybe not so digital, but a sort of marriage of longplayers dj, - 10 trx, title (try to spell it) fdgybtns. Both the projects are available in realmedia audio on Ian's website. Last proposal in order: Samarkand, continua, out & out maximum cut+paste as specified on the cover's notes. In actual fact, here Ian sews everything: orient, drum&bass, shadow project, syd barrett, michael gira, electro_impulses, voices - but i dare You to identify something. Everything recorded_looped live in just one day (?) Before this tape, it seems he has released another 8. Info: ian@autoreverse.net, autoreverse - p.o. box 3488 - dublin, oh 43016-0241 - u.s.a. - http://come.to/bizarredepiction http://www.mp3.com/IanCStewart -
Mezzanine/C-14 - I swear i'm not salaried by mp3.com. Anyway, this is often a good resource for anyone who would discover unsigned and underground realities; i think this Mezzanine/c-14, u.s.a., are deeply upset by distortions ā la Unsane and have deep Afghan Wighs_style cuts (gentleman Greg Dulli without romanticisms and soul wills, - then very angry). Super power noise_core trio, rancid bass guitar riffs + drm & gtrs, - screaming outbursts, a burnt voice, - great vigorous loads . Edit: Machinegun Camera EP, and of course a lot of demotapes. I think that their specialist can be a great song, - but maybe They should try to find an originality of own style as far as voice concerns. ----> by yrkomakino@gmail.compao mice [new cd review on komakino#6]
Moonbabies - june
& novas (14tx - cd 2ooo - diy). Oh god, on this issue i'd need more space
to talk enough of this Swedish Duet: harmony in its purest invention. The
seductive voice of Her (Carina Johansson, also on xylophone, piano,
polysynth [?]), and masculine that one of Him (Ola Frick, polinstrumentalist
genius), - when Their voices are intercrossed catch up rare harmonic marriages.
Cd opens with i' m insane but so are you, sonic pop song with a perfect
beat: here as the things are carried out: pop beat shoegaze experimental
Indian guitar_driven music, - 
like the final attack on we're layabouts,
after one feeling of easy will, or the magnificent intro of the title trk.
On My buddy buddy: the memory of My Bloody Valentin_ish speeds,
ā la isn' t anything. Brilliant riff the pa-pappa-paaa-pappa-paaa
of City walk, with a retro_taste active per 24h, - like B52'
s to an infinitely sonic exponential brit_pop level. Ola is a great
guitarist, intuitive demiurge full of good ideas. Count stars/be patient
is creative electronic experimentation_drum&beat to its best. The
mixing would deserve a premioNobel for the search of the sound (hear the final
pop 60s mood of because you can' t explain). It's a band full of desire,
- in every song, - full of desire and source of creation. How many times do
i have to repeat the word creation? They are tattoed of it. A pearls
case, in quasi_melancholic mood and - anyway - happy of being of two lovers
(the photos where They both watch themselves could say a lot). A lot of releases
(overall demotapes), - among the other things also an italian distribution
for Their climbing up these miles tape, throught the best
kept secret; I limit myself to cite the 7"' Air>>>Moon>>>Stereo
e.p. (' 99). Info: malmobabies@hotmail.com
- www.mp3.com/moonbaby (several
mp3's) - moonbabies c/o Ola Frick - Kamrergatan 7a - 211 56 Malmö - Sweden.
Have a go, and get in touch with Them, - you can buy the june and novas
cd at a very low_price. ----> by yrkomakino@gmail.compao mice
[interview on komakino#6]
Cinderella's Big Score
(k7, live at haverrock festival, in kachtem, belgium, 13 may '0o, 7 tx) -
They are not one Sonic Youth cover band, be quiet. This trio comes from Belgium,
and it sees Valerie aka Cinderella on the drums + bckn vcls,
Jurgen aka Junne to gtr + vcls and Bavo aka.. aka Bavo,
bass gtr. Indeed, with the Sonic Death I find they have few riffs to share,
inasmuch they propose a melodical attitude and just a little dirty in the
distortion. Anyway, this tape comes from a live They had, it's been recorded
enough well, sure, but i guess everybody knows the differences between study
and live&loud, as it concerns the output in the amplification (especially
considering wide spaces), - therefore there is to left the benefit of doubt.
Moreover, Their intentions - reading
what They write to me - seem to want more noisy directions, also with the
new contribution of an other "crappy gtr", that one of Geert
(already in the local jane insane). The tape opens with trees,
and here Their music seems to bet a lot on Junne's voice, a sort of
stamp Jim Reid (Jesus & Mary Chain) last period, but
more pop. Then there is the cover of wanna be yr dog (by youknoweverybodyshouldknowWho),
and it sounds a bit ā la bubble gum, in order to remain in sonic
sphere, - even if the solo is a bit skinny/amputated (hmmm). Candle
is looking for its special spleen on the chorus secret wish/secret
wish, looking for a melancholic way like on the end of energy,
or break it. Well, maybe on wish, there would be Their way to
quot Sonic Youth, but sure it is not Their first aim, - instead, i
guess they are looking for Their own way to be. Listening to a piece recorded
in study - in real audio on www.peoplesound.com/artist/cinderellasbigscore
-, that is 2000 (oh, as far as fantasy in the titles...), they seem
nearly an other band! Info: cinderella' s big score - jozef deveusterlaan
13 buses 3 - 3010 Leuven - belgium. Ps. - the tape was inside a beautiful
all_ducks package!--> by yrkomakino@gmail.com paolo
micel
Creeping Myrtle -
dooms of love, by the Creeping Myrtle, seattle based band,
sounds of one particular lyric beauty indeed, thanks also to the scratched
voice and character of Randal Pater.
One love song_band? 
Something
of changing, here, yes, a veil that slowly falls
on the face of the mistress. Waveform
instead has a character remembering dreaming landscapes, rising from an underwater
peace, - a moog rendering/tributing honors to the partiture of the
gtr, which suddenly is swallowed up by whirlpools and psychedelic vortices.
These two trx as several others pearls are free mp3' s on www.mp3.com/myrtle.
Moreover, several releases for the BMI, Hear to the Urchin, Kindergarten,
Corduroy, Peculiar, Bead, - this Band of dark humor drags
on hypnotic plans, is a continuous yielding in theirs elegiac faith.
--> by yrkomakino@gmail.compao mice
Dallas - This Band comes from
Estonia, formed in the '92, - They play a musique with 60s influences, between
pop psychedelic parenthesis, organ + wha_wha and one thousands colored soap
bubbles. There's Something in Them binding the french side of Stereolab
(listen to philosophy will die, teenadelic, let's split),
Truffaut's movies and the Smiths (your new girl friend),
- maybe i 
say like that because of the
the Lush_like pitching of the voice of Her (Kristi Kindel),
or because of some particular style in playing acoustic gtrs, - for
example, who does remember about Frente!? In the 94 They had a certain
success covering a New Order's song, and i think that Dallas
had something common with Them, - even if here there's a more sensual
approach, in a own lounge style. Ok, maybe i've involved too many People,
but Great People, - because Dallas sound really good, especially listening
to wendy's outside. In the 98 They released Their first self titled
cd, with the High Park rec (www.highpark.com)
- You can find on www.mp3.com/dallas
several free mp3's. Good listen. --> by yrkomakino@gmail.compao
mice [interview
appeared on komakino#6]
Angoras - Marked from shove e-zine I go to give a listen to this Angoras, that is 3 grrls and a boy. Really Amusing their web_site, www.theangoras.com. Steak Knife made me to think to B52' s if they had had punk&roll tendencies, especially for the brilliant contribution of the drummer, here also to the voice (cool also the acoustic version), a pretty, fast and brilliant piece indeed in its chorus, like also drive. Sick Dance sounds much likeable and powerful, with some teen horror movie tons (?). Some Bikini Kill memory, good constitution, bittersweet pills to take at least 3 times to week and before and after the meal. yrkomakino@gmail.comby paolo miceli
Brasilia (aka LeTigre) - 
A
droning_etheric way of being. The Feedback is literally left nourish behind
the bass guitar's shadow (that one of Roy) - in flames, an organ/holy
fire serves Mass (Jen), while the battery (of Mark) tries to
be behind the sweet not easily caught voice of Jen. Between their influences
They cite My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Spacemen 3,
Hip Hop and New Order, and I would confirm just that the parishes
are those (comprised voice). The existing been of affairs is a song
which makes you to fear it can explode in Yr face all of a sudden, - but it
is a slow outbreak and wrapping and only at its end you notice how much it
is penetrating too. Writing on the walls is brilliant in its 58 seconds,
- as well as its (voluntary?) liaison with darwinism and the status quo
that plays a brief great moment of false_end. Red spot wants you don't
take breath, - it starts still before that you press play!, it loads all its
melancholia, and it transports in some pleasant places. Unfortunately 5 pieces
(all available on http://www.mp3.com/letigre
and soon on www.megoman.com/brasilia),
but to the horizon there will be new releases. We hope it. Josh of
the Brittle Stars
had been their former drummer. Ps. Ah, they have nothing to see with LeTigre
of K. Hanna. by yrkomakino@gmail.com paolo
miceli
SkyWave - the first song I heard of this Band has been got that feeling, which is clearly cloned from early Jesus + Mary Chain. Well, i've really been annoyed from this thing. But, remove that episode people, because i fell in love with the feedback of this Band, with its exploding guitars spitting out all that acid that they have in their body, - and with the voices. Then, the Skywave has Their own originality and dodge all the shadows. I asked to a friend of mine [darrrio] to give Them a listen and He said without little circumlocutions that They make him sick. Opinions. As far as I'm concerned, I guess i can adore Them without problems, especially for the deafening psychedelia of slow in space, a space trip, or the sixties_like parenthesis of under the moon, that is, - this trk made me to come in mind those cartoons as scooby doo (did i write it in the right way?) where sometimes suddenly everybody plays light-hearted an instrument. And on this song there is a sort of carefree evanescence, but the voice live its disease. Beside these two episodes, the group lives on exploded distortions (sandune), on reverberant acid cyclones ready to swallow you up (it' s in yr eyes), - all created by bs + gtr + battery, voice and choruses. Great. Info, cd e 7'': www.killerrockandroll.com, skywave - 204 anderson dr., fredicksburg - va 22405 - usa ----> by yrkomakino@gmail.compao mice
>:./ Mp3 dell'ultim'ora (from komakino # 5): On mp3.com there's a lot of junk, but also some quality, fortunately, - and for free. To start, give a listen to the Arrogants [california], who open with Lovesick, smart quick_quick dreampop, good for indie top chart, with an infallible chorus by Jana Wittren, already Majestic 12 [?] - on the contrary, listening to the other song the atmosphere changes, - well, lovesick seems to be a unique episode, because the rest is all concentrated around sad ballads (will you notice when i'm gone - should make a suggestion). Very nice never let u down, too. They released your simple beauty for the Shelflife rec. - Notwithstanding Their name, Viva Voce are a nashville trio, usa, winsome indie rock (i suggest You he touches stars), a bit ā la Breeders/Pixies, with some good numbers to bet on, and so do also about two side projects, FraNcis - the drummer Kevin, e Fräulein, by the singer and guitarist Anita, released for the VivaRec, that i guess it is of Their production. Hoodoo Wrong - is an obscure band from new_ zealand, drm machine, bs, gtr, everything who has a sound (!) +a voice. For example, pensive smoking is a song who can provoke a black out [you can hear the noise of an electric cable burning!], - the darkness, suddenly the darkness - people screaming ahhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Claustrophobia, sinisterly closed spaces. Nooot baaad. =] __by yrkomakino@gmail.compao mice