Sinister: Caught up in the snog of old london town

[Kin WOO]

Hey listees, was interested in reading Sam Norman's review of the Smog gig
because it mentioned bands that either I love or am interested in.
Paradise Motel are an Aussie band (where I come from!) and they purvey a
strange, static, dreamy, sometimes eerie and atmospheric mood music. I
quite like them (well at least when you compare them to execrable Aussie
shit that gets all the press inches like silverchair and Spiderbait). I
can imagine how they tread the line between being boring and intense live.
But they seem to be getting quite a cult following in Britain, with
Radiohead, Massive Attack, Auteurs, BBR, Mogwai and Hefner championing
them- to which I say, more power to them:)
Black Box Recorder, I absolutely LOVE, as some of you might know, "England
Made Me" was my fave album of last year. But how come they are still
touring when professional misanthrope Luke Haines has made another Auteurs
album??? Shouldn't he be promoting that? Speaking of which, does any
listee have this album? Am thinking of getting it and was wondering what
it sounded like- LOVE the song "The Rubettes" but that's all I've heard.
Did BBR play any new songs, Sam Norman???
Smog is another band I like a lot of stuff from. I can alos imagine how
Bill Callahan appear to be rude. But he's probably just shy and
uncomfortable with attention. I saw Smog when they came over here to tiny
Perth, Western Australia, and he seemed singularly uncomfortable amid all
the shouts for particular songs (though it was a mostly appreciative and
warm crowd). I quite liked them when I saw them- a slow burning intensity
coupled with heart-breaking tunes-nice:)  Their new album is quite a
change- full of sorta jolly tunes and children's choirs (!) in amongst the
usual sparse moonshine music. A deceptive change, much like the new
Tindersticks' record I imagine (though have not heard it yet:(
Also, saw another episode of that excellently witty and fizzy comedy,
"Sabrina the teenage witch" and they played "Wicked Ways" by Garbage- cool
huh?
ok gotta go- seeya
Kin Woo

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