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BLUE ON BLUE
BLUE ON BLUE

“We get along really well, we don’t argue or get drunk and call each other bastards.”

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ALBUM REVIEWS
Captain Ahab
End of Irony
(Deathbomb Arc)

Since Mika Miko split and No Age started touring the world, LA’s The Smell scene has been searching for a new, less garage-y sound, and its found it in ravesploitation.

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Kele
The Boxer
(Wichita/Polydor)
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Tokyo Police Club
Champ
(Memphis Industries)
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LIVE REVIEWS
LIARS AT SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
Liars
Shepherd's Bush Empire , London

Liars have always been proponents of the idea of more – more bass, more fuzz, more weirdness.

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LIVE REVIEW
Fiction at White Heat, London
Fiction
Madam Jo Jo's, Soho
London
24/11/09

What is most notable about Fiction’s live set is their technical talents. Among other things, they don’t have a drummer; James (keyboard) and Mike (guitar) alternate between vocals and drumming while Nick does lead guitar duties and Dan grounds things with hefty, glowing bass lines. They execute their super-slick, edgy guitar-based pop with impressive focus and attention to detail, nimble guitar plinks fuzzed just so by surf reverb, synth tolls ringing precisely and the writing is all artfully layered sounds and unhinged lyrics. ‘Big Things’, for example, is a shoegaze videogame soundtrack of a tune, with a funky, sauntering bassline and a playful, chiming Casio melody garnished with Echo and the Bunnymen-esque vocals – sharp, yet eased by slack-jawed delivery, smoothly blurting, “Big. Things. Giant things. Sinking with gravity…” ‘Zebra Crossing’ comes over far more sinister, all arch synth parps and guitar jabs. This is a gifted group of musicians and it’s a wonder one doesn’t seem to leave with any of their finely crafted tunes fused to one’s mind, but this isn’t ordinary Velcro pop, it’s not that simple. It is, however, music with ideas and talent and therein lies potential. Fiction have all of the above, in spades.

By Polly Rappaport

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Originally published in issue 13 (vol 3) of Loud And Quiet. December 2009

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The Oh Sees
The Luminare, Kilburn
London
05/06/10
TALK NORMAL AT Penelopes, Sheffield
Talk Normal
Penelopes
Sheffield
28/04/10
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM AT BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
Brixton Academy
London
23/04/10
THE LIKE AT OLD BLUE LAST, SHOREDITCH
The Like
Old Blue Last, Shoreditch
London
05/05/10
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Uffie
Concorde 2
Brighton
24/04/10
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YACHT
Madame Jo Jo's, Soho
London
20/04/10
SHE & HIM AT KOKO, CAMDEN
She & Him
Koko, Camden
London
07/05/10
PENGUIN PRISON AT C.A.M.P
Penguin Prison
C.A.M.P., Old Street
London
30/04/10
HIGH PLACE AT THE HARLEY
High Places
The Harley
Sheffield
07/05/10
PIPES AT THE MONTAGUE ARMS
Pipes
The Montague Arms
New Cross, London
23/04/10
BEAR IN HEAVEN AT BRUNDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS
Bear In Heaven
Brudenell Social Club
Leeds
25/04/10
BEST COAST AT MADAME JO JO’s
Best Coast
Madame Jo Jo's, Soho
London
04/05/10
HOLE AT BRIXTON ACADEMY
Hole
O2 Academy, Brixton
London
05/05/10
FOOLS GOLD AT CAMDEN BARFLY
Fool's Gold
Barfly, Camden
London
26/04/10
CHEATAHS/ARIEL PINKS HAUNTED GRAFFITI
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Brudenell Social Club
Leeds
14/06/10
NULLIFIER AT THE FREEBUTT, BRIGHTON
Nullifier
The Freebutt
Brighton
02/04/10
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Number 46
Number 46

This week we’ve been listening to Dels [pictured], Frankie Rose & The Outs, Disclosure, Rusko and El Guincho.

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IT’S COMING HOME(BASE)
IT’S COMING HOME(BASE)

Pop music: the most annoying, tenuously linked product pushed via the World Cup.

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