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 Everett True

Observations made around the new D’Angelo album

Observations made around the new D’Angelo album

The fact Black Messiah reached Number One in Village Voice’s annual Pazz + Jop poll tells us nothing about the merits of the album itself, plenty about the 700 or so “music critics” who voted in the poll. And it ain’t just Pazz + Jop. That venerable institution MetaCritic rated it 95/100 based on…uh…30 reviews (kinda puts […]

 Lee Adcock

Pinkshinyultrablast – Everything Else Matters (Shelflife)

Pinkshinyultrablast – Everything Else Matters (Shelflife)

Hold on. Slow down a minute. Don’t rise to the stars just yet. Should place matter? Should we be amazed that something this heaven-bound launched from the wintery heart of Russia? Or should we concede that Pinkshinyultrablast sound like the sun-kissed aftermath of the Horrors after they rebuilt their strange house into a glass cathedral? […]

 Lee Adcock

Hookworms – The Hum (Weird World)

Hookworms – The Hum (Weird World)

Well, I do feel obligated to report on Hookworms’ progress before the year ends, given that our chief hypemonger confessed a junky-like addiction to their roller coaster debut (or really, just the opener) last year. And seems the bloke would shout down a megaphone to the masses about how much a song can move him […]

 Lee Adcock

Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers (Modern Love)

Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers (Modern Love)

Oh, geez. Look at all these artists I want to write about. Jonnie Common. Hookworms. Clockwork Orchestra. Henry Plotnick. So many words. So many thoughts. So many people you have and haven’t heard before, and need to hear soon. But right now, and only now, this is in my headspace and I can’t shake it. […]

 Lee Adcock

No Jaws – Young Blood (Modern Guilt)

No Jaws – Young Blood (Modern Guilt)

This is not about No Jaws. This is about a band who pitched their new album by quoting Everett True, the German Rolling Stone (?), and me. You hear that? Me. Yes, me. Do you know how many full albums reviews I’ve written since I came/stumbled upon Collapse Board almost a year ago? 44. (I […]

 Lee Adcock

Luxembourg Signal – Luxembourg Signal (Shelflife)

Luxembourg Signal – Luxembourg Signal (Shelflife)

Sigh. You know that feeling – when a single comes along and hypnotizes you, gives you hope that creative minds still exist, and winds you up like a jack-in-the-box, so that the moment that band releases something new, you pounce. Earlier this year we brought you I brought to the GFP crowd Luxembourg Signal, the […]

 Lee Adcock

Lee Adcock’s Response to Everett True’s Response To The Flaming Lips – Why Can’t We Be Fwends?

Lee Adcock’s Response to Everett True’s Response To The Flaming Lips – Why Can’t We Be Fwends?

I had a good intro here. A fucking good one, too. But then it vanished. So fuck it. The title says it all, anyway. ET asked, and so I answered: 1. Because, quite frankly, everyone’s still catching up to the Bastards of Fate. 2. Because their Stone Roses cover album [link] actually DID trump the […]

 Lee Adcock

Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic (Domino)

Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic (Domino)

It’s funny. Mike plays New Order’s Technique all the time in the shop, and some folks have told him how dated it sounds. To them we say, ha. Have you heard what the kids are into lately? Clear a space. Peaking Lights and I are gonna rumble. From the outset, I knew I could pin […]

 Lee Adcock

The Mistys – Redemption Forest (Other Ideas)

The Mistys – Redemption Forest (Other Ideas)

DISCLAIMER: This is a shameless, self-promo post for the Dead Albatross music prize, an alternative to the UK’s Mercury prize judged not by industry insiders but people that listen to a lot of music. Like me. Click the words hyperlinked above for the full scoop and shortlist – meanwhile, here’s a review of sorts for […]

 Lee Adcock

Philip Selway – Weatherhouse (Bella Union)

Philip Selway – Weatherhouse (Bella Union)

Open mind and ears, I swore to myself before diving into Weatherhouse. Never mind that Philip Selway hails from the obelisk contingency that is Radiohead. Let’s isolate this thing, then. An ordinary ancestral manor in the shady and ever-shifting landscape populated by pop music. High ceilings, high windows. A large study with a wall of […]

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