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Postcard CV
When the Senseless Things released their classic Postcard CV mini-album on
Way Cool in 1989, I was but a slip of a lad interested only in gigs, band
t-shirts, baggy shorts and 7" singles. What the title meant was
something I gave no thought to whatsoever, I was instead fascinated by the
fact that the 10 tracks (including the famous cover of The Slits'
Shoplifting) whipped past at the kind of speed that could leave a bloke's
fringe swinging for minutes. When the, erm, realities of life caught
up with me and I realised what CVs were all about, the relevance of only
having one the size of a postcard became apparent
I mention this historical note only in order to point out that calling
this bit of Robots.. Postcard CV should not be taken to mean that the bands
featured in it have got no qualifications. It's just a handy title for what
is, in effect, a short introduction to bands we'll probably go on to feature
more fully later on...even if most bands are thick as pig shit.
>>> The Abrahams - It's all about
the songs with the Abrahams
>>> b-fab.u.k. - b-f.U.K.
are the aural equivalent of a Peanuts cartoon
>>> Bear - a fringe-drooping
prehistoric miserablist donkey's bray
>>> Big Eyes - entirely dreamy
and excellent
>>> Bouvier - I'm not taking
any more shit from you!
>>> BudNubac - Already
a classic
>>> Ben Calvert - burger
bars and broken hearts
>>> Canhex - Canhex have never
met each other
>>> The Chemistry Experiment
- a poptastic explosion of lo-fi scruffiness
>>> Chris T-T - grins sheepishly
through a frankly astonishing beard
>>> Neville Clay - tender
emotion, fragile songcraft
>>> Darky- old Video Game music
>>> De Stijl- you know
rock'n'roll and they know rock'n'roll
>>> Digital Fiction-
i have this ability to read peoples mind
>>> DSP - lubricating the whole
event
>>> Electrelane - stylishly-shot
60s spy fiction with organ heavy soundtracks
>>> The Electroluvs -
undeniably pish
>>> Farina - a bittersweet
moment of transient happiness
>>> Fabiola- they have
got a moog
>>> Fish From Tahiti-
fucking up music for fun and profit
>>> The Fleshpeddlers -
imagine the Beasties fronting NIN
>>> Future Airlines -
chuckling speed disco
>>> The Gazillions - not
since Warhol has an artist worn a wig as well as Hologram
>>> Groove Criminals - crunchy,
funky hip hop beats and herbally-enhanced atmospheres
>>> Grover - Birmingham's Post-rock
pioneers
>>> Haler Sound System - A
sonic relationship with DJ's Shadow and Krush
>>> Jet Johnson - gorgeous
mellow autumnal tunes
>>> Josephine - catchy
(but scratchy), melodic (but shouty) post-Punk
>>> Laughtrack - dark
music with cinematic leanings
>>> Lazarus Clamp - Lazarus
Clamp takes a non-exclusive stab at everything
>>> leBLEU - Quirky and
an undeniable romantically moody sounding
>>> Lightspeed Future Lullaby
- sonorities halfway between Broadcast and Plone
>>> A Lion - to be labelled 'commited'
or 'unlistenable'
>>> Los Nachos - musical
horizons wider than yr mammas ass
>>> Maladroit - splatter
other people's tunes across plastic like vomit
>>> Meme - it's hard to dance
to
>>> Misterbuster
- madly brilliant shit
>>> Monkey Boy - unique,
stop start concoction of punk, blues and something else
>>> Montana Pete - the
God of Thunder on Bass
>>> Moon - the noise a Moog makes
as it slowly dies
>>> Motormark - third
rate Euro-pop
>>> Muleskinner Jones
- some suspicious lumps under the floorboards
>>> NPB - It's garage. As in
garage rock
>>> Octavius - very, very
cool and very, very fucked up
>>> Portal - think Durutti
Column, think Cocteau Twins
>>> Quetzatl - otherworldly
drum'n'nbass
>>> Daniel Patrick Quinn - I
have died and gone to folk-drone heaven
>>> Rhysical Pheck - Comedown
psychedelia of a most hellish variety
>>> Saloon - folksiness and
electronica with viola, theramin and spacey synths
>>> Scissorkicks - the
sound of a crazed kid loaded on Sunny Delight
>>> The Scratch - Aye,
it were alreet
>>> Shell - comes wrapped
in gauzy hiss
>>> Shining Reserves
- herky-jerky indie/post punk amalgamation
>>> Shizo Fun Addict
- Fighting the forces of evil in a bozo nightmare
>>> Skinflowers - there
are young ladies with laser guns handing out ice cream!
>>> 2nd Gen - extreme noise
terror
>>> The Starlets - known
to make grown men cry
>>> The Stars of Aviation
- quiet subtlety says more than any burst of loud guitar
>>> The State Of Samuel
- it is low of fi, straggly and untidy and somehow magical
>>> Sweet Venus - expect
world domination come 2000
>>> Tin.RP - so violently anti-commercial
it makes Kid 606 look like, erm, a kid
>>> Trilemma - utterly
bereft of positive attributes
>>> Ultrasound - very
sad and melancholical but in all its sadness beautiful
>>> The Various Artists
- Hum'n'space, perhaps
>>> Vic Twenty - m/f b-box
cnth POP! vg :-)
>>> The Visit - expressive without
being at all wanky
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