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GENTLE FRIENDLY  (Uk)

Pop. The music of Gentle Friendly is the mighty gallop of the fabled Scandinavian Wild Hunt hurling itself forward across woods crystallised with snow, not to terrorise and maim the pale peasants staring wide-eyed from the side of the road (although there is some carnage in the fiery explosions of noise that populate their music) but searching for a gleaming reservoir of power which lies hidden in the depths of the wilderness. If you have seen them live you will realise that Gentle Friendly, or this sequence of creatures which are, were, could have been and might possibly be do not just stride past you with a pop glint on their eyes that would have made the Unicorns or good ole' Yo la Tengo proud, no, they grab you in the slipstream of their exalted assault, smiling as the rhythms crash around you like thunder, and bristling shards of distortion illuminate the night, accelerating towards a place you might have visited before by the hand of like-minded explorers such as the Animal Collective, Silver Apples or Dan Deacon, the wall of a radiant horizon only 2 minutes away through which you crash in a collision that jolts you furious and gloriously alive.
http://www.myspace.com/gentlefriendly

CIRCLESQUARE (!K7/Uk)

New Wave / Trance / Shoegaze. Circlesquare c’est Jeremy Shaw de Vancouver qui vit maintenant à Berlin. Son premier album Pre-Earthquake Anthem sorti en 2003 chez Output fut comme une révélation. Nourri d’influences telles que Leonard Cohen, Pole, Angelo Badalamenti, et même Chris Isaak, Circlesquare est apparu comme un alien au milieu des artistes fluo-funk et minimalistes d’Output. Suivirent l’EP Fight Sounds en 2006 et Songs About Dancing and Drugs en 2007. Songs About Dancing and Drugs n’est pas un album de   dance habituel, mais plutôt un recueil de délires opiacés, comme de la bleep techno découpé et froissée, ou du shoegaze dans un squelette électrique, de la musique ambiante avec un esprit anti-pop et un cœur rock'n'roll. Avec toutes ces tensions et ces négations, la musique qui en résulte est toute en mesure, avec des guitares liquides, une batterie oxydée et la voix unique de Jeremy qui porte le tout. Parmi les membres live de Circlesquare on retrouve le batteur Dale Butterfield et le guitariste Trevor Larson. Les morceaux de Songs About Dancing and Drugs évoquent des promesses brisées et des potentiels gâchés, l’ennui désespéré et des révélations banales. Une œuvre profondément sombre.
http://www.myspace.com/circlesquare

VILE IMBÉCILES (Uk)

Rock. Vile Imbeciles are a four piece scuzz juggernaut from sunny Brighton. Their debut album &quot;...Ma&quot; (June 2007 Whiteheat) was a relentless aural assault that savaged the ears and critics alike, From Kerrang (&quot;KKKK&quot;) to NME (&quot;resembling a mob of angry punk rock orcs smashing up a studio with the severed limbs of goth serial killers...&quot;. Soon after the band started work on their follow up long player &quot;Queenie Was A Blonde&quot; (Tea Vee Eye), recruiting guitarist du jour, Caz Rospigliosi, in the process. This second LP, an ecclectic cacophony of chaotic pop, has been thrilling boys and girls of all ages since July 2008. The band have since been blessed with the drumming finesse of Evan Reinhold, who with Andy Huxleys razor throated vocals, and James Hairs thundering bass, look set to destroy everything in their wake in 2009. They will be releasing the double A side Jennifer/Tramp, backed with the album &quot;Death Jazz&quot; March 16th.
&quot;(an) impressive take on psych noise skronk...mind your ears now&quot; The Guardian
&quot;ear thundering extremeism really doesn't get any better than this&quot; NME.
http://www.myspace.com/vileimbeciles

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