Album Review : Peggy Sue

In short: first album rubbish, second album brilliant.

That's a brief summary of the career of Peggy Sue thus far. After a dull debut record, the band have stormed back with second album Acrobats and it's some transformation. Gone are most of the acoustics and in their place is an amped-up sound that breathes life into the songs on the record. You can hear a stream of the album right now over at The Line Of Best Fit.

While you're over there, you can read my review of the album (TLOBF reccommended, no less) by doing that point and click thing here.

Album Review : Seapony

I've always liked a bit of fuzzy jangle, and the sound of Slumberland/C86 is generally a welcome one....but in the past few years there's just a few too many bands deciding to follow that indie/twee/pop route for my liking.

It gets to a point where it all sounds a bit samey, so do Seattle's Seapony manage to avoid this pitfall? The place to find out is over at The Line Of Best Fit!

Once there, you can read my thoughts on the trio's debut record by heading to HERE.

Album Review : Mister Heavenly

Right, name a supergroup that's actually any good. Yeah, you can't can you? It's always a bunch of clowns with battling egos producing self-satisfied music that instantly forgettable....apart from the night terrors that follow for months afterwards.

So, kneel before Mister Heavenly, a "supergroup" that have actually produced a good album! Out of Love is the work of Islands' Nick Thorburn (he was also responsible for The Unicorns), Man Man's Ryan Kattner and sometime Modest Mouse/The Shins drummer Joe Plummer.

They call it "doom wop", but I'd just say it's an extremely fun record that does pay homage to some 1950s R&B sounds, and it's all over at The Line Of Best Fit, as usual.

Out of Love is out now on Sub Pop.

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Album Review : Icarus Line

One of my favourite albums of the past ten years is Icarus Line's hard-hitting, sleaze-rock opus Penance Soiree. So, when anything is released by Joe Cardamone's band of rock n' roll reprobates, I'm always interested.

Released this week, Wildlife is the band's new record and sees them returning to some kind of form close to their vintage days. As usual, the goods are over at The Line Of Best Fit.

If you like your rock n' roll with a bit of swagger, you can read more right here.

Album Review : The Deer Tracks

It's August, so it's time for some icily cool electropop, right? Well that's what Sweden's The Deer Tracks think anyway, as they've chosen this month to release new album The Archer Trilogy Pt 2.

As the title suggests, it's the second release in a trilogy of records from this boy-girl duo and it's a record of euphoric Nordic pop, perfectly suited for a review on The Line Of Best Fit.

So, if you'd like to hear and read more just do the usual clicking thing.

Album Review: P.G. Six

Here at 78sDW, we love a bit of Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and by extension most things that crackle with electricity and sound a bit country rock. So, when the new record by P.G. Six appeared in my inbox I couldn't simply ignore it, could I?


Starry Mind is out now on Drag City, and it's a fine record of duelling guitars, Laurel Canyon harmonies, and some ropey hippy lyrics. As usual, you can find my review over at The Line of Best Fit, or head straight to it by clicking here.

Album Review : Razika

Alright, so it's been a quiet August round these parts so far....but no-one's bothered to kick up a fuss, meaning my laziness remained. However, fear not dear reader because we're back in business!

And what better way to start off than by introducing you to Razika, a young Norwegian foursome who bring the sunshine in the form of some marvellous Ska-pop. They're four young women, all aged 20, and debut album Program 91 is the sound of summer in the space of 31 minutes.

It's got The Line of Best Fit recommended status already, and you can read more about the album simply by skanking your way over here!