tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58384809013948736312024-11-08T15:20:26.382+00:00Trip-TVtomorrow's hits tomorrow's hates - indie pop / psychedelic and alternative rock reviews and videosKris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-49032505352397596942017-01-10T21:19:00.001+00:002017-01-10T21:19:31.111+00:00Jefferson Airplane - surrealistic pillowSo Jefferson Airplane's second album from 1967 and a key release of early psychedelia and folk rock. Really it is good fun and unlike some "classics" lives up to the bill and still sounds fresh. "Somebody to love" and "White rabbit" are of course famous songs heavily played to this day, but still retain their urgency and invention.
Moving beyond these tracks "She has funny cars" is an Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-16121847556889567482016-12-31T16:02:00.003+00:002016-12-31T16:03:45.854+00:00Review of 2016Well that was the year everything died, including our hopes and this blog. But we have returned for the traditional end of year lists...
Top 10 Artists of 2016
1: Mary Chapin Carpenter
2: St Lucia
3: Ladyhawke
4: Phases
5: Wolf Alice
6: Scarlet Soho
7: Flyying Colours
8: Lycia
9: Leitbur
10: Le Cassette
Top 10 Songs of 2016
1: solo KO - Scarlet Soho
2: wavy gravy - Flyying Colours
3: i need Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-66154746787528223182016-12-07T18:24:00.004+00:002016-12-07T18:25:25.110+00:00MV : "Lipslap" by Kero Kero BonitoThe end of year review is coming, and will include...
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-85037637511538305072016-11-21T12:31:00.001+00:002016-11-21T12:31:15.251+00:00The Salient Braves - guilty until proven innocent EPWe're back (like ballroom dancing)! Also back are The Salient Braves with another EP of jangly pop goodness. Truthfully i listened to this while pretty flu-ed up, so this was some welcome medication. Did more good than paracetamol anyway.
While the title track is a highly enjoyable pop track my favourite is the slightly more off the wall "My alter ego" with lovely dual vocal interplay. Also to Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-45433006417328238112016-06-28T09:30:00.000+01:002016-07-01T21:05:03.462+01:00Mary Chapin Carpenter - state of the heartWhat is your favourite album ever? Its a common question to ask in musical circles, and it is a very difficult one to answer correctly. Its easy to throw in answers like the White Album or a Birdy Song Megamix but to truly say what is your favourite album EVAH and not just what is the current flavour of the month takes some thought. And i have given it a lot of thought, and this is it.
So why isKris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-27687421016718675252016-06-22T21:43:00.000+01:002016-06-22T21:43:05.937+01:00MV : "Back to you" by Jacob BellensThis is great pop!
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-54508930951016168872016-06-21T09:30:00.000+01:002016-06-22T21:49:12.244+01:00TiffanyTiffany's debut from 1987, and a lovely pop album it was too. I never really got into Tiffany at the time, though if i had realised back then that we were almost born on the same day maybe i would (lets face it there are far dafter reasons to like a singer). Many years later Tiffany is still releasing records and i am writing this nonsense. So thats all turned out well then.
The hits are here, "Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-7701070201716952432016-06-19T20:48:00.001+01:002016-06-19T20:48:04.926+01:00Let Em Riot - slashwave EPNeo-synth pop that sounds like its come straight from an 80s dungeon, well i can't get enough of it these days and Let Em Riot produce some great digital beats. "Don't stop running" is underpinned by a ruthless electronic beat but enlivened by waves of synth noise. "Foreigners" is a great lost early 80s pop classic though made in the 2010s.
All the right ingredients are here: laid back almost Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-41580823662399385852016-06-15T20:59:00.001+01:002016-06-15T20:59:15.382+01:00MV : "Livin' in a studio" by FreeweightsGreat new single.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-50711605104989601362016-06-06T21:47:00.000+01:002016-06-06T21:47:05.677+01:00The Salient Braves - they must have seen me coming EPWe haven't covered indie pop on this website for some time... so here is the return of the Salient Braves. Classic guitar pop that is as fun to listen to as it obviously was to make. The title track is lovely jingly jangle. "The great unwashed" has a deeper tone, and surprise instruments! I like this track a lot, the tones are quite country rock at times.
The cover of "Losing my religion". You Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-30989635689667478232016-06-05T21:51:00.000+01:002016-06-06T21:52:31.642+01:00MV : "The words" by Dragonborn feat. Jacob BellensNot a new song but we're only just now seeing "Dicte" over here of which this is the theme.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-17063608273280812902016-05-27T17:55:00.001+01:002016-05-27T17:55:30.243+01:00Top 5 Records (May)1: ST LUCIA - matter
2: LE CASSETTE - left to our own devices
3: MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - the things we are made of
4: NEW ORDER - music complete
5: SCARLET SOHO - in cold blood
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-13179246744127334442016-05-25T19:08:00.001+01:002016-05-25T19:08:28.351+01:00C Duncan - architectDreampop, classical music soundscapes... well there are many similarities and blending both is C Duncan. The music is beautiful, multi-layered and textured and full of interesting sounds. "She" for example wafts along with a shuffle that sounds a bit like a mangled hand-clap. The title track is wonderful, multi-layered melody including use of that very versatile instrument the human voice.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-5080983780317109032016-05-24T19:05:00.001+01:002016-05-24T19:05:30.715+01:00MV : "Only child" by ShearwaterAnother fine track.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-19689067056173397902016-05-23T21:28:00.000+01:002016-05-23T21:28:07.683+01:00PluWith their new album now out it was about time we reviewed the previous one by this Welsh alt-folk sibling trio. Its sublime, atmospheric (well they are from Snowdonia after all) and beautifully warm. Highlight is the wonderful "Tyrd yn ol" is melancholic, sweet harmonies and then a look back over the shoulder. Your heart melts.
"Hiraeth" is sparse, the backing cut back almost to nothing as the Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-53197803612974058102016-05-21T17:04:00.000+01:002016-05-21T17:04:28.187+01:00Movie : Young and Dangerous (1996)
Well we reviewed the prequel a few weeks ago, what about the original? How is a film about a bunch of swaggering gangsters getting into criminal scrapes? Well its brilliant of course as well as being total tosh, but tosh thats so well made.
You can see why so many people, especially in HK, loved this film. The heroes are cool bad guys, criminals for sure but also with a code of honour. Thats Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-38810081232690190122016-05-17T19:07:00.001+01:002016-05-17T19:07:27.921+01:00MV : "Genius of crack" by TsunamiLets go back to a tune i loved back in the early 90s.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-7940689610118151412016-05-16T19:33:00.003+01:002016-05-16T19:33:48.592+01:00Movie : PTU Files : Death Trap (2005)
Firmly in the B movie camp, this HK action film is so poor in many ways. It looks like it was recorded on an ancient camera found in a skip and the sound recorded on a dictaphone. The plot and acting are also very suspect with many tangents and diversions into character relationships while the main crime plots are fairly incomprehensible. The dialogue also weirdly switches from cantonese to Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-87510073368924362732016-05-15T21:41:00.000+01:002016-05-15T21:41:01.666+01:00Shearwater - jet plane and oxbow A fine album, music with a message. The message is one of protest, railing against the world and its so many problems. The music matches the message for power, so often atmospheric and mesmeric. Key track is "Quiet Americans" with its electric menace but "Only child" also wins. The sound is big but in an 80s style not noise for the sake of it. Big sound big ideas? Well its very enjoyable thats Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-77498312311515114362016-05-15T21:27:00.004+01:002016-05-15T21:27:50.395+01:00MV : "I need you" by LeitburWell this is our current fave.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-21053635739454843232016-05-08T17:50:00.002+01:002016-05-08T17:51:39.454+01:00Movie : Future War (1997)
Aliens from the future have abducted creatures from Earth's past who now are battling in Earth's present. Well that all makes sense, or not. This is another cult classic which doesn't make any sense whatsoever and is a genuinely terrible film but also so compelling too - in the great tradition of cinematic rubbish of this type.
An escaped slave (who makes for a quite decent Jean Claude Van Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-66976784809701156722016-05-06T17:52:00.000+01:002016-05-08T17:53:45.233+01:00MV : "World cup fever" by Air MiamiWe've all got it.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-40329748573575398272016-04-29T19:01:00.001+01:002016-04-29T19:01:14.240+01:00Top 5 Records (April)1: BASIA BULAT - good advice
2: TYLER BURNS - Mr Regular3: FREEWEIGHTS - lightweight4: BIG DATA - 2.05: SCARLET SOHO - in cold blood
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-36750757721070977992016-04-27T18:39:00.000+01:002016-04-27T18:40:00.387+01:00MV : "This is all we know" by Le CassetteThis could easily be on the soundtrack to a trashy 80s straight to VHS movie, no higher praise can i give truly.
Kris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838480901394873631.post-18158329631847467222016-04-21T21:18:00.000+01:002016-04-21T21:18:14.351+01:00Movie : War Of The Underworld (1996)
The success of the Young & Dangerous series of triad movies in HK saw many copycats of which this is one and unlike some of its ilk is a good film too.
The story is a basic (and well worn) tale of triad betrayal and revenge but the cast is very good (Tony Leung, Jordan Chan, Carman Lee among others) and the action solid... and very bloody. You certainly get your machete worth.
Some of theKris Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345410564749716765noreply@blogger.com0