Metal Postcard Records

 

Just some of the songs  we’ve been listening to lately

 http://www.mixcloud.com/metalpostcard/sometimes-a-great-notion-2012/

 

And here’s a lovely poster created by the wonderful ollo design team

Georgio Moroder on Valium is what we call the sound on this 7″ from the two halves of  Melbourne band The Emergency

We’ll let you find out who Worng is and who Bad Thoughts is. You’ve got a 50/50 chance of getting it right

Have a listen at the Metal Postcard radio station on Jango

 

As always with Ollo beautiful songs and beautiful packaging . Check out this gorgeous 7″ from them.

Full Stop Blue should be no.1 worldwide. Maybe it will be !

Check out the single at the Metal Postcard Radio Page On Jango

Music Emissions Write:

By combining Cambodian pop and folk melodies with psychedelic pop, The Cambodian Space Project have already reached heights before this debut was released that most bands never reach. ….. a spin of “2011: A Space Odyssey” will be a dizzying spin indeed, chock full of sweet and satisfying sounds,

F This is no exercise in hipper-than-thou irony, as one listen to the passionate sultry vocals of Srey Thy will prove.

This is a record in which each song will reach out and grab someone.

Foxy Digitalis write

If you fancy generic but energetic rock music, expertly played, with an occasional ethnic instrumental touch and vocals by a Cambodian ex-karaoke band singer with a marvellous voice, the CSP is for you.

Last week i was informed i was a complete idiot for not paying for reviews – didn’t i know that’s how it’s done.. how stupid am I ?

 

This week I get chastised.. it’s all rather tedious being lectured by New Yorkers  I have to say

 

Because I’m lazy you’ll have to read from the bottom up.

Sean,

This comes as no surprise to us .. even if it does to others

Here’s an article in Mouthpiece selecting the best 8 current punk bands in the world .. and about the great Pairs it says

http://mouthpiece.douglasheaven.com/around-the-world-in-eight-punk-bands/

 

 

With Europe gone to the dogs and its leaders making gold-digger eyes at China, it’s probably a good time to check out Shanghai’s eclectic punk scene. Sure, there’s a whole Beijing vs Shanghai thing, but what Beijing has in the way of a distinct and cohesive sound, Shanghai more than makes up for in its DIY ethic. Andy Best – one-time Scouser turned champion of the Shanghai scene and founder of the local Qu record label – says “It’s only since I came to Shanghai in 2001 that I found a music scene I liked again, one based around DIY culture and not sending tapes to A&R men”. But then, as he also points out, “people are in it for the love and not the money (there’s no choice)”.

Also holding the scene together is Shanghai’s mainstay venue, Yuyintang, and a lo-fi, stripped down aesthetic, to which western ears are most partial. It’s this that probably first got Pairs noticed by the likes of MTV and BBC Radio’s Tom Ravenscroft. Taking the common line-up of just guitar and drums – this generation’s power-trio – drummer Rhys squawk-shouts along to F’s raucous and hurried guitar-chord melodies – fuzzy, happy melodies that bring on a smile like a Sonic Youth pop song.

Interviewed by We Live In Beijing, Rhys explained: “Our music just comes from our lack of talent, our inability to play up-strokes on the guitar and from our personalities. We tried to write some slower songs, but I think we just got too excited and they sped up overtime. Maybe if we had a metronome we would be a totally different band.”

But in spite of this they still won Best New Band at the 2010 Shanghai Grammys, with one of the judges sensibly observing “[Pairs] are a lot of noise, but I like their noise, and they make sense … They kind of invaded us during summer, and I’m happy they are there”. Andy Best hopes they “kickstart a bunch of similar bands who just go for it and don’t try to be polished genre acts”.

Pairs put out their first, self-titled album with the Qu label in 2010 and released their second Summer Sweat (2011) themselves. Pairs want you to stream both of them from pairs.bandcamp.com.

Suddenly i like the Dutch again — ( after their appalling gamesmanship at the world cup final)

N0.1 Spot For CSP  -  For all Dutch readers here’s what they say

Nu het jaar ten einde loopt is het weer tijd voor de lijstjes met het beste van het afgelopen jaar. Wat waren de beste nieuwe boeken, de mooiste nummers of de belangrijkste politieke quotes van het jaar? Vk.nl blikt terug met ‘de 11 van 11′

Wat is er lekkerder in deze donkere dagen om binnen te blijven en naar muziek te luisteren? Volkskrant-recensent Robert van Gijssel zette de volgens hem beste wereldmuziek-nummers uit 2011 voor u op een rijtje. U kunt ze gratis beluisteren door u te abonneren op de Spotify-playlist.

The Cambodian Space Project – Kolos Srey Chaom (2011- A Space Odyssey)
Satria Jaya – Nam Ham San Sang (Music Of The Mystical Far East – Korea)
Tamikrest – Fassous Tarahnet (Toumast)
Madina N’Diaye – Bimogow (Bimogow)
Baloji – Karibou Ya Bintou (Kinshasa Succursale)
Blick Bassy – Likando (Hongo Calling)
Fatoumata Diawara – Kele (Fatou)
The Exciters – Ese Muerto No Lo Cargo Yo (Panama! 2)
Carmen Linares – Asesinado Por El Cielo (Remembranzas)
Bellowhead – Captain Wedderburn (Hedonism)
The Unthanks -Give Away Your Heart (Last)

OLLO
7″ MP 35 / CD MP 36 Ollo ( Sydney) New 7″ Gatefold Sleeve & 3rd Album Due Soon
http://soundcloud.com/metalpostcardrecords/transistor-resistor-ollo
http://www.ollo.net.au/

Forthcoming 3rd Album “APE DELAY” Listen to this great influences on the album mix http://soundcloud.com/ollo_the-band/ape-delay-influences-1

Sydney electronic pop genuis ‘ Ollo will soon be releasing their third album “Ape Delay” on Metal Postcard Records – here’s some reviews from their first two releases and links to the new

“THE IF IF”"

If it’s not the trippy guitar solos on “summer salt” that weave you into the boys interplanetary web it’ll be the always shifting synth pads that reel you in and take you under” [XLR8R :: USA]

“The second album from Sydney’s Ollo, The If If, doesn’t disappoint; it’s a strange and imaginative collection of anti-pop songs that uses simple, melodic electronica to create trance-like soundscapes. …an eerie and well crafted musical excursion where you never quite know where you’re heading, or where you’ve just been.” [Rolling Stone :: 3.5 stars]

“Like an Aussie Beta Band with a touch of the kind of playful sound of acts like Department of Eagles, Errors and Tunng. Very promising.” [Pure Groove :: UK]

“ESSENTIAL STUFF…” [Rough Trade :: UK]