Fuzz You!
A national disaster has struck our country. It’s trending topping on the net and on TV and in the newspapers they report about nothing else. No, we haven’t gone bankrupt, there has not been a major flood or a terrorist attack – although opinions differ on this. The disaster is the song that was written [...]
Okay, so it’s a bit of a disappointment to me too, but to rate Theme Park’s debut album 3 out 10, as NME does, is just unfair. The expectations were raised too high and based on what? Two outstanding singles (Jamaica and Ghosts) were countered by just as many unremarkable singles (Wax and Two Hours) and most of the spare tracks [...]
They look like a much younger Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard; Marcus Haughton, the curly brother, on vocals and keys, and Miles Haughton, the brother without dreadlocks, on lead vocals and guitar. Fortunately, their three mates, Louis Bhose (bass) and Oscar Manthorpe (guitar) and Ben (drums) look like they have met up at Hogwarts and [...]
Grizzly Bear meets OMD, Fleet Foxes meets Depeche Mode, Local Natives meets China Crisis, Band of Horses meets The Human League; Gardens & Villa create American folk rock with vintage synths. Check out our review of their debut album. We’re giving a 2×2 tickets to the concert of this promising band from Santa Barbara, Ca in [...]
Next week the Fuzz will be giving away 2×2 tickets to the Gardens & Villa gig at Paradiso on the 29th of October. First, of course, you want to know what they’re like. It’s Grizzly Bear meets OMD, Fleet Foxes meets Depeche Mode, Local Natives meets China Crisis, Band of Horses meets The Human League..you [...]
With retroactive effect Metronomy’s second album Nights Outs (2008) has conquered a spot in my top 10 album list of the 00s. I don’t know why I failed to appreciate the playful combination of clever song-writing and retro-hip synthpop at the time. The important thing is that I’m on top of things now, just lagging [...]