DELTRON 3030 RECOMMENDED: The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love
I’ve learned a valuable lesson from some of my previous writer ups — The Internet can be a bad place. The Teenagers, Girls, and The XX have taught me that when I’m done with the write-ups and I’m searching Google for album art I should toggle my safe search on. Harmless searches with terrible results. With that mind I present to you the top ten list of most dangerous band name searches:
10.) Cream
9.) The Morning Benders
8.) Brazilian Girls
7.) Mr Big
6.) Love Spit Love
5.) The Virgins
4.) The Butthole Surfers
3.) Scissor Sisters
2.) Amy Winehouse
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and coming in at number one is today’s artist of choice: The Big Pink.
I’ve had this British duo’s album on heavy rotation since mid September and I still can’t get enough of it. I’m a sucker for synthesizers and drum machines. However, what’s really doing it for me are the walls of guitar fuzz. Each spin makes their sound travel a little bit further down the timeline till you’re firmly resting in the comfortable bosom of the late 90’s shoegaze guitar scene. I welcome a return to that sound with open arms…but lets all agree to never call it “nu-gaze”. Great. (more…)