The Jesus and Mary Chain 170 Russell, Sunday 6 March 2016 Writer: Fiona Hile Live photo by Reuben Acciano, full gallery here. A blue nineteenth-century haze surrounds The Jesus and Mary Chain vocalist Jim Reid as he leans into the crowd on a humid Sunday night in Melbourne. A disembodied mop of curly backlit hair is all that’s visible of his brother William, the much-emulated guitarist behind the high-pitched wail of sound that way back
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Mogwai "Atomic" Label: Rock Action Album review by Reuben Acciano Mogwai don't do “same-old, same old”. Unless “same old” equals consistently innovating their sonic arsenal and tactics while retaining immediately identifiable arrangements and dynamics. Pioneers of an exaggerated contrast of almost imperceptibly quiet and moody minor key sounds suddenly contrasted with gigantic, violent explosions of guitar squall and volume, the Glaswegian behemoth have applied mid-90s 'loud-quiet-loud' to instrumental ambient guitar music for coming on 21
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