[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 05.11.2013

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Miike Snow / Burial / Miike Snow
• Kasper Bjorke / Animals / Standing On Top Of Utopia
• Peaking Lights / Beautiful Dub / Lucifer In Dub
• Archie Bronson Outfit / I Was A Dead Duck / Dub Mix
• Chromatics / Looking For Love / After Dark 2
• The Smiths / Panic / Greatest Hits
• Rathborne / Last Forgiven / Soft
• Ford and Lopatin / Joey Rogers / Channel Pressure
• Cut Copy / Future / Bright Light Neon Love
• Larry Gus / Jaw Throb / Silent Congas
• The Cure / The Walk / Greatest Hits
• Plane / Western Ave / Hello More
• Eric Copeland / Wao Taor Combo / Waco Taco Combo

Guest DJ Kriss Stress of Notes + Bolts

• Oscillator Bug / Feel Rif / 7 Inch
• White Mystery / Secret Garden / Telephatic
• Drastics / A Sonic Black Hole / 7 Inch
• Ono / Punks / 7 Inch
• Blasted Diplomats / I Miss You Sweets / Latehe 7 Inch
• Heartsrevolution / Pop Heart / Flexi
• Le-Tour / leave Me Alone /  Latehe
• Population / Relic / Single
• Bumble Batt / A New You / Single
• Tal Sounds / Found / Single
• Future Cop! / Superheros [Ft.Kristine] / Single
• Gell Set / Disconnected / Single

THE MINIMAL BEAT 05.11.2013 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[ALBUM REVIEW] THE HOLIDAY CROWD - OVER THE BLUFFS

For those of you waiting for a Smiths reunion, wait no longer! The Smiths have been reunited in the form of The Holiday Crowd. Listen, this record sounds SO much like The Smiths, I looked up the songs on YouTube to make sure they weren’t Smiths songs mislabeled. So, this can swing you one of either two ways: You could be one of those people who say “Yeah, I love The Smiths, and a new band that sounds like them would be awesome!” Or you could say “That band The Holiday Crowd is a just rip off and completely lacks originality.” One thing that can’t be denied is that a good amount of the songs on the record are pretty catchy, rip off or not. (And keep in mind, it does NOT sound like solo Morrissey). However, not every song has trademark Moz vocals. The song "Painted Like a Forest" has a dancey bass line that charges on behind a a nice little Jonny Marr style arpeggiated riff, however the vocals are little more reminiscent of Robert Smith or Ian McCulloch. Let me put it this way, if you played this record for someone who has never heard The Smiths but you think would probably like them, they would probably love Over the Bluffs. I give it 4 out of 5 pompadours.  

By Randy Nieto; February 2, 2012

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