Guillemots are all about branding. Much like the red-hued video for "Get Over It," there's lots of red in the video for "Kriss Kross" (the album's called Red, bingo). The dark-to-light kriss-krossing track came packing a typewriter riff and general... CONTINUE READING NEW GUILLEMOTS VIDEO - "KRISS KROSS"»
Posted on August 20, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Guillemots | Ida Maria | The Best Show
Guillemots' "Falling Out Of Reach" falls in line with some of the great, delicately emotional tracks the band introduced itself with on Through The Windowpane, like "Made Up Love Song #43," or even "Blue Would Still Be Blye." The track... CONTINUE READING NEW GUILLEMOTS VIDEO - "FALLING OUT OF REACH"»
Posted on April 29, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Guillemots | Ian McKellen
The great Guillemots already hit us with a free MP3 of " Kriss Kross" earlier this month, and the gear-up for their forthcoming second-effort Red continues here with a great clip for "Get Over It." This is the second time... CONTINUE READING NEW GUILLEMOTS VIDEO - "GET OVER IT"»
Posted on February 22, 2008 in (2 comments)
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Guillemots will make ya ... hit this link and fork over your email addy for a free MP3 of the adventurously titled "Kriss Kross," from the band's forthcoming album Red. The troupe's over-the-top pop won us over a couple years ago, for its emotion and its ambition and its lack of disposable '90s hip hop references (still safe here: note the two "s"s in "Kriss"), so new stuff is good news. This tune, which isn't the first single (that'd be "Get Over It," streaming for a snip at MySpace), starts with some menacing fuzz bass, sirens, and a modal, violin-and-typewriter (both of which they play at shows, btw) melody -- like a criminal drama theme song, almost -- before breaking into Fyfe Dangerfield's trademark exuberance. It krisses and krosses from dark to light, and although it settles into a sort of mundane, major-keyed ride out, it's a satisfying LP peek.
Posted on February 1, 2008 in (1 comments)
The British music industry is ready to congratulate itself, yesterday releasing the list of nominations for this year's BRIT Awards. (And the performers list is a vertitable who's who of acts you love to be indifferent about, like Corrine Bailey... CONTINUE READING 2007 BRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS»
Posted on January 17, 2007 (10 comments)
Tags: Cat Power | Guillemots | Lily Allen | Thom Yorke
Seemed reasonable to turn our attention to stage when the house lights cut ... but Guillemots like to experiment, and didn't waste any time. Like a make-shift marching band, the group struck up a racket in the balcony, banging drums,... CONTINUE READING GUILLEMOTS @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 5/9/06»
Posted on May 10, 2006 in (8 comments)
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