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Webcuts Favourite Tracks of 2010 – Part 2

So that was 2010. What does Webcuts remember most about it? It's hard to say, really. The landscapes shift, the memories flickr and 365 days blur into one long unending soundtrack. One thing our favourite tracks of 2010 all had in common was that they appeared like one night stands that lingered a little longer than usual, almost all of them attached to a singular memory of the song being performed, either from a distance or elbows resting on the stage in mute admiration, or maybe just there emanating from a speaker aimed direct into our inner consciousness, refusing to budge.

Webcuts Favourite Tracks of 2010 – Part 1

So that was 2010. What does Webcuts remember most about it? It's hard to say, really. The landscapes shift, the memories flickr and 365 days blur into one long unending soundtrack. One thing our favourite tracks of 2010 all had in common was that they appeared like one night stands that lingered a little longer than usual, almost all of them attached to a singular memory of the song being performed, either from a distance or elbows resting on the stage in mute admiration, or maybe just there emanating from a speaker aimed direct into our inner consciousness, refusing to budge.

Popaganda Festival – Stockholm – 27-28 August 2010

Webcuts turns its attention to Stockholm’s charming Popaganda festival to lift our post-festival blues. Swedish local acts such as the electro pop Navet, folk sisters First Aid Kit, Stockholm indie stalwarts Shout Out Louds, dance kings Familjen and pop sensation Robyn rub shoulder to shoulder with Scottish indie legends Belle & Sebastian, elegantly dressed UK synth-pop duo Hurts, London indie-soul act The Magic Numbers and reigning electro-geek heroes Hot Chip.

Warpaint – London – 26 August 2010

It’s shows like this which give birth to the very nature of rock and roll. The hip-swaying sounds of a band as they rock back and forth, eyes closed, mouths pressed against the microphone with their feet marking the beat. It’s an undeniably sexual thing. This isn't news. It’s why they tried to ban Elvis in the 50’s. He turned young girls on, and it wasn’t so much the man, but the music, the stage, the sweat, the motion -- the rock and roll of it all. Wedged together in this barely ventilated Old Street basement, Los Angeles' Warpaint are presiding over something that had this been the 50's, would've gotten them banned too.

By |2021-01-30T10:03:40+00:00September 7th, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Warpaint – London – 26 August 2010

The Big Pink – London – 13 May 2010

An hour in the company of The Big Pink is a sensory distorting experiment, and one that also questions your sexuality. It’s not a glam/gay thing, but there is a certain amount of homoeroticism about The Big Pink. The obvious sexual nature of the band name notwithstanding, and their record sleeves are all chicks and tits, but I think that’s to throw off the thinly veiled man-love shared between guitarist/vocalist Robbie Furze and bassist Milo Cordell.

By |2021-01-23T07:38:31+00:00June 18th, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on The Big Pink – London – 13 May 2010

Camera Obscura – Interview with Carey Lander (Static, 2010)

With their fourth album My Maudlin Career Glasgow's Camera Obscura shifted further away from their indie pop origins to create their own take on Bacharachian orchestral pop and '60s soul contrasted against sparse country melancholy. Keyboardist and backing vocalist Carey Lander talks about joining the band, meeting Lloyd Cole, the orchestral and country elements in their sound and how they came to cover the Boss.

By |2021-01-03T02:49:24+00:00May 24th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Camera Obscura – Interview with Carey Lander (Static, 2010)

The Horrors – Australian Interview (Static, 2010)

We chew the fat with The Horrors on their recent Australian tour about last year's remarkable second album Primary Colours, and their thoughts on cover versions: "I think it’s a funny idea that this is a conversation you’re more likely to have now than at any other time in the history of rock ’n’ roll, considering most bands really started playing cover versions, being The Beatles or The Stones or even the Sex Pistols. It was something that was just kind of part and parcel of being in a group and part of a live repertoire."

By |2021-01-20T01:07:33+00:00March 31st, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on The Horrors – Australian Interview (Static, 2010)

Friendly Fires – Interview with Edd Gibson & Ed Macfarlane (Static, 2009)

The friendly folks from indie-dance sensations Friendly Fires stroll into Static's studio to talk the good talk about their new single "Kiss of Life", the Mercury music prize and more -- "It’s good to kind of feed off the energy of the crowd: suck them like vampires."

By |2021-02-07T01:20:31+00:00August 17th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Friendly Fires – Interview with Edd Gibson & Ed Macfarlane (Static, 2009)

Deerhunter – Australian Interview with Bradford Cox (Static, 2009)

Deerhunter's willowy singer-guitarist and stand-up comic in the making Bradford Cox entered the 2Ser studios to trade words with Static's Chris Berkley about all things in the Deerhunter-verse.

By |2021-02-09T02:32:38+00:00July 26th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Deerhunter – Australian Interview with Bradford Cox (Static, 2009)

Atlas Sound – Sydney – 19 June 2009

I'd be surprised if the majority in attendance were familiar at all with Atlas Sound, but the crammed in masses of which Webcuts was one of the last to make the cut, were calling out requests that even Cox felt too obscure and unplayable.

By |2021-01-19T08:54:38+00:00June 19th, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Atlas Sound – Sydney – 19 June 2009

1990s – Interview with Jackie McKeown (2009)

Jackie McKeown enthusiastic front man with Glasgow's 1990s talks effortlessly about their sophomore effort Kicks which is being booted about, delving into the rigours of recording under Bernard Butler, sharing vocals duties, girlfriends and carrying the most inappropriate hand luggage in Germany. While most critics (including Webcuts' own) have criticised Kicks for merely providing more of

By |2021-01-20T01:29:01+00:00May 14th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on 1990s – Interview with Jackie McKeown (2009)

The Veils – Interview with Finn Andrews about Sun Gangs (Static, 2009)

Chris Berkley from Static talks to the rather talented Veiled one about the new album, the band's love for The Wire and possible antipodean tours.

By |2021-01-31T08:56:43+00:00April 17th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on The Veils – Interview with Finn Andrews about Sun Gangs (Static, 2009)

Various Artists – Dark Was The Night

North America's finest show their charitable side with this awe-inspiring collection. Just call it "No Alternative Part 2".

By |2021-01-11T03:00:31+00:00February 24th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Various Artists – Dark Was The Night

Jay Reatard – Australian Interview (Static, 2009)

Capping off an incredibly busy year with a singles compilation for 2008, Nashville native Jay Reatard has been relentlessly touring the globe and still hasn't stopped to catch his breath. Recently blowing away audiences in Australia with his demented hair-shaking garage rock, Chris Berkley caught up with Jay in Sydney and spoke to him about

By |2021-02-09T02:04:51+00:00February 9th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , |1 Comment

Shearwater – London – 22 November 2008

"I don't know. I feel a bit naughty playing here", confides Jonathan Meiburg, singer with the Austin, Texas outfit Shearwater, sitting in front of a grand piano in St. Giles in the Fields, an 17th century church in London's West End. As a packed audience crammed pews to watch in rapt appreciation, Shearwater settled in

By |2021-02-01T00:31:06+00:00November 23rd, 2008|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Shearwater – London – 22 November 2008

TV on the Radio – Interview with Jaleel Bunton (Static, 2008)

Having just released one of the stand-out (and Webcuts approved) albums of 2008 with the awe-inspiring brilliance of Dear Science, Static's Chris Berkley spoke to Jaleel Bunton, drummer of Brooklyn's roof-raising TV On The Radio as the band embark on their American tour. Webcuts was on hand recently to see TV On The Radio debut their

By |2021-02-09T01:56:33+00:00November 4th, 2008|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , |1 Comment

Deerhunter – Microcastle

4AD, 2008 [10/10] It's refreshing to listen to a band riding on a wave of no hype. No Myspace campaigns, no sycophantic hipsters attempting to crystal ball the next Vampire Weekend. Bradford Cox could probably walk into a bar anywhere and not get a second glance, and even then only for his rakish frame and

By |2021-01-04T03:31:37+00:00October 28th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Deerhunter – Microcastle

TV on the Radio – Dear Science

4AD, 2008 [9/10] Brooklyn art/beat innovators TV on the Radio return with their third album, a soulful slice of inspiration and invention, moving away from the doom and desperation of 2006's Return to Cookie Mountain to give us their own potent and poignant sign o' the times. TV on the Radio's chief technician David Sitek

By |2021-01-02T04:13:51+00:00October 13th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on TV on the Radio – Dear Science

Jay Reatard – Matador Singles ’08

Matador, 2008[rating:7/10] Memphis native Jay Reatard (Jay Lindsey) has been making a name for himself since the late 90s, in bands like The Reatards and Lost Sounds, mixing up garage rock and synth punk. Recently signed to Matador Records under his own name, his output with them to date has been a succession of hit

By |2020-12-31T09:25:00+00:00October 9th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Jay Reatard – Matador Singles ’08

The Breeders – London – 3 September 2008

The Breeders Shepherd's Bush Empire London 3rd September 2008 For a long time The Breeders seemed to go the way of the Pixies. As both Deal sisters battled their demons, Kim with liquor and Kelley with drugs, attempts at reviving their careers in the late '90s proved disappointing. Returning with Mountain Battles, their second album

By |2021-01-20T03:38:41+00:00September 20th, 2008|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on The Breeders – London – 3 September 2008

Stereolab – Chemical Chords

4AD, 2008 [7/10] Stereolab were an essential part of the 90s and a flipside to the wave of angst-ridden guitar bands that characterised that decade. Influenced by obscure experimental and pop bands, Stereolab set about creating a post-rock avant-garde sound that would hold them in high regard with critics and music fans alike. Returning with

By |2021-01-02T03:53:19+00:00September 3rd, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Stereolab – Chemical Chords