playlists we've been on lately (yay, we love europe!)
recent reviews of Above a Moving Train and other things
Aligre
FM 93.1 - 42 rue de Montreuil 75011 Paris
Planet Claire Play-List 1 janvier 2001
1 - SAVOY GRAND : Dirty Pillows (Glitterhouse,PIAS)
2 - ALFIE : Montevideo EP (Twisted Nerve,import)
3 - THE LITTLE RABBITS : La Grande Musique
4 - SPORTO KANTES : Act I (Catalogue,Wagram)
5 - MY VITRIOL : Finelines (Infectious,PIAS)
6 - KNOW YOUR ENEMY Compilation (Archenemy,import)
7 - ROCKETS BURST FROM THE STREETLAMPS : Above
a moving train (Archenemy,import)
8 - ARAB STRAP : Love detective (C.Underground,PIAS)
9 - STATICS : Ce soir, je rve (Small,Sony)
10 - KINGS OF CONVENIENCE : Quiet is the new loud (Source)
RADIO ELO 98.5 fm (MADRID)
Semana del 27/1/2001 al 2/2/2001
Puesto P.ant. Canci—n IntŽrprete Votos
1 Original Prankster THE OFFSPRING
2 Tennis Boys friends FREEZEPOP
3 Thank You for Loving Me BON JOVI
4 The Cartographer ROCKETS BURST FROM STREETLAMPS
5 Cacho a Cacho ESTOPA
6 Amor se paga con amor Jennifer Lopez
7 Y Sin Embargo Joaqu’n Sabina
Radio Albolote 105.9 FM (Granada, Spain)
INDIEFERENTE - 08 January 01
* Muy poca gente - no hay vacaciones
* La habitacion roja - largometraje
* The zinedines - let your fancy flow
* Rocket burst from the streetlamps - the cartographer
* Freezepop - tennis boyfriend
* Blake hazard - glittering
* Mellonova - hideeho
* Cinerama - kerry kerry
* Bitter springs - empy shell
* Bjork - new world
studentradioen i Bergen-uke 33 (Bergen, Norway)
4 January 01
1.Freezepop- äScience Genius Giftä (archenemy rec.)
2. This is music inc.- äThe Brick Is A Toadä (safe as milk festival 2000 sampler#2)
3.Krust- Freak Show
4.Bertrand Burgalat/Ladytron- äHe took Her To A Movieä (bungalow/Tuba)
5.Muchomacho- äShe Was Nothing, Nothing Humanä (wiija/
6.Live Human-äCrawl Of The Wildä (Matador/Tuba)
7.The Dismemberment Plan- äYou Are Invitedä (de soto/ 8.Cornelius- äBall In
ö Kick Offä (Matador/Tuba)
9.Saint Low- äOn The Outsideä (Cooking Vinyl/VoW) 10.Modest Mouse- äTiny Cities
Made Of Ashesä (Matador/Tuba) B-liste:
11.Sweep The Leg Johnny- äWalking Home On The Emergency Bedä (Southern/Tuba)
12.Enon- äRubber Carä (See Thru/
13.Sportsguitar- äMeteoriteä (Glow music/
14.Appolyon Sun- äHuman IIIä Mayan/
15.Rockets Burst From The Streetlamps- äBlackä (Archenemy
records)
University Radio York
January 01
This is a superb album, just the right mixture of mellowness and distortion.
After having to review a mountain of commercialised chart pop music this album
came as a very welcome breath of fresh air. We here at University Radio York
don't have a playlist, but this album has been made our record of the week
for next week so DJ's will be aware of it and if they like it (which they
should as it's an absolutely superb album)they will play it, and I have played
2 tracks off it(these are not my words and krzysztof) on my show.
- Paul Ison half a music reviewer
Fruitbowl (Oxford, England)
January 01
A nice booklet accompanies this album, although you have to say the 21
item bibliography is getting a bit carried away. The fact that "Above a Moving
Train" left this reviewer slightly cold may be down to his lack of preparation
before immersing himself in the album. To my ears, it sounds like a less frazzled
Bardo Pond, or a janglier Flying Saucer Attack. However, for all the echo
pedal abuse and sheets of feedback, there aren't enough hooks to hold the
attention, especially compared to their earlier, excellent and fuzz-free single,
"The Cartographer". But this will probably be a great album to listen to if
you've just taken a newly-discovered narcolepsy-inducing drug from South America.
Until such a time, I await enlightenment.
Trust magazine (Germany)
January 01
ROCKETS BURST FROM THE STREETLAMPS - «above a moving train« cd prima hintergrundmusik
wie sie seiner-zeit von bands wie LOW perfektioniert wurde. ruhige weibliche
stimme, dezente aber ausgeklŸgelte instrumentierung und dadurch irgendwie
Ÿberhaupt nicht langweilig. die cd steckt dazu noch in einer schmucken pappschachtel,
was den durch die musikalische prŠsentation bereits angedeuteten artsy faktor
noch einmal unterstreicht. was soll ich sagen, fŸr mich ist«s ok. (torsten)
Trust magazine (Germany)
January 01
ROCKETS BURST FROM THE STREETLAMPS - «the cartographer/all the same« 7"
2 songs in schickem clear orange vinyl. eine ruhige konventionelle indie pop
nummer, sowie das ganze noch einmal in einer weitaus soundbeladeneren variante.
immer wieder gerne gesehen im hause feiermeyer. (torsten) the archenemy record
company
R‡dio Universit‡ria do Minho (Portugal)
January 01
Rockets Burst from the Streetlamps - above a moving train Beautiful voice!
Nice guitars! They sounds like The Felt (do you remember?). We've been playing
"Casillero del Diablo" (fantastic!), "black" (beautiful!), "Krzysztof", "Christmas"
and "interspatial". PS - I'm a big fan too for the worf of Kiewslowski. ****
this release will be "Disc of the Week" ne of the next weeks.
Pop
News (France)
January 01
Voix ŽthŽrŽe, guitares bruitistes sachant se faire dŽlicates et caressantes,
de My Bloody Valentine aux Cranes en passant par Mazzy Star et Luna, les rŽfŽrences
semblent Žvidentes. Mais ce serait trop facile et trop rŽducteur, car la musique
des "Rockets..." c'est quand mme beaucoup plus que ca. Issu de la scne "arty"
de Boston, "Rockets ..." fait partie de ces quelques groupes qui rŽussissent
sans peine ˆ associer une forte vision intellectuelle et artistique ˆ un sens
rare de la mŽlodie et de la suspension. La bibliographie en fin de livret
cite Georges Bataille, Anais Nin ou Peter Greenaway mais aussi et surtout
Kieslowsky a qui toute une chanson (Krysztof) est dŽdiŽe. On retrouve sur
tout le disque une volontŽ distincte de construire une Ïuvre ŽlaborŽe et alambiquŽe
allliŽe ˆ une certaine esthŽtique rche, abrupte mais pas austre. Intellectuelle
donc, c'est pourtant aux tripes que la musique des "Rockets ..." s'attaque.
Pr™nant le dŽtachement et la contemplation elle crŽe une atmosphre flottante
qui prend l'auditeur ˆ la gorge et le mne par le bout du nez pour l'abandonner
ˆ son pauvre sort en fin de disque aprs un morceau de bravoure de 7 minutes
sur lequel le groupe justifie son nom dŽtonant ˆ grand renforts de larsens.
Ce disque est aussi bon qu'il est beau.
Indy
Rock Ideal Magazine (Spain?)
(profile page thingie)

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