I haven’t yet heard Pollens‘ debut album – Brighten & Break – but I’m quite taken with the polyrhythmic energy of the Helping Hand single so I aim to track it down as soon as possible.
The Seattle-based six piece have an infectious sound that goes to prove that you don’t need guitars and macho posturing to make great pop music.
Take a gander at the band performing the song live and see what you think:
Link: My Whisperin’ & Hollerin’ review of the single.
“What did you say your name was again?”
In the bona fide classic original 1971 version of Get Carter, the nearest Jack Carter (Michael Caine) got to America was to stay in a seedy back street guest house called the Las Vegas.
He has returned to Newcastle to uncover the truth behind what happened to his brother who, according to implausible police reports, got drunk and drove his car into the river.
Carter has no fake nostalgia for his home town, What he calls a “craphole” is full of squalid back to back housing, sleazy pub entertainment and brash bingo halls. A day at the horse races is about as exotic as things get. Continue reading
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