Ash - Meltdown

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by redsock:
  the first one was a bit harder that what i imagine you liking...

it also sucked balls, sorry, but they put on one of the worst shows i have seen in the last couple of years

[kosmo vinyl]

I bought it based on this CMJ review and it's living up to my expectation...  varied it certainly is
 
 DIVISION OF LAURA LEE: Das Not Compute
 Anyone needing evidence of the power of geography as a marketing tool need look no further than Division Of Laura Lee, who crashed American shores via the 2002 Swedish garage-rock invasion, while boasting almost none of the one-dimensional swagger and far more mystery and torment than countrymen like the Hives or �??Demons.�?� Two years later, those bands work on writing the same song 11 more times while D.O.L.L.�??s latest, Das Not Compute, makes the stylistic schism even more apparent by cranking up the post-millennial angst and shifting tempo and atmosphere on nearly every track. In the space of a mere three songs, guitarist/ vocalist Per Stålberg hops from Wire-y paranoia (�??Endless Factories�?�) to Jesus And Mary Chain-style creeping beauty (�??Breathe Breathe�?�), ending with the grime of �??Dirty Love,�?� its hedonist chorus asking �??What can I do to get you off the dancefloor?�?� Tracks like �??To The Other Side�?� present the band�??s take on heartfelt balladry and as such don�??t pack the same urgency, but D.O.L.L. gets hip points for drenching a song in distortion, delay and reverb and calling it �??Loveless�?� for a proper My Bloody Valentine homage. Meanwhile, the punk-meets-Stone-Roses drive of �??All Street End�?� alone could send the band�??s Nordic peers scurrying back home.
 - CHAD SWIATECKI
 
  the review
 
 have the old d.o.l.l. via emusic and haven't given it many listens to form an opinion

[thirsty moore]

If you're talking about the gig with Burning Brides at the Black Cat, then I'd have to agree.
 
 

Originally posted by pollard:
 they put on one of the worst shows i have seen in the last couple of years

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
  If you're talking about the gig with Burning Brides at the Black Cat, then I'd have to agree.
 

yes i am, I did not stay for long

[llauraann]

i like dvsn maybe partially because my name is laura.. but i was kinda confused when i listened to the new album and got to the last song and said wow this sounds familiar. maybe there is a point behind it, but they use the line
 footprints in the window
 from someone whos my friend
 that will be my doorway
 when im back again
 in two different songs. i just havent figured out the point yet.