Heavy Rotation: Wavves - Nine Is God

Short one folks, just a song I really dig that I felt like sharing. Its Wavves, a band I have always known yet for some reason, simultaneously avoided. Not with intent I should add, just haven't got to the point of buying an album.

But yeah, "why?", I hear you ask, am I only til now becoming interested in the group? Well like most of the 15-25 console owning male population of the world, I have been playing Grand Theft Auto 5 and as always, the stellar radio soundtracks of previous games have been recaptured. 

Not only do Wavves contribute a song to the game, but members Nathan Williams and Stephen Pope actually acted as radio DJs to one of the game's many stations, Vinewood Boulevard Radio. I fine job they did to, between the station's alt rock choons the duo proved to be a comical duo offering a perfectly stereotypical slacker view on proceedings.

Anyway, the song itself is Nine Is God taken from the group's most recent album; Afraid Of Heights. I'm yet to listen to the album as before now my only prolonged experience with the band was catching the closing moments of their set at Reading Fesitval this year. Ironically I meant to listen to them more after that but GTA kindly acted as a reminder for my forgetful ways.

I'm including the studio version and a rather nifty live version performed on US talk show Conan. Enjoy folks! I'll try and do something with this blog soon.

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Video: The Raconteurs - 'Consoler Of The Lonely'

Hello readers! Thought I'd start this post by venting a little. So its been about a week since my last post and thats a bit naff really isn't it? I've been writing a small number of long posts at once rather than writing as many concise single reviews like a good blogger should. Ok, so this post isn't one of those and I'm still going to write longer features when I see fit, but this is a platform for the oath that I shall be more committed to shorter and more frequent content on new music. My own fault really, just haven't been as focussed as I could be meaning I haven't really made much of an effort to even listen to any new singles. IT SHALL CHANGE!

Anyway, I'm having a bit of a nostalgia trip at the moment and thought I may as well share it with you as its a musical one. Remember The Raconteurs, Jack White's side project? No not Dead Weather the other one, with Brendan Benson, "Steady As She Goes" and all that. Well apparently they're recording a new album after 4 years since the last effort, 2009's Consolers Of The Lonely, which if I do say so myself had some mega choons on it. In particular the opening and title track of the album "Consoler Of The Lonely". In accordance with my reminiscing state, I thought I'd post a live version of this spectacularly vicious song and a hope that the classic riffs that the band made their penchant shall be utilised on The Raconteurs' future effort. Sit back and enjoy the riffage!