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The beardo set will be pretty excited about this one – Vancouver's Ladyhawk have a slacker country-rock vibe that really rocks in a timeless way that will appeal to fans of Neil Young, Dinosaur Jr. Uncle Tupelo, Quasi and other likeminded rockers. Their new album on Storyboard/Jagjaguwar features members of Black Mountain guesting and mixing.
Some truly killer songs open the album – "Dugout" and "My Old Jackknife" in particular are outstanding. Things drag a little bit after that – I find the fourth track. "Long 'Til The Morning" completely, unlistenably boring, although I suspect that the Black Mountain fans might find it appealing. Fortunately things pick up again quickly.
Ladyhawk has a fairly epic sound that combines dirty guitars with lots of nice leads and balls out drumming. Similarly, the vocals often just hit and sometimes cross the threshold of distortion. The recording quality is fairly raw and nicely matches the band's rough-around-the-edges sound.
What's up with the sexy, masked naked chick in the forest on the record cover? Gratuitous psych-rock nudity that recalls those famously sexy Aids Wolf photos. Whatever. This is a great album for the rock crowd. Recommended.
Gordon B. Isnor
Events
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Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Fuck Yeah Fest V
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David Vandervelde, Two Gallants, No Age, Glass Candy, Negative Approach, Fucked Up, High Places, Bumblebeez, Ladyhawk, Matt and Kim, Best Fwends, Mika Miko, David Dondero, Abe Vigoda, Crystal Antlers, Monotonix, Mannequin Men, The Strange Boys, 60 watt kid, Past Lives, War Tapes, Underground Railroad To Candyland, Nodzzz, DUBLAB SOUNDSYSTEM, Silverghost, Graham Forest, Frank Fairfield
at Echoplex, Los Angeles United States
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Sun, 14 Sep 2008
ZXZW - Independent Culture
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Wire, Pelican, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Sun Ra, Castanets, The Constantines, Blacklisted, gay against you, Paint It Black, Skinless, Cadence Weapon, Watain, Torche, Doormouse, Ladyhawk, Goto80, Otto von Schirach, FFF, Toy, Trash Talk, Tom Brosseau, Guapo, Steadycam, Ebola, Pulling Teeth, David Karsten Daniels, Capsula, Lakes, Ponytail, Usurper, LFO Demon, Blurt, Svarte Greiner, Glorior Belli, Taint, Kid Carpet, The Tunics, pre, Jeremy Jay, Stu, Religious Knives, Phill Niblock, Seein' Red, Schlammpeitziger, Electric Kettle, Pisstank, Tram, Ladyscraper, Dirge, Ambassador 21, Z'ev, The Lords of Altamont, Manatees, Enablers, Storm and Stress, Gorath, Gonga, Computer Truck, The Micragirls, Bob Corn, Munch Munch, Eva Braun, Bunkur, Nick Castro & The Young Elders, Black to Comm, Throne of Katarsis, DJ floorclearer, Dark Room Notes, Starving Weirdos, Vogue, Hey Colossus, chris moss acid, The Pharmacy, Gastón Arévalo, GoldieLocks, Talibam!, Monolithic, Agents Of Abhorrence, Tep, Aguynguerran, Kid Kishore, Fractional, Bulbul, Night Wounds, Radio Eris, Batrider, Throats, Tigrova Mast, PUMA, Rusalnaia, Judith Priest, Joop Visser, 1982, Thinguma*Jigsaw, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ladycop, Thomas Moore, Rhythm To The Madness, The Devil's Blood, Kylie Minoise, Anonymeye, Hardoff, rAXYOr, Tapage, seven that spells, Pilgrim Fathers, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Crayonsmith, Arquettes, gewapend beton, Analog suicide, Tortuga, gelbart, Burial Hex, Peeesseye, Raxinasky, The Sleep Sessions, BabyShaker, Tank 86, Potop, Penguins know why, Bonne Aparte, The Real Danger, Speedranch, King Pin, Arabrot, kakawaka, Incite, BlipVert, This Leo Sunrise, Bram Stadhouders, Shari Vari, Utarm, Doornen, John Hegre, Agog, Nackt Insecten, black anvil, Newax, Erik Smith, Two Minute Noodles, Kornreiniger, Rioteer, Harry Poppins, Neurosis Orchestra, James Kumo, TV Buddhas, Company Fuck, Ars Dada, Go back to the zoo, The Hong Kong Dong, Vox von Braun, guRa, Music for the defect, Temperatures, Gokkun, Pu:ppkakkbaggrlull, This Is Music Inc, Sten Ove Toft, The Disciple, Trouble vs Glue, Dethscalator, Mafia vs. Ninja, Deathmaker, Harshcore, Throne Of Katharsis, nano.strike, Jack Beauregard, Blastocyst, Golden Serenades, hooghwater, Pigs in the Ground, Black Napkins, Computadora, Koonda Holaa, White Tiger Prepade, Suckinim Baenaim, $peedranch, F.M.G., Die Pferde, Total System Failure, 7 That Spells, Celano-Baggiani Group, Gala Drop, Adolf Butler, BRUZGYNAI, Bite the Gnatze, Tank86, De Haan/Spruit, Sardonis, Punt Uit, Botborg, Vloeistof, Sheik Anorak, DJ Spykidelic, And Full Stop, Stellar Om Source, Onno Govaert, sick mormons, Håvard Volden/Daniel Meyer Grønvold duo, Zun Zun Egui, Pessariüm, Autorace, Pathways to unknown Worlds, Clazz Orchestra, Freeka Peeka, Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides, The USA Kings, Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg, Marij van Gorkum, Nina van Helvert, Bosgraaf en Elias, Knitta, ivo dimchev, Disco Exota, DJ Pinchado, Yuri Landman, Mchknr, Eva Meyer Keller, Josine Beugels, Manuel Tinnemans, Moa Hansson, Peter Beste, Sonia Si Ahmed, The Black Napkins, Tiny Accidents, PANMASONIC, Patchman Marco, Kaiserschnee, Programmierter Zellentod, Radioaktiver Alterswohnsitz, Null/Void, Streaming Journalism, Jessica van Noord, Nanobots 500, Free jazz Freakout, Melted Casettes, Gijs Deddens, Sir Duperman
at 013, Tilburg Netherlands
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Sat, 20 Sep 2008
31knots
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31knots, The Constantines, Ladyhawk
at Botanique, Brussels Belgium
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Mon, 22 Sep 2008
Ladyhawk
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Ladyhawk
at Paradiso, Amsterdam Netherlands
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Mon, 22 Sep 2008
Ladyhawk
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Ladyhawk
at Paradiso, Amsterdam Netherlands
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Tue, 23 Sep 2008
Ladyhawk
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Ladyhawk, Panther, The Tailors
at The Windmill Brixton, London United Kingdom
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Wed, 24 Sep 2008
Ladyhawk
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Ladyhawk, i concur
at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds United Kingdom
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Fri, 26 Sep 2008
Ladyhawk
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Ladyhawk, St Deluxe
at Nice n' Sleazy, Glasgow United Kingdom
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Fri, 26 Sep 2008
Ladyhawk
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Ladyhawk, St Deluxe
at Nice n' Sleazy, Glasgow United Kingdom
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Sat, 27 Sep 2008
Ladyhawk
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Ladyhawk
at Crawdaddy, Dublin Ireland
