South reviews and a smattering of news
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Jamie McDonald Interview
An older article, but definitely a goodie.
From Reveille Magazine:
Surviving the crucible that is the glare of the British music tabloid press takes tough mettle. In a country that builds up musical stars overnight just to burn them down in the morning the speed at which one can fall from NME poster boy to broken down [...]
Tripwire - South @ Independant, SF
The Tripwire/Jenz
Tourists love San Francisco, it’s true. My fine city has given people from the Midwest and Europeans novelty trolley car rides, overpriced food on the wharf, and illimitable photo opportunities that include blocking traffic in North Beach. I like walking up and down during these visitor months and watching dads with the biggest camera [...]
ACED magazine review
ACED had this to say about You Are Here:
You are Here is London-based trio South’s fourth full-length album. After riding a wave of acclaim from a prestigious appearance on The O.C. soundtrack, and Six Feet Under (both the indie music equivalents of playing the Appollo or CBGB’s), it seems like South has decided to do [...]
Stranded in Stereo review
Upbeat review from Stranded In Stereo:
British trio South have always had a gift for melody and constructing space-y indie-pop somewhere between the Stone Roses and Radiohead. They’ve also had a pension for covering those melodies with layers upon layers of electronics and keyboards in ways that didn’t necessarily detract from the music, but as we [...]
CMJ review
CMJ reviews You Are Here:
The visual daydream on the cover of South’s new album serves as a handy metaphor for the vertiginous sonic delight waiting inside. The intricate, golden-hued drawing on a black background of a stage features a drum-set, amps and a mic—oh, and a sword-brandishing knight riding a unicorn, pyramids, a castle, a [...]
PopMatters and Pitchfork reviews
PopMatters asks, “What happened?” in their review, South of the Boredom:
You guys started out with so much plucky enthusiasm: a group of go-getters that were accidentally serving as the bridge between American alt-rock and British dream-pop sensibilities. You were youthful and weird, abstract yet oddly fun. You released some very good albums and made James [...]
Billboard review You Are Here
LBTL says: It’s South.
Billboard says:
The South have been kicking around the U.K. scene for quite a few years now, their advance somewhat slowed by label difficulties. Invariably the band’s sound has shifted a bit over time, but that’s no bad thing, especially as it’s eventually led them to the splendid You Are Here, their fifth [...]
Soundcheck mag, Kent News, & Bullz-eye review South
With the exception of Bullz-eye, most of these reviews teeter between thinking the new South album is mildly good, to not. Since we like to put the good, the bad, and the ugly of South reviews here - take a look….
From Soundcheck Magazine:
…”We were going along fine, but one wrong turn threw us completely off [...]
Little ditty about South from Static Multimedia
Static Multimedia in addition to adding the tour dates we covered in a previous post also had a little positive review to say about the new album:
“UK darlings sOuth are thrilled to announce a stateside tour in support of their upcoming release, You Are Here. The album is set to hit on April 29th via [...]
