Wavves

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Wavves: Wavvves

28 May 20093 stars

Nothing beats a bit of noisy weird-pop, and the world’s premier purveyor of it currently is 22 year-old San Diegan Nathan Williams aka Wavves. This second effort from the enigmatic chap takes the listener on a brilliantly unsettling journey through…

Zach Hill - Face Tat

23 Nov 20103 stars

(Sargent House) By his own reckoning, Zach Hill has contributed to 100 albums over the course of his short career to date, building a reputation as one of the best drummers on the planet. He’s worked with everyone from Omar Rodriguez-Lopez to…

Nathan Williams' Wavves embark on UK tour

2 Nov 2010

San Diego garage band get it together to support King of the Beach

Wavves’ slacker dude main-man Nathan Williams’ very public meltdown onstage at the 2009 Primavera festival threatened to prove the defining episode in the San Diego garage band’s short career. But they’ve since pulled back from the brink by cleaning up…

Wavves new album King of the Beach steers band into new direction

22 Jul 20104 stars

New, studio-recorded album abandons distortion for keyboards and samples

Wavves’ Glasgow show last November disappointed some of those charmed by the fuzzy, home-recorded pop thrum of their first two albums, Wavves and Wavvves. In sharp focus, the qualities that led some dizzy minds to lump them in with a new wave of…