With pop melodies, Paul Court’s classic jangly guitars and Tracy Tracy’s sweet vocals the British band the Primitives shot out of England around the same time Jesus and Mary Chain, the Wedding Resent and My Bloody Valentine were gaining traction in the US. Their career came to a halt almost as quickly as it started… Continue reading Primitives at Examiner
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Primitives at Pop Shifter
The Primitives have the distinction of creating—arguably—one of the top ten greatest “one hit wonder” singles of all time with their perfect ‘90s pop gem “Crash.” They’re back with Spin-O-Rama, their first album of entirely original material in 22 years. Fans of their brand of sunshine-infused, jangly guitar Power Pop will be thrilled with this new… Continue reading Primitives at Pop Shifter
Primitives at Read Junk
The British alternative band The Primitives from the late 80s and 90s are back with a brand new full-length of new material after many years not together. This album turned me from a casual fan of that one song on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack to a hardcore listener of the band! The Primitives released… Continue reading Primitives at Read Junk
Primitives at The Vinyl District
For a US lad of the late-‘80s, the indie pop of The Primitives was a welcome pleasure. Most folks know them for ’88’s Lovely and its accompanying hit single “Crash,” but after breaking up in the early-‘90s the band reformed roughly half a decade back. The group’s latest LP Spin-O-Rama is out this week via the Elefantlabel; if it doesn’t reach the… Continue reading Primitives at The Vinyl District
The Primitives at KEXP
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The Primitives at Linear Tracking Lives
The Primitives first album of original material in 23 years is out today stateside, but it’s as if no time between releases has elapsed at all.‘Spin-O-Rama’ is chock full of the same timeless indie pop PJ Court and Tracy Tracy gave to us in their heyday. That’s a sentiment you see in review after review as… Continue reading The Primitives at Linear Tracking Lives
Primitives at Dublab
Although the original line-up that The Primitives started with in Coventry (England) included PJ Court, Keiron McDermott, Steve Dullaghan and Pete Tweedie, before releasing their first and successful album, “Lovely”, in 1988, Tweedie had already been substituted by Tig Williams, and Mcdermott was replaced by the platinum blonde Tracy Tracy, the band’s true icon. Coming out of… Continue reading Primitives at Dublab
Primitives Album Stream at Big Takeover
Holy crap! That was our response (actually rather more scatalogical) to the news that The Primitives — that brilliant but short-lived group of Coventry indie-poppers, contemporaries of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, and My Bloody Valentine, and authors of the 1988 international hit single “Crash” — had reunited to release their first album of new material since their… Continue reading Primitives Album Stream at Big Takeover
The Primitives at Sound it Out
Like a swingin’ 1960′s rave-up on amphetamines – OK, make that MORE amphetamines – “Petals,” the latest track by the UK’s The Primitives, kicks into high gear from the jump and doesn’t relent for an “Oh, I could listen for SO much longer” two-and-a-half minutes. But, of course, if it WERE longer than that, it wouldn’t… Continue reading The Primitives at Sound it Out
Primitives at Breaking More Waves
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