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Darren Carle: Reviewing Personnel:Scott Hutchison (guitar/vocals)Grant Hutchison (drums) Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip – Get Better (Sunday Best, 1 Mar)Scott:...
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Finbarr Bermingham: If, like us, you intend 2010 to be soundtracked by only the finest sonic arrangements, then the lower echelons of the Dirty Dozen should be avoided at...
Ally Brown: Compiling the Dirty Dozen is a dirty job because sometimes it involves bashing honest, hard-working bands who never upset anyone (because no-one ever ...
Ally Brown: Believe it or not, the Dirty Dozen isn't the dregs of the promo pile – some singles don't even earn a casual dismissal. Unfortunatel...
Nick Mitchell: It’s an added bonus when a song expands your vocabulary. Stellify (**, 21 Sep) is the new single by unlikely wordsmith Ian Brown, but it’s...
Nick Mitchell: Having exorcised his inner crooner with The Last Shadow Puppets, Alex Turner returns to the day job as Arctic Monkeys frontman with Crying Lightning (...
Nick Mitchell: In September’s column I reviewed Death. Not the concept itself, no, but a debut single of the same name by stately indie rockers White Lies. Eig...
Nick Mitchell: Lily Allen’s continuing success is a mystery to this writer. Granted, when she first emerged with her headstrong girl-about-town shtick, she see...
Nick Mitchell: Another month, another New York band taunt us with a musical peek into their impossibly glamorous lives. This time it’s The Virgins, with Rich G...
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Nick Mitchell: With bands like M83 and School of Seven Bells being hyped to the rafters, it looks like the lush dream-pop that Ladytron have been plying for years is...
Nick Mitchell: Boy-girl-boy trio Sky Larkin make raw, in-yer-face garage rock, but it feels like there’s something missing from Beelines (***, Out Now). That i...
Nick Mitchell: Travis have moved on from the traditional method of singing pop songs for other people. Now they sing a Song To Self (**, 5 Jan). Like much of their o...
Nick Mitchell: First to shake yer mother’s finest china this month are Belgian rockers dEUS, flaunting their filmic tastes with The Vanishing of Maria Schneide...
Nick Mitchell: And November’s single of the month goes to... Razorlight. Sorry, wrong envelope. I meant to pick up the one for 'Most nauseous, mock-sincere roc...
Nick Mitchell: If this was the mid-90s and Oasis were in their pomp, The Shock of the Lightning (**, Out Now) would be an album track at best, and certainly not the ...
