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Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
Times New Viking may joke that their fourth effort boasts “25% higher fidelity”, but they’re fooling no one: the set is slathered in fuzz a... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Polite Sleeper - Lake Effect
Before we proceed any further, there's a great big elephant in the room that needs to be dealt with: Jason Orlovich has a set of vocal chords that make him a... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Planet Brain & Lebatol - Split LP
Planet Brain are really two bands putting up with each other, with the rhythm section doing their level-best to sound like a Washington hardcore outf... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Gong - 2032
Okay, apologies upfront to anyone with a deep-rooted love of late '60s progressive rock. As a particularly genial bunch of folk and notoriously devout musica... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Peasant - On the Ground
Some albums are one night stands that blaze away momentarily before burning out, leaving a hollow aftertaste and rueful self-reflection (why did you like the... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Last Stop China Town - Into The Volcano
In a Universe parallel to our own, not far removed, Obama lost the last US election. Liverpool won the Premiership. Michael Jackson survived a brush with dea... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009
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Gary War - New Raytheonport
Psychedelic music may have hit its commercial peak around the time of Sgt Pepper's, but that hasn’t stopped a succession of space cadets from setting o... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
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Mimes Of Wine - Apocalypse Sets In
It figures that these songs were written in winter. You can just imagine the claustrophobic scene; freezing cold fingers tinkling across a piano, so cold tha... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
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Kid Harpoon – Once
Here follows a warning to aspiring singer-songwriters. If you want to hold on to any hard-fought credibility on your debut album, it’s probably not a g... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
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frYars - Dark Young Hearts
From the moment he released his crudely-recorded but doubly sincere debut EP The Ides onto an unsuspecting internet in 2007, frYars’ Ben Garrett has ne... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
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Schlachthofbronx - Schlachthofbronx
“Middle fingers up like we don’t give a damn”, begins guest rapper Doubla J on dubstep flavoured Di Finga. Whilst at first glance it appea... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
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Lewis Wilson - Lift You Up
Though distinctly Scottish, Lewis Wilson's debut is brimming with sun-drenched sounds, echoing the lush harmonies of the Beach Boys and CSNY, infused with hi... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
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Ido Tavori - Rhythm is a Beggar
Rhythm is a Beggar apparently sets out to join the dots between indie, hip-hop and electronica. Are these really worlds that needed to meet? Could they not h... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
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Incoming Cerebral Overdrive - Controverso
There's something needlessly pretentious about the accompanying press bumph for this album. Describing it as “a new impulse in ICO's uncontrollable nat... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Taken By Trees - East of Eden
Victoria Bergsman's second album as Taken By Trees is born of admirable intentions: seeking to break free from her comfort zone, she travelled with a sound e... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009