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Trummor & Orgel - Visions
The Hammond organ is a funny old beast; capable of conjuring forth ocean storms of electricity one minute, and sounding like elevator muzak the next, they ne... Read more »| 17 May 2010 -
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Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - The Reckoning
Straight out of Jerusalem, via a record collection that dot-to-dots Seattle grunge, seventies metal and Delta blues, Asaf Avidan & The Mojos present a pe... Read more »| 17 May 2010 -
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Mother Mother - O My Heart
O My Heart is the sophomore album from Canadian twee darlings, Mother Mother, offering some vibrant compositions that play with all the classical complexity ... Read more »| 13 May 2010 -
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The Black Keys - Brothers
After years of making spare blues-rock records, something happened to the Black Keys: they recorded with Danger Mouse, then Wu-Tang members and Mos Def, and ... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
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Rod Jones - A Sentimental Education
Generally speaking, blame/praise for Idlewild’s moderation from raucousness into country sad ballad territory has been levied at Roddy Woomble, whose p... Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
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Jamie Lidell - Compass
Jamie Lidell hasn’t been typically ‘Warp’ (if the label can still be said to possess a core sound these days) since solo debut Muddlin&rsqu... Read more »| 10 May 2010
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Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
So another Sub Pop summer is upon us. Following such recent successes as No Age and Band of Horses, the Seattle based label couldn't capture the carefree haz... Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
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Hole - Nobody's Daughter
Okay, let's just get this out of the way: Nobody's Daughter is not the self-immolating abomination many hoped for and more probably expected. As potentially ... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
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Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
There’s a familiar lilt in the voice of Damien Jurado. The Seattle-born songsmith may not resonate on the radar of all-knowing indie aficionados, but h... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
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Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Band of Horses’ second LP – Cease to Begin – was largely billed as a response to their changing circumstances; the band had left Seattle to... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
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Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Teenage Fanclub are a reliable bunch, in the sense that even if the overall quality varies from album to album – though even here they’ve... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
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Born Ruffians - Say It
With their 2008 debut album Red, Yellow and Blue, Canadian trio Born Ruffians eschewed derivative CYHSY comparisons by injecting some Monks-style silliness i... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
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Jim Kroft - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Jim Kroft is likely to be a new name to most readers. That's because the Highland native fled our shores at the first opportunity to be a kind of artist-in-r... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
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Holy Fuck - Latin
Given the rampaging style favoured by electro-noise quartet, Holy Fuck, it’s perhaps unsurprising that their first two albums – whilst tinged wit... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
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Meursault - All Creatures Will Make Merry
Meursault’s brilliant debut Pissing on Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues surprised us all by striding into the spotlight in 2008. Inevitably, follow-up L... Read more »| 04 May 2010