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The Answer - Everyday Demons
One listen to Everyday Demons, and we're not surprised that The Answer are currently supporting AC/DC. The Irish lads' cranked-up blues riffs and squealing v... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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The Xcerts - In The Cold Wind We Smile
We’ve all been there: in depths of angst, we see no way to express emotion other than through the outward pouring of aggression. The Xcerts have made t... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Hercules Mandarin - Fast Behind The Times
The album sleeve of Fast Behind The Times could be taken as a staggeringly naive invitation for music hacks to indulge in derision, but it more likely repres... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Arthemis - Black Society
Black Society, the fifth album from Italian metal outfit, Arthemis, is a fairly ambitious attempt at mixing both the best and worst of 80s metal, with a crim... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Shinedown - The Sound Of Madness
Anyone listening to Jacksonville fivesome Shinedown’s UK debut release could be easily forgiven for thinking that they had been transported back to a t... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Various Artists - Future Disco
Any genre with the prefix “nu” seems fated to be met with a backlash almost as soon as it appears. Read more »| 23 Mar 2009
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Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come Easy Go
Marianne Faithfull has just about done it all. Drug busts and addictions, affairs with Rolling Stones and living on the streets, directly or indirectly (depe... Read more »| 23 Mar 2009 -
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Joe Gideon & The Shark - Harum Scarum
It's fitting that this brother/sister duo were invited to support Nick Cave on tour. Their bluesy, dramatic recitals are wrought through with the same world-... Read more »| 20 Mar 2009 -
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Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Flawed fourth album from the much-hyped saviours of metal Read more »| 20 Mar 2009 -
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Karen O used to be a wildcat, and now she's domesticated Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
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A Band Called Quinn - Sun Moon Stars
If Louise Quinn is determined to add her name to the list of resolute and iconic front women, somewhat akin to the likes of Debbie Harry and Goldfrapp, then ... Read more »| 17 Mar 2009 -
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Loner - Western Sci-Fi
With a title like Western Sci-Fi, you may have hoped that Loner’s sophomore longplayer would bear thematic similarities to Yul Brynner’s classic ... Read more »| 16 Mar 2009 -
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Karima Francis - The Author
Karima Francis claims that she isn't just another artist touting folk-tinged whimsy, which would be admirable if she hadn’t plumped for MOR guitar slus... Read more »| 11 Mar 2009 -
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Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
Black Lips aren’t one of those bands afraid to wear their influences on their sleeve. The boys seem to get their kicks from fuzzed-out garage rock, slo... Read more »| 11 Mar 2009 -
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1990s - Kicks
While Kicks, 1990s' second album, sticks to familiar lyrical territory - namely, girls and Glasgow - the band have democratised their songwriting process: dr... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009