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White Denim - Fits
Given the editorial constraints of the average Skinny review it'd be hard even to simply list the genres and bands whose influences shine through on the exce... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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The Warlocks - The Mirror Explodes
An immersive journey into the heart of noise Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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The Butterfly Effect - Final Conversation of Kings
Australia’s premier stadium band, The Butterfly Effect, have yet to have the same devastating effect on the UK charts, but Final Conversation of Kings ... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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Meat Puppets - Sewn Together
Despite Curt Kirkwood's assertions that “if I can get away with it, I'll make a record as cheap as I can and put as little work as I can into it,&rdquo... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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Fanfarlo - Reservoir
'The British Arcade Fire' is a label that Fanfarlo are likely becoming sick of, so often is it applied to their chamber pop magnificence. Yet for all the sim... Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
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Ellen Mary McGee - The Crescent Sun
Debut from Nottingham-based songwriter, rich in dark mythological imagery. Read more »| 19 May 2009
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Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted To Sin
Trying to quantify a Tori Amos record is a fairly redundant endeavour. She's pretty much the standard-bearer for contemporary female soloists and thus asking... Read more »| 18 May 2009 -
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God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
God Help The Girl is a new project from Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, a proposed musical film whose soundtrack features guest vocals from The Divin... Read more »| 14 May 2009 -
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Long Distance Calling - Avoid the Light
Though hailing from Germany, this five-piece doesn't merely regurgitate the motorik beat that has become synonymous with any dewy-eyed pastiche of the krautr... Read more »| 14 May 2009 -
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Kid 606 - Shout At The Döner
Spanning four equally sporadic and frenetic movements, Shout At The Döner is the tenth full-length from Kid 606. Riddled with the usual glitches and hil... Read more »| 13 May 2009 -
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Theory of a Deadman - Scars & Souvenirs
It's depressing to think that this band kicked back in the recording studio, cracked open a beer or two, smiled at each other, and thought to themselves: 'th... Read more »| 11 May 2009 -
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Pumajaw - Favourites
Following on from last year’s well-received Curiosity Box, perennial candidates for the title of “Scotland’s best-kept secret” Pumaja... Read more »| 11 May 2009 -
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Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, the Commuter
Grandaddy, Lytle's former band, were at their best when they had a kind of ragged edge to them. Lytle himself has admitted that when faced with the option of... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
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The Field - Yesterday and Today
An artist pushing the envelope when the audience least expects it can make for some astounding results. Like a techno Ys, Yesterday and Today immediately put... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
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Simple Minds - Graffiti Soul
The Glaswegian New Pop dinosaurs are back with their fifteenth(!) album Graffiti Soul. Leaving aside the obvious question of how relevant it's possible for t... Read more »| 08 May 2009