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AlbumsCrocodiles – Crimes of Passion
Since the lo-fi guitar fuzz of early albums Summer of Hate and Sleep Forever, San Diego's Crocodiles have cleaned up their sound immensely. Their shoegaze le... Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
AlbumsThe Whigs – Enjoy the Company
Garage rock revival vets The Whigs turn down the fuzz that was so prominent on 2010's In The Dark with the opening statement to their fourth album:... Read more »| 29 Jul 2013 -
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Acid Washed – House of Melancholy
On paper, Acid Washed sound like a fairly generic Parisian revivalist disco/house duo; yet the second LP from Andrew Claristidge and Richard D’Alpert e... Read more »| 26 Jul 2013 -
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Fat Freddy's Drop – Blackbird
The third album proper from super-tight New Zealand outfit Fat Freddy's Drop achieves what it sets out to in spades. From the title track onwards, its blend ... Read more »| 26 Jul 2013 -
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Grant Hart – The Argument
It opens with a squealing loop, tribal percussion and spoken word dramatics. A fat twenty tracks later it exits with an extended coda fashioned from little m... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
AlbumsMedicine – To The Happy Few
Reunited by Captured Tracks to release their back catalogue, 90s LA shoegazers Medicine decided to record a new album, and the result is far from the wall-of... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013
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Moderat – Moderat II
There were seven years between Moderat’s first EP and album, with the Modeselektor duo and Apparat’s Sascha Ring putting the gap down to “a... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
With three Grammys on their mantelpiece, The Civil Wars’ slick output has no shortage of admirers. The secrets of their success are obvious: both Joy W... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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Washed Out – Paracosm
A paracosm is a psychological term for a spectacularly detailed imaginary world – think Tolkien’s Middle Earth or Westeros in George RR Mart... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Newsted – Heavy Metal Music
The rock journeyman finally releases his solo debut. It’s just over a decade since Jason Newsted called time on his 15 years with Metallica, a gig he l... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Barbarossa – Bloodlines
'We can’t forget where we’re coming from,' sings James Mathé (AKA Barbarossa) on single Pagliaccio, and he’s right: appreciating the... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Scott & Charlene's Wedding – Any Port In a Storm
If the opening one-two of Junk Shop and Lesbian Wife didn’t offer enough cues – the former all languid guitar and sneers, the latter breezie... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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David Yow – Tonight You Look Like a Spider
Fourteen years on from the Jesus Lizard’s demise (excluding reunion tours), David Yow has finally released a solo debut which was purportedly conceived... Read more »| 19 Jul 2013 -
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Laki Mera – Turn All Memory to White Noise
Laki Mera’s second album (third if you count 2008’s Clutter, which the band apparently doesn’t for whatever reason) emerges in the wak... Read more »| 15 Jul 2013 -
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Gasp – A Series of Fortunate Misunderstandings
Gasp is a veteran of the Scottish hip-hop scene, a Glasgow emcee who has long had a fearsome reputation as both a battle rapper and a writer, and member of T... Read more »| 15 Jul 2013