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AlbumsPhosphorescent - To Willie
There's enough of a contemporary twist on the material to make this seem worthwhile Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
AlbumsWavves - Wavvves
Nathan Williams' sophomore effort's not quite a masterpiece, but pretty soon these Wavves will come crashing in. Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
AlbumsThe View - Which Bitch?
It doesn't bode well for the second View album from the outset, arse-clenchingly awful title apart. Supermarket-indie bands are finding it difficult ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
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Té - If That Is What Is Being Thought, Liberated Sound Talks The Depth Of "Musical" World
Whilst the hipsters of the world are currently crapping their pants about all the great bands getting pumped out of Canada (“...and Tokyo Police Club e... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
AlbumsMike Bones - A Fool For Everyone
Mike Bones, New York guitarist with Soldiers of Fortune and Cass McCombs, releases his second solo album on Vice Records. Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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zZz - Running With the Beast
Approximately half of a good album... but that also means half of a bad album Read more »| 27 Jan 2009
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AlbumsGlen Tilbrook & The Fluffers - Pandemonium Ensues
The energy that gushed out of Squeeze is disturbingly absent Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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Enfant Bastard - The Best of Enfant Bastard
Everyone needs a bit of Enfant Bastard in their lives. Artists like Ariel Pink have managed to push lo-fi to its creative limits, but Enfant Bastard, with so... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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Viva Stereo - Roar Lion Roar
Fence Collective mainstays Viva Stereo are stretched to the limits by personal circumstances: with members scattered from Aberdeen to Leicester, it's a wonde... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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Anonymous Tip - Not Your Orthodox
Twickenham punks Anonymous Tip have something to tell all you square, naïve fools. While you live your clueless lives as slaves to the system, they see ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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Helene - Heliotrope
Formed in 2001, London-based collective Helene's career is in danger of beginning to plateau. It's to be hoped instead that Heliotrope, their dusky beauty of... Read more »| 26 Jan 2009 -
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Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
Despite their own denials, Franz Ferdinand make much more sense as a pop group than a rock band. With pop, they don't have to 'progress their sound' or 'add ... Read more »| 22 Jan 2009 -
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Paul Goodwin - Scars
Before Everett True departed Britain for Australia, he was championing a collection of shambolic musicians who were labelled 'British anti-folk', all based i... Read more »| 19 Jan 2009 -
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Factory Records Communications 1978-1992
From the recorded travails of Ian Curtis to the indelible sense of fun that the 'Madchester' movement ushered in, Darren Carle reappraises the Factory vaults Read more »| 16 Jan 2009 -
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Y'All Is Fantasy Island - Infanticidal Genuflector
Y'All Is Fantasy Island are a rock band, and Infanticidal Genuflector is a collection of experimental ambient soundscapes up to 20 minutes in length, their t... Read more »| 15 Jan 2009