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AlbumsTapso II – Tapso II
Tapso II are an Italian three-piece with an intuitive awareness of the dynamic possibilities of the power trio: whether via quiet bit/loud bit, fast bit/slow... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010 -
AlbumsWeezer – Death To False Metal
Having nerded themselves silly over the past decade, Rivers Cuomo and co take stock of their lengthy career with a bastard collection of material that didn&r... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010 -
AlbumsJC Satàn – Sick of Love
When a band appears with a name like JC Satàn I just want to like them; more so when I discover their tunes come wrapped in the kind of feedback swirl... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010 -
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aM – Belong To Galaxy
The array of adjectives offered to describe Japanese electronica duo aM on the press release to their debut album is enjoyable enough on its own. Anyone up f... Read more »| 22 Oct 2010 -
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The Sexual Objects – Cucumber
The Sexual Objects play Freudian games on debut Cucumber. The onanistic connotations of the band/album name combination, along with tracks entitled Full Pene... Read more »| 22 Oct 2010 -
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Sharon Van Etten – Epic
You can’t argue with statistics: if the bland outweighs the good, disappoint beckons. Quality ratios can be kind to the lengthy – an opus like Th... Read more »| 22 Oct 2010
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AlbumsNosferatu D2 – We’re Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise
Thrashing frenetic guitars, and hectic jaw-drop drumming, with what sounds like Zed from Police Academy on vocals - this is a win, win, win situation! Tighte... Read more »| 21 Oct 2010 -
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The Fruit Tree Foundation – First Edition
It’s tempting to be abnormally lenient towards a record borne of a good cause, with lyrical ideas that deal with difficult, easily overwrought themes o... Read more »| 19 Oct 2010 -
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ESG - Dance to the Best of ESG
South Bronx's ESG (Emerald Sappire and Gold) are three street-smart sisters by the name of Scroggins who introduced punks' DIY ethic into dance music way bac... Read more »| 18 Oct 2010 -
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Teebs – Ardour
Los Angeles has never been more protean in dance circles than it is right now and here is Teebs to make the most of the scene's 'Seattle moment'. A collabora... Read more »| 18 Oct 2010 -
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Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band – Anda Jaleo
Colorado born Josephine Foster appears to be on an endless journey of musical discovery, an opera-school drop-out – oh the shame – she’s si... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010 -
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Agnes Obel – Philharmonics
It’s not hard to muster some gushing verbal diarrhoea of how enchanting, bewitching, and other-worldly Philharmonics sounds but the truth is that with ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010 -
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Panico – Kick
It seems almost a cruel joke that Chemikal release this just as we approach the depths of winter, because Kick, from Chilean quintet Panico is the ideal soun... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010 -
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Mice Parade – What It Means To Be Left-Handed
Ever since their inception in 1998, Adam Pierce’s Mice Parade have emblemised bold ambition, baulking any calls to conform with a melting pot of influe... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010 -
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The Orchids – The Lost Star
Veterans of the Glasgow scene, The Orchids cut their teeth twenty years ago with cult Bristol based Sarah Records, lending the kind of jangly indie credentia... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010