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AlbumsDiscovery - LP
Like a bizarre hybrid of slick American R&B and plaintive blue-eyed indie, Discovery is the joint product of Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmangli... Read more »| 30 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsAcoustic Ladyland - Living With A Tiger
Persistently overshadowed by their Mercury-nominated sister band Polar Bear (indeed, you may only recognise this band from their drummer's splendid afro), Ac... Read more »| 30 Jun 2009 -
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Diamond Sea - Songss
Initially, Diamond Sea seem so preoccupied with constructing a minimalist soundscape that it's difficult not to feel left out from their self-indulgent micro... Read more »| 30 Jun 2009 -
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Jackie-O Motherfucker - Ballad of the Revolution
During their creative lifespan, some bands morph from challenging radicals intent on beating their listeners into stunned submission, into fully-fledged pop ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsMiddx - Middx
The self-titled debut album from the mysterious Middx is the perfect example of what is possible when one man masters his craft. The masked producer uses sam... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsTinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions
Tinariwen wandered the deserts of North West Africa for almost twenty years before Westerners detected their Tishoumaren mix of electric blues and traditiona... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009
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That Fucking Tank - Tanknology
Let's not beat about the bush: track three on Tanknology, Mr Blood, is surely the best thing put to tape by this Leeds two-piece. It's a throbbing expulsion ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
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The Minus 5 - Killingsworth
The Minus 5 remain relatively obscure, which is astonishing when you consider that past line-ups have included members of Sonic Youth and Wilco, as well as E... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
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Cast Spells - Bright Works and Baton
Better known as Maps & Atlases’ chief guitar-noodler, David Davison’s Cast Spells project is the sonic antithesis to his math-based day job. ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
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Telegraphs - We Were Ghosts
It would be too easy to dismiss We Were Ghosts as an emo record released by a band full of pretty people who fool no one with the heavy eye make-up. There's ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
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Cicada - Roulette
Q. How many crap electro pop groups will it take to make you hold a pistol to your temple? A. This many. Cicada are really going to wish they hadn’t ti... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
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Alabaster Suns - Alabaster Suns
Southern's PR team seem pretty confident that Alabaster Suns are reinventing the wheel on this weighty five-track debut, with their assertion that “com... Read more »| 26 Jun 2009 -
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Angel Brothers - Angel Brothers
It occurs to this writer that folk music, by definition, should theoretically be exempt from accusations of a lack of innovation, because that’s sort o... Read more »| 26 Jun 2009 -
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Apostle of Hustle - Eats Darkness
Hailing from the Arts & Crafts stable, Apostle of Hustle are a suitably patchwork ensemble of artists, most notably Andrew Whiteman of Broken Social Scen... Read more »| 26 Jun 2009 -
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Spinnerette - Spinnerette LP
After a marriage, a child and a whole mess of label problems, Brody Dalle's new outfit has finally landed. Featuring fellow ex-Distiller Tony Bevilacqua, Ala... Read more »| 26 Jun 2009