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AlbumsLiars - Sisterworld
Inspired by the profound sense of alienation that clouds the city of Los Angeles, Liars present the abrasive Sisterworld: a place where funeral choir vocals ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2010 -
AlbumsThe Ruby Suns - Fight Softly
Right now, the Ruby Suns’ career is a lot like Animal Collective’s on fast forward. By uprooting the earthy, campfire melodies of their early out... Read more »| 24 Feb 2010 -
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North Atlantic Oscillation - Grappling Hooks
As a title, Grappling Hooks is highly ironic given that North Atlantic Oscillation’s debut album is sorely lacking a stable influence to give i... Read more »| 24 Feb 2010 -
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White Hinterland - Kairos
Lesser bands must hate White Hinterland. Armed with gorgeous swells of jazzy-electronica, Casey Dienel and Shaun Creeden make the complicated sound ridiculou... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
AlbumsFursaxa - Mycorrhizae Realm
Let me save you a trip to Wikipedia: a mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a plant, which would locate a mycorrhizae real... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
AlbumsThe Dawn Chorus - The Carnival Leaves Town
Concept albums, loathe 'em or loathe 'em, will always be a part of the rock world's furniture. As long as there are egos around and drugs to be taken bands w... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010
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The Smoking Hearts - Pride Of Nowhere
You usually know you're in for a good time when an album of the punk/hardcore ilk clocks in at less than half an hour - a potential short, sharp blas... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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White Hills - White Hills
Despite what its detractors might say, stoner rock is a diverse and intriguing genre. Given its propensity for mind-altering substances and ongoing mission t... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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Iain Shaw - May You Live All the Days of Your Life
With a title like May You Live All the Days of Your Life, Iain Shaw’s new LP was always going to be a little fey. Knocked out in four hours, th... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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Alphabeat - The Beat Is...
Co-opting the sounds of yesteryear is hardly uncommon in pop, but it works better if the chosen template is, say, eighties electro, rather than the shitty fo... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
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Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Last year a couple of L.A. producers gathered an all-star cast of guests for an album about peace, love and understanding: N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo wa... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
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The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Listening to The Strange Boys’ UK debut, you can understand why Rough Trade was so quick to snap up the Texans. Echoes of The Strokes and Libertines re... Read more »| 21 Feb 2010 -
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Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut
With 2006’s aptly titled Derdang Derdang, Archie Bronson Outfit hit a seemingly effortless groove of knuckle-bruising, country-soaked rock with... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
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The Automatic - Tear the Signs Down
What's that coming over the hill, is it a monster, is it a monster? No, it's only the return of the rather pointless Welsh band behind one of the most annoyi... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
AlbumsSambassadeur - European
For all its sweeping strings and pop nous, Sambassadeur’s third album is an understated affair that initial listens might write off as underwhe... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010