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AlbumsSufjan Stevens - The BQE
A soundtrack to a highway – Stevens' races toward brilliance. Read more »| 05 Oct 2009 -
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Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
In making an album with a limited palette of sounds, you tread a fine line between producing something stark and something monotonous. Whilst Declaration of ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2009 -
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Architeq - Gold + Green
It’s 10.30 on Sunday night in Glasgow. You’ve been waiting in a good-natured queue in Jamaica Street, and suddenly you’re past the bouncers... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
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The Young Republic - Balletesque
After a sticky spell during which two members jumped ship on the eve of recording, second album Balletesque sees The Young Republic re-emerge to ... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
AlbumsAA Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
Alabaman mirrors Ryan Adams' earlier solo endeavours with fine second album Read more »| 01 Oct 2009 -
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Get Back Guinozzi! - Carpet Madness
The relationship between the French and the English has not always been smooth, but this debut album by the joyously unhinged Get Back Guinozzi! ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009
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AlbumsEfterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Performing Parades
When orchestras and pop (in the loosest sense) collide, the results tend to be either peculiarly misjudged (say, Metallica’s S&M) or pleasant-but-p... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
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Electric Eel Shock - Sugoi Indeed
Cards on the table: Electric Eel Shock are a technically excellent rock and roll band... but so what? Were this a band of three dumpy, middle-aged guys from ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsBlackhole - Dead Hearts
Dead Hearts sees eleven chunks of thoroughly respectable hardcore lobbed through The MC5's window. This young Londonian quintet set off from the ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
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Nephu Huzzband - Elementary
From the off, it's clear that Nephu Huzzband have a distinct set of motivational DIY ideals running through their music and general practice. Punk sensibilit... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
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Shields Up - Shields Up
This five-piece hardcore troupe, hailing from Edinburgh, have certainly hit the ground running. Formed in the first half of 2009, they recorded t... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Thavius Beck - Dialogue
Big Dada continue their mission to sign every single groundbreaking hip-hop act in the world. Perhaps because Thavius Beck laces his lyrics integrally with h... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty were referenced in reviews of last year’s compilation Constant Hitmaker, but on the evidence of this record Kurt Vile i... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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Wojtek Godzisz - Wojtek Godzisz
Wojtek Godzisz’s voice is a curious one – at times it’s gravely with rock-and-roll abandon, at others he’s crooning like ... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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Editors – In This Light and On This Evening
If Ian Curtis hadn’t hanged himself in 1980, and Joy Division had carried on throughout the ensuing decade, they may well have ended up sounding like t... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009