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Remember Remember - Remember Remember
Banks of looped, eddying guitar motifs, cascading pianos, flurries of duelling woodwind and snow-crisp xylophone all vie for attention. Read more »| 24 Nov 2008 -
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Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
Reviewing Chinese Democracy is like boxing Muhammad Ali. It might have meant something years ago, but now you’d just feel bad about the inevitable kicking. Y... Read more »| 23 Nov 2008 -
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V/A - SK 200
Compiled by Germany’s Jazzanova, SK 200 is a compilation that celebrates the 200th release on their Sonar Kollektiv label; no mean feat for an indie in... Read more »| 22 Nov 2008 -
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V/A - Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977 - 1985
The influence of ‘Italo’, the Italian disco sound of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, has never been more prevalent than on today’... Read more »| 16 Nov 2008 -
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James Orr Complex – Com Favo
We may not compete with Brazil on the football pitch, but the Scottish-Brazilian musical alliance is one built on rather more equal terms, and as the TrocaBr... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
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HMS Ginafore & King Creosote - Love + Hate = Hate
Don't expect any I Got You Babe moments Read more »| 04 Nov 2008
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Trost - Trust Me
Annika Line Trost is half of German digi-punks Cobra Killer, going it alone for the second time with new album Trust Me. She is a strikingly beautiful Berlin... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
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Essie Jain - The Inbetween
Originally from London before she immersed herself in New York café-folk culture, Essie Jain garnered favourable comparisons with the likes of Joni Mi... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
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Mirror Mirror - The Society For The Advancement Of Inflammatory Consciousness
There are more than enough moments of smirk-inducing bravery to keep this record interesting throughout Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
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UpCdownC - Embers
The considerable intelligence underlying the songwriting is always apparent Read more »| 31 Oct 2008 -
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Parts & Labor – Receivers
Brooklyn’s monopoly on harbouring some of the finest contemporary bands on the planet continues with this compelling curveball from noise-punk combo Pa... Read more »| 30 Oct 2008 -
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Optimo - Sleepwalk
Don't make the mistake of putting Optimo's new mix CD on for a gym visit or before a night out - it'll slow your treadmill to a halt or stunt the momentum of... Read more »| 30 Oct 2008 -
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Brightblack Morning Light - Motion To Rejoin
Desert dwelling hippies return for another album of perfectly pedestrian goodness Read more »| 29 Oct 2008 -
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Little Joy - Little Joy
Surely nobody was thinking of That's The Story Of My Life and After Hours when The Strokes and The Velvet Underground were being routinely compared back at t... Read more »| 29 Oct 2008 -
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Pascal Comelade - The No Dancing
One man's whimsical, pedestrian, musical ruminations Read more »| 29 Oct 2008