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Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop
Originally released last year, Don't Stop is another mash-up of rock and electronics that attempts to explore darker territory. Crammed with fat synths, dity... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
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Mongrel - Hit From the Morning Sun
In their finer moments here, Mongrel come over as snotty and snappy thanks to some furious emceeing from guest vocalist Pariz-1. The group pools members from... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
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Electricity in Our Homes - Gymnastics
So these guys can be seen playing über-short sets in London’s trendiest nightspots (‘cos they’re all down there) and generating quite ... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
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Emmy the Great - First Love
First Love is a good song – Emmy’s sweet and sincere vocals come across well over sombre acoustic guitar, and the baroque electric accentuates th... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
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The Ex-Men - The Curator
In criticism, “not getting it” is as horrendous a faux-pas as it’s possible to make in one hundred words, but I’ll confess: I don&rsq... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
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Attic Lights - I Could Be So Good For You
Anyone who remembers the original release of this theme tune to hit 80s show Minder will be bitterly disappointed by this uninspired effort from Attic Lights... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009
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GUILDEAN GANG - DENNIS BERGKAMP
It’s difficult to discern the meaning behind Guildean Gang’s debut single. Is the title a band-only in-joke? Or maybe an attempt to show that, wh... Read more »| 05 Feb 2009 -
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St Jude's Infirmary - Little Sparta
I’m not sure what to make of St. Jude’s Infirmary. One minute they’re rattling around like Johnny Cash on a bad acid trip, shouting “... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
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Guns n' Roses - Better
Better... is better than nothing, anyway, which can be said for much of Chinese Democracy: most of the world’s happy enough the damn thing finally came... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
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The Travelling Band – Desolate Icicle
It’s not challenging but convivial, and that’s entirely the point Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
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U2 - Get On Your Boots
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s artwork for U2’s forthcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, may be more apt than he realises. Get On Your Boots is not so much... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
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Seasick Steve - Happy Man
This month the hobo hero Seasick Steve gets around to releasing the first single from his new album, I Started Out With Nothin’… and I Still Got... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
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The Dirty Dozen - February 2009
Two '80s icons crash the party this month, but are they going to embarrass themselves among the fresh-faced indie kids? Nick Mitchell finds out Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
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Mitchell Museum - Warning Bells
According to Michel Foucault, medieval folk would deal with their mentally ill by chucking them on a 'ship of fools' and letting them set sail together into ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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The King Blues - Save The World, Get The Girl
Jonny ‘Itch’ Fox is not without talent. Save The World, Get The Girl portrays him as a bomb disposal expert, a Shaolin master, and a caped crusad... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009