Singles
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SinglesPopup - Love Triangle / Pull the Fuse
Popup’s thick regionalism and jabbing beats set them up as a seriously interesting prospect Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
SinglesCalexico - Two Silver Trees
Hailing from Tuscon, Arizona, and naming themselves after a California border town, Calexico has long had a distinctive Southwestern style. Still evincing a... Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
SinglesLykke Li - Breaking It Up
Breaking It Up is essentially an incredibly silly pop song done very well. At the core is a soft kick-drum embellished with handclaps and Lykke Li's velvet-... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
SinglesPumajaw - Jacky Daw
For many, the term 'folk' will always evoke scenes of cardigan-clad hippies, perhaps explaining the propensity for critics to regularly weld on a prefix and ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2008 -
SinglesLate of the Pier - Heartbeat
Sets its camp halfway up the road from Gary Numan to Devo Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
SinglesGet Well Soon - If This Hat Is Missing, I've Gone Hunting
If Nick Cave met The Ronnettes in Transylvania, this is what would happen Read more »| 05 Aug 2008
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SinglesPanama Kings - Young Blood
Young Blood and the Panama Kings’ material as displayed on this expanded single, come across as being very informed of the Sub Pop sounds of today &nda... Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen - August, 2008
August proves a lean time for singles, but can anyone emerge gleaming from the garbage? Nick Mitchell gets his ears dirty Read more »| 01 Aug 2008 -
SinglesBloc Party - Mercury
Not even three albums in and the Party appears to be pooped Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
SinglesThe Pigeon Detectives - Everybody Wants Me
In any situation, there’s an automatic fault in bemoaning your own good fortune. “Everybody wants me.” OK, what’s the problem? &ld... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
SinglesCrystal Castles - Vanished
It seemed the norm for a while that, in rock music, a band would release a few heavier hitting tracks as singles, then try to lure in doubters with a softer ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
SinglesThe Go! Team - Milk Crisis
Milk Crisis is driving music, the relentless beat, electro-handclaps, squalling guitars and a stocatto horn riff that just won't quit. If you listened to thi... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
SinglesThe Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
Anyone ruing the entry of terms like "disco throwback" or "new wave revival" in to modern music's increasingly expansive lexicon would be best to leave the r... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
SinglesDeath Cab for Cutie - Cath
Sauntering down the Narrow Stairs of Death Cab's latest LP is Cath, another standard indie rock track from a band that can now be considered among the heavyw... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
SinglesLast Man Down - Killing Time
Does nothing to embellish on the sound of those they're so clearly trying to emulate Read more »| 21 Jul 2008