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The Dirty Dozen - October, 2009
Ally Brown is gonna let you finish, but Nick Mitchell wrote some of the greatest Dirty Dozen single review columns of all time! Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
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Paper Planes - Doris Day
The multinational Paper Planes are three quarters Scottish, one quarter American. One listen to Doris Day and you’ll probably have a hunch as to which ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Ash - True Love 1980
It's a long time since anyone really cared about Ash, so in a valiant attempt to halt their decline, the Northern Irish rockers have promised to releas... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Wonderswan - Furrrpile
Leeds quartet Wonderswan say on their MySpace that they formed out of "a shared love for scuzzy 90s lo-fi slacker bands." No shit! The reason everyone's gone... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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First Aid Kit - Hard Believer
With Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective opening the log cabin door for the plaid-shirted flocks of pastoral folk bands, it’s likely First Aid Kit will s... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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Citizens - Try Smiling
Try Smiling, the debut EP from Glasgow trio Citizens -featuring Bronto Skylift's Iain Stewart on drums - is a manic mash-up of converging styles, veering bet... Read more »| 17 Sep 2009
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Mr Irvine - You've Been Injected With a Tracking Device
Over a jaunty, early Depeche Mode-style synth track, 50-year-old “electronic poet” Mr Irvine explores paranoia and bourgeois sensibilities. It&rs... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
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D.o-Neimagi-N.e/I-Ambnecessno - A No Place
Were David Lynch commissioned to direct a dream sequence depicting a dying man, prostrate on the floor of his darkened apartment, while Requiem For A Dr... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
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The Big Pink - Dominos
Until now, The Big Pink’s creepy crawly atmospherics seemed an unlikely target for industry hype: too weird, too esoteric and too light on direct pop t... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Rebellious Jukebox - Another Precious Day
Beck tried and failed to recreate the spirit of Odelay when he reunited with the Dust Brothers for 2003’s Guero. Judging by this rollicking effort, M... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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The Dirty Dozen - September, 2009
This month a rock star's nephew gets in on the act, a historically named new Scottish band emerges, and Nick Mitchell gets an education from Ian Brown Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Randan Discotheque - Daily Record May 18th 1993
As targets go, the Daily Record is hardly a tricky beast to land a blow on. Depressingly, however, this drab list of random utterances is as wearyingly paroc... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Deadmau5 feat. Rob Swires - Ghosts N Stuff
Autotune is evidently the bastard child of Connor Macleod and Genghis Khan, such is the longevity with which it wages war on the ears. Having claimed pitch-... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Illa J - Sounds Like Love
There’s plenty mileage in dearly departed rappers, evidenced amply by the Tupac/BIG commercial vehicles which have rumbled along for the last few years... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Laurent Garnier - Pay TV
Laurent Garnier's latest single is best described as a précis of the Parisian DJ's mercurial, if occasionally erratic, career to date. His eclectic a... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009