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Many of these tales have been told before in the world of pop, but rarely with so much subtlety and class.»
Somewhere in these two discs there is a very good hour long album laying in wait. In it's current form though, it's merely a decent one in need of editing.»
This morning I like this record a great deal. But last night, I loved it.»
Album four both benefits and suffers from the band's prolonged stint as Mariachi el Bronx.»
As the music media clamour to look relevant by tenuously finding three future records to lump together and call a trend or scene for 2013, early signs are they've decided it is time for rock to return. This is obviously ridiculous and suggests bass guitars and Brylcream have laid about being unloved for a decade, but even so it'd be a shame if a bunch of great records released this year got penalised for being ahead of the curve.»
Skelethon is the kind of record an artist only makes once in their career; the culmination of long-gestation, departing loved ones and having to innovate out of your comfort zone.»
"Have a better look here", BATS plead at one point. It's advice that any fan of blisteringly progressive rock music in 2012 would do well to heed.»
When Vitalic returned a couple of years back with a louder and tarted up version of his debut, it was so good to have him about again that the music press overlooked it. This time he won't be so lucky.»
It's easy to take people with this timeless tonality for granted, thinking they're two a penny. They're really not.»
There's no doubt that the familiarity of Matthew Dear's style after several records means Beams has to work a bit harder to hold your attention than previous efforts.»
Musicians can often have a way with words on record, but not necessarily in real life. Andy Falkous is not one of those people. His vitriolic lyrics have underpinned the success of both Future of the Left and Mclusky...»
In Our Heads is arguably Hot Chips' most consistent record to date, but it is certainly their most fun.»
This is PiL comfortably manages to be what a comeback strives to be but seldom is; adventurous, celebratory and - above all - adding to an already admirable legacy.»
A breathless journey, tinged with humour.»
They're still as confused as ever.»
Intriguing new solo project from Malcolm Middleton.»
The best record Orbital have made in the past 15 years and up there with their very best.»
The success of the record lies in Hubbert managing to inject his solitary guitar with the subtlety and nous of a full band.»
A nice way to close the chapter on this upbeat and historically reflective period of The Juan Maclean's career. »
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a not a great soundtrack because of the film, but a great film because of the soundtrack.»
Conceived, recorded and finished in a matter of days - warts and all - for a cause everyone involved clearly had a lot of good feeling towards; something that comes across throughout this fine collection of songs.»
The Fruit Tree Foundation is a new independent project in Scotland led by musicians Rod Jones (Idlewild) and Emma Pollock (solo artist and ex-Delgado).»
The missing link between The Knife’s Silent Shout and some lo-fi electronic grime recording... In all honesty, there's nothing else truly like it… »
It’s almost as if run, Walk! already know how to write straight forward rock songs and just bypassed that whole stage, finding the rawer and more daring excesses of the genre more to their liking. »
You feel that had Robyn been on top form this would have been a superb evening out. As it is it’s merely a pretty decent one. »
A life affirming evening, full of fun and sheer spectacle»
As a collection of songs and sentiments there is a nagging sense that Dulli is revisiting old haunts. Yet it feels reassuring, as Dynamite Steps continues the resurgent course he’s been treading in recent years. »
There is a nagging feeling that their being so reminiscent of certain under appreciated bands might mean they'll never reach far beyond the realms of being merely compared to them, though thankfully they seem to at least like very good bands. However, since they’re giving this EP to you for free then you really have precious little reason not to investigate for yourself.»
It’s a mixed bag all right. At times brilliant, at others unlike anyone else out there and occasionally frankly a bit rubbish. As ever, the world still isn’t much clearer on who Rihanna is or where she’ll go next, but it's fun trying to work it, no matter how futile. »
The Wants feels like an album that could only have been made in 2010, after 50 years of musical merging, and more importantly like an album that could only have been made by The Phantom Band. »
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