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Metz - Metz
By the end of this album’s 30 boisterous minutes you’ll feel absolutely exhausted.»
Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
On Sugaring Season Beth Orton captures both the melancholy and the confidence that comes with growing older really rather well.»
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
Some listeners may lament this retreat from the hefty barrage of sound that was 2009’s Farm, but it is crucial that a band such as Dinosaur Jr progresses and varies itself»
Seth MacFarlane - Music is Better Than Words
It takes substantial effort on the part of the listener not to picture every line being sung by a cartoon dog that can talk.»
Plan B - Ill Manors
Behold Ben Drew, the modern Hogarth.»
The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
The best moments are those which eschew any attempt to write proper 'songs' and instead simply try to convince the listener that he or she is travelling on an epic, wobbly, thrilling and frightening, mind-expanding journey through outer space.»
Liars - WIXIW
It is a refreshing, sublime, and exciting work of art. WIXIW? Bless you, Liars. Bless you.»
Marilyn Manson - Born Villain
Like those other contentious reactionaries Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, Marilyn Manson is no longer a figure of hatred but a figure of pity.»
Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and Tides
If Sonic Youth really is over, we’re still going to be okay. We have the old records, and the material each member will produce independently is going to be of a high standard, just like this is. »
White Hills - Frying on this Rock
Open your mind and take it in? Regrettably, there’s little substance to take in here. It’s like booking a trip on Richard Branson’s moon rocket and ending up with a tour of an abandoned Zavvi.»
Bitch Magnet - Bitch Magnet
It is time to look beyond that terrible, terrible name and recognise Bitch Magnet as perhaps one of the greatest, and certainly most underappreciated, post-hardcore rock groups of all time.»
Dan Sartain - Too Tough to Live
Dan Sartain never exactly sounds cutting edge, but he usually sounds better than this.»
The Fall - Ersatz G.B.
The Fall: always different, always the same, now with added phlegm.»
200 Years - 200 Years
An album which is a touch too samey and a just a little bit too nice.»
Metallica, Lou Reed - Lulu
Lulu is the second greatest record ever made in the history of the human ear drum. Number One: Metal Machine Music.»
Luke Haines - 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling Of The 1970s And Early '80s
Luke Haines is not mad. He is an artist in the truest sense, and for that he is to be applauded.»
DJ Shadow - The Less You Know the Better
The variety of disparate, unconnected styles means that although most listeners will like some, few will like all.»
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic
A fruitful and distinctive addition to Malkmus’ oeuvre.»
Grumbling Fur - Furrier
An accomplished and also very English take on Krautrock.»
Diva - The Glitter End
A looping, psychedelic, big warm cauldron of molten nectar noise.»
Mark Deutrom - The Value of Decay
An eclectic, ambitious and finely crafted work.»
Herman Dune - Strange Moosic
There is still something missing, and it’s a hole that even a weird little blue yeti creature and handsome Jon Hamm cannot fill.»
Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs
Ukulele Songs is an album brimming with integrity and enthusiasm and, most importantly, it boasts great tunes.»
Across Tundras - Sage
Across Tundras’ latest is a step forward and boasts some fine ideas. Maybe next time they’ll manage to keep it up for the duration.»
Meat Puppets - Lollipop
As competent as Lollipop is, it’s unlikely the Meat Puppets will ever receive invitations from festival curators to play it from beginning to end as they have for their earlier classics»
Moon Duo - Mazes
Original? No. Enjoyable? Yep.»
Sebadoh - Bakesale (reissue)
In this current climate of reissue fever, Sebadoh seem to be consistently putting more care, attention, and enthusiasm into their efforts than most,»
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Volume 1 : Fig.5 & Liberation (reissue)
If Matt Groening had more integrity, he’d offer Jackie-O Motherfucker a guest spot on The Simpsons.»
J Mascis - Several Shades of Why
A welcome addition to the long-haired monosyllabic troubadour’s more than impressive back catalogue.»
Outshine Family - Galeria De La Luz
Galeria de la Luz is pleasant enough, like a less otherworldly Múm, but Nicholson needs to hone his craft a little more, restrain himself when necessary, whilst at the same time loosening up to allow the music to lead him where it instinctively urges to go.»