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by Jon Clark
What Widowspeak have done here is create a record that is so vivid and heavy that it becomes somewhat sickly.»
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by Jon Clark
A double-dose of raw Americana which crashes into the blood stream and is over before the listener is given time to think.»
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by Jon Clark
A Nineties indie 101 from a band whose influences and reference points may be clear, but there own songcraft cannot be doubted.»
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by Jon Clark
The album is basically a recipe for a circle pit that's Delia Smith-like in its traditionalism.»
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by Jon Clark
Considering the record’s title, The Whigs want people to enjoy this. Considering the music on display, it’s hard to imagine that they will.»
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by Jon Clark
Although there are bands in New York who may have more cohesive or consistent sound and ethos, there are few who write songs with the charm of Scott and Charlene’s Wedding.»
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by Jon Clark
As a closing chapter to the early days of Smith Westerns' careers, Soft Will is an excellent record - there is just a lingering feeling that their unique sense of fun and abandon, is all but over.»
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by Jon Clark
It may be somewhat on the lofty, artistic side, but bounty manages somehow to avoid ostentation; it is largely elegant, grounded and rewarding. Let’s just hope it was supposed to be.»
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by Jon Clark
Along with Let’s Get Out Of This Country and My Maudlin Career, Desire Lines now completes a trilogy of three of the best indie pop records ever.»
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by Jon Clark
Monkey Been to Burntown by no means makes for a pleasant listen - messy and dark, it feels like less of a record and more like a statement of their intent to avoid the mainstream like the plague.»
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by Jon Clark
Curiosity is a surprisingly solid, professional affair, the haziness of the production aiding and abetting some excellent songwriting.»
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by Jon Clark
On Tape Deck Heart, we see a Frank Turner of extremes, he is at his most resilient, most opinionated and most human.»
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by Jon Clark
A joyous, emboldened return to form and one that reminds us of what a treasure Edwyn Collins is.»
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by Jon Clark
When the song and the band is focussed, Night Moves are capable of great things.»
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by Jon Clark
A project that began as a re-appraisal of early material from the late Seventies, Change Becomes Us features an array of unreleased and previously unrecorded tracks which featured in Wire’s live sets throughout that time.»
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by Jon Clark
Despite the occasionally more personal tone to Tooth & Nail, Billy Bragg continues his role as social commentator magnificently.»
In Depth by Jon Clark
Devendra Banhart is an artist that has long been somewhat type-casted. Perpetually the whimsical, hippie folk troubadour singing about psychedelic critters, many fail to notice his new haircut, dress sense, and above all movement away from warbling falsetto and acoustic tomfoolery. Now on his eighth full length, entitled Mala, Banhart continues down a more experimental, mature path- there are darker themes explored, strange manipulated sounds and various other aspects of the macabre. DiS met up with him at the Warner HQ in Kensington and listened to stoned musings on whips, chains, Noel Fielding and ‘the darker things that surround us’.»
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by Jon Clark
A record bridging the gap between country music and popular music’s less derided genres perfectly.»
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by Jon Clark
Eels don’t exactly explore new territory here, but they make sure that the landscape is interesting.»
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by Jon Clark
It is records like this that cements Pere Ubu’s reputation as one of the leading innovators of the post-punk genre and one of the finest underground bands out there»
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by Jon Clark
Channelling shoegaze and grunge bands from each side of the pond in a Sub Pop meets Creation stylee, without sounding overly derivative, Sans is a non-stop, joyous thrash from start to finish.»
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by Jon Clark
Yet again Jonny Greenwood has excelled himself, repaying Paul Thomas Anderson’s commission with an excellent work.»
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by Jon Clark
Paul Banks was the creative force behind Interpol it seems, and with a solo record as good as this one it seems he no longer needs his old bandmates»
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by Jon Clark
A cohesive and strong effort that can stand up with some of the Pet Shop Boys' best.»
