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Tsar - Silver Shifter
"Sounds like the Manics" is, of course, a tagline so overused as to be almost useless. That said, 'Silver Shifter' - the result, we're told, of an inter-band competition to write a two-note hook, which begs the question: is what you do with it gonna count? - bears a disturbing if indescribable initial resemblanc»
The Divine Comedy - Bad Ambassador
"I wanna get you off... well, ain't that enough?" So sexy electronica woke up a few months ago and decided, hell, let's just be the Eighties. The likelihood of any coherent political or cultural statement rising from the miasma seems increasingly unlikely. Even scandal's getting tiresome. And»
Bright Eyes - Letting off the Happiness
The chances are that a good proportion of those who of late came into possession of a copy of Bright Eyes' more recent opus, "Fevers and Mirrors", listened, and loved, were at least tempted by this re-released collection of songs from when Conor Oberst - the trembly young thing behind both records - wa»
The Action Time - Versus the world
So, here in the apathetic 2000s, we find ourselves faced with the question: can anyone, photocopied-looking record sleeves scored with feverish prose or no, live up to being labelled "the Tamla Motown Sex Pistols"? Well, perhaps. The Action Time are a meaningful experience insofar as they provide a timely»