Music Reviews
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Miaow Miaow Summertime for a Lifetime
Luxembourg's Miaow Miaow deliver a master class in sun drenched power pop.
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Nina Nastasia & Jim White You Follow Me
Doggedly, devilishly, White drags each of these songs out through the woods in the middle of the night and forces them to find their own way home.
Zach Green reviews... -
Caribou Andorra
Finally, a throwback that is as good as its influences.
Alan Shulman takes a trip... -
Songs Of Green Pheasant Gyllyng Street
32 year old Sheffield native Duncan Sumpner's third SOGP album is his finest to date, recalling the very best of early 90s indie, in particular that of the 4AD label.
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The Clientele God Save The Clientele
Where we once had to work to get inside their songs and find the door left open as they played, the Clientele now sound like they're playing in an airtight studio.
Zach Green reviews... -
Rilo Kiley Under the Blacklight
The latest from Jenny Lewis & co suggests that someone might have been a little too excited during the recording process.
Lewis Parry reviews... -
Miracle Fortress Five Roses
Whimsical, dreamlike, and sugary sweet; keyboardist Graham Van Pelt of the Toronto band Think About Life has forged a blissful pasture of multi-instrumentation on his solo debut.
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Mae Singularity
Predictability and repetition bog down what is otherwise a fun, collectively catchy album. It may not be a-MAE-zing (catchy!), but its chock full of single material. Let's end the summer with a bang!(?)
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John Vanderslice Emerald City
The Spoon producer gets the best of Spoon
Alan Shulman reviews... -
Various Artists (Domino) Hallam Foe Original Soundtrack
The British film of the summer boasts the soundtrack of the year.
David Coleman reviews...
