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Sound City: Real to Reel Various Artists 1m185s
Dave Grohl and friends celebrate creativity and friendship on a mostly successful set.
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Bragg conveys truths about his home country like few other songwriters can.
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Conduit Funeral for a Friend 1n273l
Welsh post-hardcore five-piece delivers its best album in years.
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Information Retrieved Pinback 4k393v
Californian duo’s first LP for five years is a downbeat delight.
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Koi No Yokan Deftones 4i516l
It stands, monolithic, as a testament to the power and tenacity of human spirit.
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Stitches in the Flag Crowns 5s6u57
Full of rousing, riotous, rebellious, roughshod anthems…
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Banks Paul Banks 1y6af
A curious, curate’s egg of an album from the Interpol member.
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Like I Used To Lucy Rose 6r2j4v
A confident debut record that places Rose where she should be.
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Buckeye Wussy 43m40
“The best band in America”? Perhaps not – but Wussy have an unmistakable identity.
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The Plot Against Common Sense Future of the Left 265n3v
Subversion of the most intelligent, insidious, inventive kind.
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A Kiss Before You Go Katzenjammer 1l2l1h
An album that shape-shifts and surprises with a graceful, effortless ease.
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Barton Hollow The Civil Wars 5i563p
A timeless, anachronistic debut record from the double-Grammy-winners.
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Temple Beautiful Chuck Prophet 4kb4w
The Californian’s 12th LP suggests he’s ready to be as celebrated as Richman and Reed.
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Rise Ye Sunken Ships We Are Augustines 4d6w1u
A triumphant and alive debut album born from the bleakest of experiences.
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The Something Rain Tindersticks 29652t
Album nine from the Nottingham avant-pop outfit is as unconventional as ever.
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Is The World Strange or Am I Strange? Cosmo Jarvis 4w1vo
A rare example of an artist following his instincts and his heart.
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In the Pit of the Stomach We Were Promised Jetpacks 5a665n
A great second album powered by an edgy, nervous hunger.
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Never Trust a Happy Song Grouplove 53m12
Encapsulates all the joys and sorrows of this emotional rollercoaster known as life.
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Elsie The Horrible Crowes 5r734x
A touching, tragic album from Gaslight Anthem frontman and his “inspiration”.
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Happy Soup Baxter Dury 1z4u5r
Dury’s third LP, after a six-year gap, perfectly balances the dark with the light.
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Rave On Buddy Holly Various Artists s2g4v
A wonderful testament to Holly’s songwriting prowess, longevity and legacy.
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Dancer Equired Times New Viking 3k1s
A delightfully ramshackle, shambolic half-hour of lo-fi thrills.
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A Thousand Heys Mazes 6d572e
An album for long summer nights, by a band relishing all that they have right now.
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Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Explosions in the Sky 2e5m2b
Another splendid set of graceful and gripping instrumentals from the Texan quartet.
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Fake History letlive. 3c
LA five-piece’s new LP confirms the presence of a vital force in post-hardcore.
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Helioscope Vessels 4we3r
An immense, intense album from the Leeds five-piece.
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Last Night on Earth Noah and the Whale 4l5w1c
Album three bristles with a sense of hope and possibility.
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The Inevitable Past Is the Future Forgotten Three Mile Pilot qg4b
First album in 13 years from the Pinback-spawning Californian four-piece.
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The Best Of Suede hf3u
A great tribute to a flawed, but nevertheless fantastic, career.
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Let Me Come Home Broken Records 1v2z34
Songs that pierce the centre of the hearts that they’ve sprung from.
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Majesty Shredding Superchunk 446cv
Jubilant, sunny feelings coupled with a sense of jaded, measured hindsight.
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Singles 01-10 Athlete 5w51j
Their ability to write an uplifting, life-affirming tune should not be undermined.
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The Hundred in the Hands The Hundred in the Hands 45e
Brooklyn duo’s debut is certainly worthy of some of the hype that’s preceded it.
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Fables of the Reconstruction R.E.M. 3f2ce
A dark, dangerous but delightful record that’s as good – if not better – than new.
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Expo 86 Wolf Parade 59663m
Wolf Parade’s twisted, crazy, surreal world becomes yours, and it feels absolutely right.
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At Night We Live Far 6g2wj
The best and most confident album of their two-part career.
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Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo 5a6y6w
A truly remarkable album that’s sad and wistful way beyond the band’s years.
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Year of the Black Rainbow Coheed and Cambria 3h6g6e
The prog-metal quartet’s fifth album is full of fascinating, stirring moments.
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Now with four new tracks, this 2004 EP finds Conor Oberst at a stylistic crossroads.
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The Monitor Titus Andronicus 713dm
Lives up both to its rebellious, riotous ambition and its rich musical heritage.
