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Conditions The Temper Trap 6f12o
A less marketable, but equally accurate description is blooming enjoyable pop music.
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Sea Sew Lisa Hannigan z1d9
Lisa Hannigan seems to have an overflowing idea bank with which to go forth and flourish.
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Yeah So Slow Club 4ov6
Not all surface and definitely not so silly
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Ambivalence Avenue Bibio 5w2md
Textbook examples of electronica
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Great company if you're in a certain mood. But possibly not if you have a headache.
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We Are The Same The Tragically Hip 83x6r
A smooth mix of political and personal, sincere and satirical.
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God Help the Girl God Help the Girl 1q1r3t
An unapologetic homage to the celluloid and stage musical.
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Fits White Denim b5z3m
Success and autonomy, accessibility and creativity. All in a day's work for White Denim.
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Spinnerette Spinnerette 621i1x
The record is the ultimate, all-encapsulating mood swing of its matriarch.
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Valley of the Bears Laroca 3s655x
An album doubtless more fun to perform than to hear.
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Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire Eels 2j314d
Mr E turns lupine, gets primal and cranks the dial to distort.
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Sort of Revolution Fink 443l1o
Fin Greenall presents a third outing in his singer-songwriter hat.
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Journal For Plague Lovers Manic Street Preachers 293u2x
Journal For Plague Lovers is enigmatic, engulfed, enraged.
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Wall Of Arms The Maccabees 5940y
The band strike while their iron’s hot, but fail to set anyone’s world on fire.
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Twisted Wheel Twisted Wheel 1b2i3h
Manchester offers up its latest rock offering.
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True Romance Golden Silvers 30l6e
Funk-tinged pop to an audience engrossed in the fashion for fusion.
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My Maudlin Career Camera Obscura 3e4730
The Glaswegian indie pop band grow more epic with their fourth long-awaited album.
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Swoon Silversun Pickups b203v
A delicious and surprisingly commercial mix.
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Fine Fascination Red Light Company 4db4k
Already lightly blessed by good time associations.
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Radio Wars Howling Bells q693c
The second chance may well have been squandered.
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The Airborne Toxic Event The Airborne Toxic Event 1r3a5l
A band you want to like, but based on this sketchy offering it's hard to see the point.
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Which Bitch The View 5ge4q
One band who have dodged, or shunned the draining corporate mentality.
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Fight Like Apes And The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion Fight Like Apes 4qzi
Performed with the personality with which it is imbued.
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Heart On Eagles of Death Metal 681m59
It's a knowing but loving, and exuberant dissection of their native culture.
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Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2q1k3k
Tonight is a half-realised dream.
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Secret Machines Secret Machines 4le4x
This album is a great teaser for future gems.
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Lunglight The Shaky Hands 45425h
The walls and surfaces here are as much an instrument as the drums themselves.
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Live at Klub 007 Gallon Drunk 4h5r2t
Because they don't sound like anyone else.
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Missiles The Dears 4137
Missiles is not an accurate representation of what The Dears have to offer.
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Silence Of Love Headless Heroes 5t6u21
A quality ensemble playing tracks already beloved in their original form
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Saint Dymphna Gang Gang Dance 4h3e4l
If you like landscapes with your soundscapes, this one's for you.
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Deserving of your full attention
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Dirt Don't Hurt Holly Golightly 362p
An album rich in character and full of nostalgic spirit.
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Partie Traumatic Black Kids 341n3v
Great; but only if you're too young to have heard it all before.
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All Or Nothing The Subways 416lx
This former buzz band have missed the boat.
