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MUSIC REVIEW: THE STROKES - 'COMEDOWN MACHINE'New Wave Textures, Indie-Rock Heart & Retro Infused PopThe Strokes take a journey through their influences to present themselves on the other side. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: KATE NASH - 'GIRL TALK'Indie Pop Songstress Brings Edge To Topical TunesThe issues are carried with a very real urgency. And if we're tao ask Kate Nash it seems that Girl Talk needs to be louder and more defiant than before. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: GOLD FIELDS - 'BLACK SUN'Beat-Driven Indie Pop, On A World-Travelled Debut AlbumThe journey that the band have taken to land on Black Sun suggests that their next odyssey will be well worth the trip. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: MATT POND - 'THE LIVES INSIDE THE LINES IN YOUR HAND'Singer Songwriter Returns With An Album Of Forward-Looking TunesMatt Pond is a true lyricist; he relies on imagist verse, and balances pictures of events with meter and rhyme. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: TEGAN AND SARA - 'HEARTTHROB'A Smooth Alt-Pop Passage Of Love, Loss, And HopeHeartache and the yearning for the one you love is portrayed as a real force of nature that we all battle with, and this is a lovely portrayal of how love impacts us all. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: BEN FOLDS FIVE - LIVE AT THE OGDEN THEATREThe Cultishly Loved Alt-Indie Outfit Are Back On The RoadTheir live show feels like friends getting together and rehashing memories and creating new ones throughout the evening. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: CALEXICO - LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD THEATERA Night Of Contrasting Tones, Captivating Tunes & Classic MusicianshipCalexico certainly knows how to entertain and how to maneuver through a wide array of styles and feelings with ease. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: FREE ENERGY - 'LOVE SIGN'Energized Pop & The Affectionate Symbols Of Highly Spirited FunIf you are looking for an album to take you back to a more innocent time that is a live with energy and sound, 'Love Sign' is the way to go. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: AMANDA PALMER - 'THEATRE IS EVIL'Self-Determination, Big Drama, New Strides & A Beautifully Twisted Kind Of PopTrue to Palmer’s style, this album feels very much like a story played out in front of you. Fitting with the title Theatre is Evil. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: CALEXICO - 'ALGIERS'Subtle Strengths On An Album Which Accomplishes Sharp Breadth of Vision'Algiers' holds true to the sound Calexico has so wonderfully crafted throughout the last 15 years and continues to build from previous albums. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: DIRTY PROJECTORS - 'SWING LO MAGELLAN'Melodic Sweeps And Stylish Twists On An Album Of Indie InnovationsAs a whole, Swing Lo Magellan shifts seamlessly in and out of moods and styles. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: JJAMZ - 'SUICIDE PACT'L.A.'s Indie Supergroup Creates A Fresh New Soundtrack for California's Endless SummerWhile the lyrics are dark at times, they are unrelentingly searching for truth, and while the music fills you with calmness and understanding, anything seems possible... |
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MUSIC REVIEW: THE GRATES - 'SECRET RITUALS'A Trip Around The World & Some 'Secret Rituals' Conjure Compelling, Dark Pop AlbumYou still get the wonderful pop sensibility that makes The Grates fantastic, but alongside that now comes a new edge and adventurous new feel to the sound as well... |
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MUSIC REVIEW: WILCO - LIVE AT RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE'The Whole Love' of Colorado Is A Spectacular Way To Start A Summer TourThe band definitely seemed very happy to be on stage again, grinning most of the show and really losing themselves in each song... |
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MUSIC REVIEW: CHANTAL CLARET - 'THE ONE AND ONLY'Sixties Pop Sensibilities Bring Ease to Feminine Strength and StyleChantal Claret is bringing fun and the power of being a woman back into music. Instead of hiding her femininity, she flaunts it... |
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MUSIC REVIEW: METRIC - 'SYNTHETICA'An Unreal Album of Alt-Pop Ease and Electronic EdgeIt’s confident and convincing, and an inspiration to be in your own mess and love every minute of it. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: HOT CHIP - 'IN OUR HEADS'Easy Electronica and Beautiful Beats on an Album of Mindful Grace...a talent for making the most upbeat song entrance and soothe you.If you don’t know Hot Chip maybe this is the album with which you’ll best get to know Hot Chip. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: MEIKO - 'THE BRIGHT SIDE'An Album that Battles the Darkness to Arrive Bathed with Indie Pop LightThis is the album you’ll listen to when you are done moping about the love you lost and ready to begin again. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: BEN KWELLER - LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD THEATERA Night of Friends, Femmes, Local Heroes and Indie-Pop Sing-AlongsEach person on the stage is having so much fun it will infect you and you will never want to leave. So, don’t just wait for something great…go and find a live date now… |
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MUSIC REVIEW: NICK WATERHOUSE - 'TIME'S ALL GONE'An Album of Old-School Sounds, Soulful Demands And Modern TwistsTime’s All Gone needs to be in your collection. Put it on repeat. Waterhouse’s sultry, seductive ways will make you a believer. He’ll work his way into your head & heart. |