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2010-02-09

2010-01-19

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Hot Chip: One Life Stand
As good as One Life Stand is, it trashes a beautiful theory I had. You see, for their first three albums, Hot Chip?s recorded output bore an uncanny correspondence to New Order?s. Coming on Strong and Movement would both prove to be slightly

The Go Find: Everybody Knows It?s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight
It can be said that every artist wields the influences of those who came before him or her. In the case of ?essentially the one-man band of Belgium?s Dieter Sermeus?its influences are worn quite proudly. ?s third album, the rather unwieldy-sounding

Harvey Milk: Harvey Milk
Music fans love those rare recordings by their favorite artist, whether it’s an album that’s been long out of print (Neil Young’s Time Fades Away), never seen the light of day (Prince and the Revolution’s Dream Factory), or a supposed recording

Oneohtrix Point Never: Rifts
Daniel Lopatin, who makes music in and Infinity Window, has been unofficially nominated as a representative of the glo-fi/chillwave/hypnagogic axis that currently has the internet buzzing. In some ways, the music on Rifts feels, appropriately enough,

Jack Splash: Heir to the Throne: Volume 1
Jack Splash was around for most of the past decade, but as mixtape-opener ?Charlie Wilson? explains, much of Splash?s career can be credited to the two years immediately following his work on Alicia Keys? As I Am. While Splash had been developing his own

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First Aid Kit
EMAILPRINTby N/A User Score: Generally favorable reviews Based on 6 critic reviews Based on 0 votes Album Info Label: Wichita Release Date: 25 January 2010 Discs: 1 disc Genre(s): Folk, Pop Summary This is the debut album for the Swedish teenage sisters.

Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Nick Jonas Who I Am 3of 5 Stars Vampire Weekend Contra 4of 5 Stars Corinne Bailey Rae The Sea 3.5of 5 Stars Lil Wayne Rebirth 2.5of 5 Stars Beach House Teen Dream 3.5of 5 Stars The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White

Sade - Soldier of Love
Sade has a lot in common with AC/DC. Both have spent long and glorious careers refining their signature sound, to the point where it's basically one song with different titles. They wait years between records, then deliver the same album they made last

Gil Scott-Heron - I’m New Here
Nick Jonas Who I Am 3of 5 Stars Vampire Weekend Contra 4of 5 Stars Corinne Bailey Rae The Sea 3.5of 5 Stars Lil Wayne Rebirth 2.5of 5 Stars Beach House Teen Dream 3.5of 5 Stars The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White

Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Spoon Transference 3.5of 5 Stars Nick Jonas Who I Am 3of 5 Stars Vampire Weekend Contra 4of 5 Stars Corinne Bailey Rae The Sea 3.5of 5 Stars Lil Wayne Rebirth 2.5of 5 Stars Beach House Teen Dream 3.5of 5 Stars The Flaming Lips The

Massive Attack: Heligoland
In June of that year, when Massive Attack released their debut album, Blue Lines, they represented the vanguard of modern dance-based music and British pop in general. A trio of singles had established a totally fresh sound that incorporated American

You Say Party! We Say Die!: XXXX
I?ll let you in a on a little secret: the title of ?s new album is actually Love. In fact, the album?s track list (i.e. ?Make XXXX?) reads like a game of Mad Libs where the only acceptable word is ?love?. As far as creative conceits go, it?s hardly

Orphaned Land: The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
Of all the metal music to come from countries other than strong metal exporters like North America, Europe, Japan, and Brazil, Israel?s Orphaned Land has been one of the more fascinating acts in recent years. Like Mesopotamian metalers Melechesh,

Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream
None of that can explain the following: Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream was the best-selling album of 2009, and the best-selling debut for a female artist. Ever. That is, in and of itself, far more interesting than any of the actual music. The

Jessica Pavone: Songs of Synastry and Solitude
Jessica Pavone has long been a key player in the realm of classical music, though the talented New Yorker has largely done so as an accompanying member of someone else?s ensemble. Slowly and with mounting confidence she paid her proverbial dues and

Shockwaves NME awards tour: the Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Big Pink and the Drums at O2 Academy Newcastle
For much of the past decade, boys with guitars had their collective boot up on the monitor of popular acclaim. Rightly so – the cooler-faster-needlier renaissance ushered in by the Strokes in 2001 and seen out by the first Arctic Monkeys album was a

Sade: Soldier of Love
There is a certain dignity about a pop star sitting pretty on a skyline of cash, not troubling the world with sub-par music. Sade Adu made a fortune – entirely deserved – with her colossally successful 1980s output and the royalties continue to roll

Yeasayer: Odd Blood
After 2009's Animal Collective/Grizzly Bear double whammy, prepare for another bunch of Brooklyn-based avant-garders to coast into the mainstream. For where Yeasayer's underrated 2007 debut was all slippery psychedelic jams, here they channel their

Blackjazz
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Lissie
N/A User Score: Generally favorable reviews Based on 4 critic reviews Based on 0 votes Album Info Label: Fat Possum Release Date: 10 November 2009 Discs: 1 disc Genre(s): Rock, Indie, Alternative, Singer-songwriter Summary The debut five-track EP for the

Forro In The Dark
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Lightspeed Champion
EMAILPRINTby 7.0 User Score: Generally favorable reviews Based on 4 critic reviews Based on 1 vote Album Info Label: Domino Release Date: 02 February 2010 Discs: 1 disc Genre(s): Indie, Alternative Summary The former Test Icicles frontman Devonte Hynes

Tuesday 02/02/10 Adam Green @ Cambridge Junction
Adam Green @ Cambridge Junction February 04, 2010 by Patrick S. Burke | Photo by James Berry More Adam Green A smattering of punters hang round the bar area of Cambridge’s Junction as The Voluntary Butler Scheme step up for the opening slot of the