“It’s brilliant, messy, slack-jawed and doesn’t understand the term “hang up”. ”
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Nux Vomica – The Veils
“Undoubtedly good stuff, a solid piece of work and obviously heading in the right direction, but you’ll need a cup of tea and a biscuit after…”
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones (Polydor)
“The truth is, it hasn’t and they are still just as enchanting if not more so. YEAH, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.”
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The Secret Machines – Silver Drops
“Eight minute efforts by the name of Daddy’s in the Doledrums where “A mother walks the streets/with a baby in her arms” can’t be taken any more seriously than Eurovision winners Lordi’s belief in the oncoming Arockolypse. ”
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Aberfeldy – Whatever Turns You On
“A creeping realisation that so-called ‘chamber pop’ would never be a commercial success appears to have set in at camp Aberfeldy.”
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Blue Skies Up Compilation
And that’s why Blue Skies Up is bound to have a real, genuine effect; scenesters and snobbishness are out of the window. There’s no reason why this wouldn’t work as side one of Now 79.