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Its all fey, girl meets boy stuff putting one in mind of hairclips and old bookshops and dancing whilst looking at your feet.
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Volcano – Im Still Excited
I’ll bet they all read F. Scott Fitzgerald fastidiously.
The Teardrop Explodes – Zoology
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Bands to form a band to. That’s my take on the Teardrop Explodes.
The Goo Goo Dolls – Live in Buffalo July 4th 2004
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Time for some soul searching.
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Gruff Rhys & Jens Lekman – Paradiso, Amsterdam – 27/01/05
“From I Jonathan wannabes to Purple and Orange mountain goats in two hours.”
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Bartos – The Boerderij, Zoetermeer 21/01/05
“A member of Kraftwerk in Zoetermeer. You’d have thought they’d all live together in a hand-built robot somewhere in the Ruhr valley, or half-way up a mountain in the Swiss Alps…”
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Pluramon feat. Julee Cruise – Dreams Top Rock etc
The upshot, then, is MBV crossed with a darker version of The Cocteau Twins. It might not be the real thing but it’s a lot more than a guilty pleasure.
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Jules’ Review of 2004
Incendiary’s favourite librarian sends you all a short note.
There was some fine albums released this year. Wilco’s latest, A Ghost is Born, is notable for it’s strength of songwriting, imaginative arrangements and searing guitar work from Jeff Tweedy, but ultimately I’ll have to hand the album of the year prize to Brian Wilson’s Smile. Well worth the 37 year wait. Thanks, Bri.
Zoe’s Best of 2004
"Zoe lists things."
Mono’s review of 2004
Mono provides a vague description of past events.;