“Suffice to say that a large proportion of the artists showcased here only managed the one release, which means that the CD is chockfull of exuberance and, shall we say, a certain immodest vitality? ”
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Big Block 454 – Their Coats Flapped like God’s Chops.
“So, what to make of it? You’ve read the song titles, you’ve read my fumbling attempts to codify the music on this release into something you might identify with but really, you just have to listen. ”
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Letter from Coventry! May 2006
“An older friend once told me that going out in the late 80s when Madchester ruled the waves was a much pleasanter experience than when he was growing up in the late 1970s when football hooliganism, violence and menace hung in the air like smoke at a bonfire. ”
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Archie Bronson Outfit – Derdang Derdang.
“But, overlook this LP at your peril. It has got that elusive something special tag, that spark of genuine creation that is impossible to manufacture or summon at will.”
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The Elected – Sun, Sun, Sun
” I look forward to an album of theirs when they strip away those thick layers of LA sun and luxury studio mastering and record an album in hotel rooms where it sounds like it was recorded in hotel rooms (apparently it was) or in a darn barn. ”
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The Tyde – Three’s Co.
“Though catchy, I wasn’t humming any of these pop songs a few hours later.”
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Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
“Great for a reflection afternoon in your favorite chair with a cup of coffee or pot of tea and a book.”
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The Fiery Furnaces – Bitter Tea
““I’m a crazy crane, I lost my true love in the rain” to a tune that could have been robbed from The Mikado. It’s not normal, I tell you. And, in other peoples’ hands it could well be insufferable. ”
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Doll by Doll – Revenge of Memory (1975-83) – live in Sheffield 1977
“In some ways they are an incredibly early prototype of a New Soul Boy band such as Dexys, or an Attractions or a Talking Heads or even at times a Crocodiles era Bunnymen.”
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