the whole album seems to shine out of your speakers
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Hello Bear – This One Girl
If you’re looking out for a new slice of power pop/indie rock then Hello Bear will fulfill your head nodding/toe tapping foot quota easily
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Fabrizio Cammarata & The Second Grace – Rooms
a dramatic, uplifting and at times overwhelming album
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Daniel Land & The Modern Painters – The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us is essential listening for any foot watcher and required listening for anyone who feels the need to hole up in a darkened room with a bottle of vodka and a few old photo albums
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A Tale of Two Cities – April New YX, Wolvon in Den Haag and Leiden
At one stage singer Ike was writhing on SUB’s filthy floor, eyes rolling and gob agape, howling through some form of bozo incantation, waiting to be beamed up to some guitar playing alien world where beer was permanently cold and Ash Ra Tempel played all day on the coin-op.
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Letter From Sheffield – Spring 2012
At a similar time I went to see Kevin Blechdom play in The Cricketers, a pub of ill repute opposite Bramhall Lane, home of Sheffield United. Downstairs was rough and – well, just rough.
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BalloonMan – Aurelia EP
It would be nice to hear them live as you get the feeling that they are fairly withdrawn on this record, determined to ensure that they records their parts just so.
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Rats on Rafts and Plus Instruments – De Duyker, Hoofdorp 27/4/12
…one thing Truus de Groot has is presence, and an awareness of how to use the stage.
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I Like Trains – The Shallows
…it’s hard not to tap one’s feet as singer Dave Martin’s dulcet tones, sounding at times like a cross between Nick Cave and Carry On legend Kenneth Williams
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Home Taping – Side Three: Sex and Tapes and Rock ‘n’ Roll
A workmate spent years trying to enlighten his spouse, and after this extensive period of indoctrination she brought him James Blunt’s Back to Bedlam for Christmas. He snapped it in half and filed for divorce.
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