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Let’s get one thing straight. Mr. James Murphy must have a good lawyer.
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Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
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I get the feeling that Bloc Party are so much better than another young band trying out a set of New Wave stylizations.
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Robyn Hitchcock – Spooked
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Welch and Rawlings seem to have brought a new focus and more importantly to have raised the competition bar, almost brought Mr H out of himself a bit. And this is a good thing.
Saturday Looks Good To Me – Every Night
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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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Incendiary speak to Bloc Party
"Read books, listen to your parents and watch your manners. "
Bloc Party are seen as possibly the most promising band around at present. Incendiary took some time out with Gordon Moakes and asked him what made the band tick.