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I’ve now got to talk about opening track Brothers & Sisters without using the word “anthemic” cos Time Out said that. And the bloody Guardian.
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Tilly and the Wall – Bottoms of Barrels
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I refuse to rearrange the furniture for any band
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Lou Harrison – Chamber and Gamelan Works
“He believed in bringing together music from different cultures and made ‘multicultural music’ decades before people were getting into a tizzy over Paul Simon’s Graceland album.”
Remote Islands – Smother Party
Colin Pate invites his friends round to play organ solos. He doesn’t think like the rest of us.
Tapes ‘N Tapes – The Loon
“It seems unlikely that their debut long player, the rather dreadfully titled The Loon, would have become the focus of so much attention had skewed college rock not suddenly come into vogue this year. But just like there were still a few gems in the second wave of punk, so all this does not necessarily mean Tapes ‘N Tapes should be dismissed out of hand.”
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Firebrand Boy – Orange
“Get this on vinyl if you can. Listening to it rekindles the feeling I got when I got my paws on the 7” Pictures on My Wall or Blue Boy or Never Understand or Sally Cinnamon. Incendiary’s instructions are to play this record ad nauseum.”
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The Best of Hefner
“Hayman hasn’t spent the last six months debating whether to try and hold a girl’s hand; he’s already slept with her. But Hefner didn’t simply produce a bunch of songs about cute sex either…”
Chad van Gaalen – Skelliconnection
“The accent is on introspection, even at its most rocking, the LP never feels as if it’s being played to an audience consisting of more than one person. ”
Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways
“From the mid seventies onwards no one was really bothered about Johnny Cash. If he did crop up in the news it was likely to be for a bizarre reason, such as the time an ostrich on his farm kicked out and almost killed him. ”
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