“Indeed, it would be easy to fob off Holopaw as another American band doing beautiful acoustic things not-quite-as-successfully as some of their fellow countrymen.”
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Islands – Return to the Sea
“Hang on this track Swans sounds like Arcade Fire, albeit low-fi. I can assure you that I’m not that pissed.”
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Psapp – The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
“This Way brings a very smooth Gallic flavour to the party, a drugged late-period Stereolab maybe. The ants eating away at the carpet (at least that’s what I think that noise is) augment the song quite beautifully. ”
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Electroluvs – Bubblewrapped
“Wicked Girl has a quite predictable vocal introduction (low aahs and hmms designed no doubt to remind us that this girl is wicked) over a very sparse synth backdrop. Still, the line “I’m not gonna live in the kitchen and I’m not gonna be your mother.” is a belter.”
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The back catalogue of Scott Walker part 2
Unbidden, the man proceeded to unburden himself of this memory. It turned out that he was the cleaner in the studios where Scott 3 was recorded. He told tales of Wally Stott that beggared belief and can not be repeated here for decency’s sake.
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Incendiary News, June 2006
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Brakes – Proud in Stroud
The Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics.
If you want to make the world a better place for your children, then buy this album. It’ll fill you with hope.
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The Music Lovers – The Words We Say Before We Sleep
The Music Lovers are swish. Swish because they’re talented.
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London Calling Paradiso, Amsterdam – 31/3/06 – Part the first
As for where we were, it involved a bar, a couple of Incendiary heads, Mr. B, a blood soaked Jacket and a number of Fire Starters. The occasional Futurehead was in attendance till the early hours too, but to be honest, Richard singing British Sea Power songs in a George Formby voice proved the highlight of the after hours entertainment.
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