“Like the all the best one dimensional pop records this should be overplayed for a month, enjoyed for a while longer and then filed away, ripe for rediscovery a few years down the line.”
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Incendiary News; May 2006
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Shogun Kunitoki – Tasankokaiku
“There’s been a lot written recently about the psychedelic folk music coming out of Finland. Well – relatively, at least. ”
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Adem – Love and Other Planets
“Warm, witty and incredibly humane this is the best work that Adem has produced so far.”
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The Beautiful New Born Children – Hey People!
“If you like your music up tempo and thrashy and throw away then this is our recommendation for the month. ”
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Sandy Dillon – Pull the Strings
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A phrase that always reminds me of the scene in Johnny Depp’s Ed Wood film where the Bella Lugosi character is seen sat, immobile apart from flamboyant hand movements, in front of a moving backdrop of rampaging buffalo repeating the same phrase for all he’s worth.
Inner City Sound – Australian Punk and Post – Punk
“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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