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Ensemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl (Drag City)

Ensemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl (Drag City)

Imagine a German Dirty Three. Of if you’re feeling cynical, imagine a 10-year-old boy pretending to be a monster, stomping all over Tokyo in a nuclear-induced haze.…

A review of ‘Comedown Machine’ by The Strokes based only on the front cover

A review of ‘Comedown Machine’ by The Strokes based only on the front cover

Their music is supermarket fodder, created with precisely the same love and attention to detail as a pack of frozen peas…

A review of ‘Muchacho’ by Phosphorescent based only on the front cover

A review of ‘Muchacho’ by Phosphorescent based only on the front cover

Is it irresponsible to write an album review without having heard a single note from said album? Maybe. It would probably depend on the album. …

Primitive Motion – Home Of The Future (Kindling)

Primitive Motion – Home Of The Future (Kindling)

It reminds me of someone in a book I once read, describing a heroin high as like floating on a sea of jewels, which scares the hell out of me because it sounds incredible. …

Beat Mark – Howls Of Joy (Ample Play)

Beat Mark – Howls Of Joy (Ample Play)

Here’s an official video. It's better than Veronica Falls, I guess.…

Blank Realm – Go Easy (Fire)

Blank Realm – Go Easy (Fire)

Go Easy is a radical jukebox. Go Easy is lying in your backyard, stoned in the sun. Go Easy is a top-down ride down a wide avenue with tall palm trees on either side. …

Hair Police – Mercurial Rites (Type)

Hair Police – Mercurial Rites (Type)

Now this is some real grisly shit right here. Forget your Swans, forget your Big Black, forget your Danish bands of dubious intelligence…

Eat Skull – III (Woodsist)

Eat Skull – III (Woodsist)

I’m a sucker for thinned-out drum machine percussion and keyboard lines that sound like old classroom films from my youth…

Atoms For Peace – AMOK (XL Recordings)

Atoms For Peace – AMOK (XL Recordings)

Radiohead is a heavy scene. They’ve not just the weight of expectation, but also the weight of freedom, because if you’ve proven you can do anything you want, what are you going to do?…

THE ALTERNATIVE REVIEW | Iceage – You’re Nothing (Matador)

THE ALTERNATIVE REVIEW | Iceage – You’re Nothing (Matador)

The nastiness, the blackness and bleakness, is a lot of the attraction.…

Beachniks – In Color (self-released)

Beachniks – In Color (self-released)

Of course, music isn't always about fun, but when it comes down to my pop music, I'm just saying I'd much rather hang out with Jad Fair than Lou Reed.…

Happy Jawbone Family Band – Tastes The Broom (Mexican Summer)

Happy Jawbone Family Band – Tastes The Broom (Mexican Summer)

It’s too demented and gleeful to be offensive. It’s barely of this planet and doesn’t have a mean bone in its body. …

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