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THE GOOD REVIEW Vivian Girls – Share The Joy (Polyvinyl)

THE GOOD REVIEW Vivian Girls – Share The Joy (Polyvinyl)

There are still songs about love, but even the love songs sound wiser, more ferocious, more bitter, and ultimately more hopeful. Vivian Girls have grown up. …

TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light (Interscope)

TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light (Interscope)

2011 finds TV On The Radio with nothing new to say, no new sounds to make, and no reason on earth to go on existing. …

No Age @ Fondation Cartier, Paris 11.04.11

No Age @ Fondation Cartier, Paris 11.04.11

What is it they say about punk bands in glass houses?…

Gang Of Four @ Le Trabendo, Paris 18.03.11

Gang Of Four @ Le Trabendo, Paris 18.03.11

There are no wanky digressions or lead fretwork clogging up the song with rock star dirge, just a well executed use of noise vs silence, skill vs sparse. …

Grouper – A I A (self-released)

Grouper – A I A (self-released)

I think I had a dream. It was like looking out into a canyon slowly filling with mist. …

Zeitkratzer – James Tenney (Old School)

Zeitkratzer – James Tenney (Old School)

by >100…

Austra – Feel It Break (Domino)

Austra – Feel It Break (Domino)

This is the one that I play over and over. It sounds big. It just sounds cold and big and that is exactly the sort of sound I prefer. It’s about choke sex, right? …

Mountains – Air Museum (Thrill Jockey)

Mountains – Air Museum (Thrill Jockey)

by >100…

Wild Beasts – Smother (Domino)

Wild Beasts – Smother (Domino)

Fantastic music makes me into a slutty slut face and that’s fine. …

Africa HiTech – ‘Out In The Streets’ (Warp)

Africa HiTech – ‘Out In The Streets’ (Warp)

entranced, volatile, enraged, elevated, attenuated, aggressive, aroused…

Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys! (Fiction)

Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys! (Fiction)

They're not afraid to make an album that whispers.…

Justin Townes Earle @ Step Inn, 10.03.11

Justin Townes Earle @ Step Inn, 10.03.11

by Alex Gillies…

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