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Three million twats can be wrong | Lily Allen’s ‘Air Balloon’

Three million twats can be wrong | Lily Allen’s ‘Air Balloon’

Listening to 'Air Balloon' sans distractions, as pure music, as pure human transmission, as I have been for an hour now, it seems to summate everything that's broken with my relationship to British pop music.…

Singles reviews | Arcade Fire, Haim, Paramore, Primal Scream

Singles reviews | Arcade Fire, Haim, Paramore, Primal Scream

I totally blame Dave Grohl for this bullshit.…

Single of the Week: Nots – self-titled (Goner)

Single of the Week: Nots – self-titled (Goner)

They've sewn garage rock's sloppy, swampy howlings to wiry, economical punk…

Singles reviews | Arctic Monkeys, Britney Spears, Fall Out Boy, Rahiem DeVaughn, Robbie Williams

You'd have to have been found swaddled in a wicker basket in a forest clearing and bought up and reared by wankers to ever consider this anything other than time-marking bollocks of the most tedious kind. Legends. …

Singles reviews | Arcade Fire, Robin Thicke, Eliza Doolittle

Singles reviews | Arcade Fire, Robin Thicke, Eliza Doolittle

My god, can you imagine how tiny Robin Thicke's dick is? Judging by his over-compensation it must be Clarkson small, Gervais small, with a couple of tiny balls looking like Murun Buchstansanger. …

Single of the week: Cosines – Hey Sailor Boy! / The Answer (Fika)

Single of the week: Cosines – Hey Sailor Boy! / The Answer (Fika)

This little 2-tracker 7" from London England's Cosines has the right pomp, the right stomp, the right chomp, and now I'm a chump for their charms.…

Single of the week: La Luz – Damp Face EP (Burger) & Call Me In The Day 7” (Water Wing)

Single of the week: La Luz – Damp Face EP (Burger) & Call Me In The Day 7” (Water Wing)

Seattle’s La Luz have a definite beach blanket bingo vibe, especially if the beach in question is located somewhere in Twin Peaks with the ghosts of crackly 50s doo-wop & 60s girl-group singles echoing from someone’s AM radio. …

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Marquis de Tren – Solemns 12″ (Domino)

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Marquis de Tren – Solemns 12″ (Domino)

These masterly musicians are in top form here, ambling arm-in-arm and conversing as only decades of friendship allows.…

Single of the Week: Priests – Radiation/Personal Planes 7″ (Sister Polygon)

Single of the Week: Priests – Radiation/Personal Planes 7″ (Sister Polygon)

This is the vibrant howl and clatter of the underground in 2013…

Single of the Week: Mil Mascaras – Fuzz EP (Hozac)

Single of the Week: Mil Mascaras – Fuzz EP (Hozac)

In my perfect world, everyone would be giddy about the fact that you can now get your hands on a copy of a re-released Chin Chin LP at a reasonable price.…

Single Of The Week: Man or Astro-man? – Defcon 5 (Chunklet)

Single Of The Week: Man or Astro-man? – Defcon 5 (Chunklet)

Man or Astro-man? do their thing and while they didn't create surfy sci-fi rock they definitely set the bar for everyone else who tries to be judged against.…

Single Of The Week: Future Twin – Bad Seed (self-released)

Single Of The Week: Future Twin – Bad Seed (self-released)

Sun, fun, shorts, shades, the beach, the party never stops and the caring never starts.…

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