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This debut double a-side from Elephant and Castle dwellers Flash Fiktion has been packaged to fool us into believing it emerged from some profound ideas. From the striped, psychedelic faces of the band members and some lifeless children on the sleeve, to the explanation behind the lyrics to 'Science of Sleep': "It...
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I first had the pleasure of hearing 'Misery Guts' by The Heebie Jeebies on the video for the song. It is mad, to say the least. Okay, the production values do seem fairly low-budget, especially the video but, just like when someone goes to the effort and has the creativity to make you a card for your birthday, a makeshift...
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Anyone who's read Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson's original Moomin comic strips, or remembers the Japanese cartoon series, will have no difficultly imagining how Björk is a perfect fit to soundtrack the lumpy, lovable pink creatures' big screen outing, Moomins and the Comet Chase. ...
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Ever since the edgy mutant disco sound of 1980's 'Walking on Thin Ice' (the last record John Lennon worked on, pop fact fans), Ono has maintained a healthy relationship with dance music, from leftfield electronica to the more 'club banger' end of the spectrum. This release, which collects remixes of the swingi...
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There's been a buzz building around MEN for awhile and, thankfully, their first UK single doesn't disappoint. Mixing a lazy reggae rhythm with electro-pop pulses and spindly guitar, 'Credit Card Babie$' immediately shows off this group's cool credentials and the diverse pool of influences they draw on. However...
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Now, I'm starting to wonder where the fat cats at Soundblab are unearthing these unknown gems from. Twin Shadow is the solo project of George Lewis Jr., an artist from New York.
"Twin Shadow has recently signed to Terrible Records."
Lewis is putting 'feelers' out whi...
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Berlin resident and mate of Peaches, Gonzales has in the last decade moved from prankster rapper to lounge pianist. Ivory Tower, a mainly instrumental work, could be said to be his 'chill out' album, were the term not so utterly abhorrent. Nevertheless, it's full of dreamy soundscapes and a distinctly 90s dance feel, helped along by Gonzales' piano tinkling, which at times has a very rave feel to it.
Despite its laidback stance, Ivory Tower is still a ...
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Minneapolis' new bluegrass kings return after their highly regarded debut album Sparrows in the Bell with their second offering Tremolo blending genres to the delight of many.
It's high praise indeed to suggest this second album shares a feel and sound with Springsteens' sublime Ghost of Tom Joad in its acoustic tales of American life but when the delivery is this enjoyable who's complaining? Like...
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It's often been said that Bono, U2's diminutive frontman, has something of a God complex. If that's true, then lesser rock stars like Brandon Flowers, erstwhile singer with The Killers, must make do with debilitating Bono complexes. Flowers' long-nursed complex - his burning, unashamed, desperate desire to be a big, important rock statesman singing songs about big, important human truths - reaches its apex on his first solo effort, the stupidly named Flamingo. Stupid ...
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At the start of this year, the bland mid-80s revivalist mulch peddled by Mancunian pretty boy duo Hurts (signature look: Spandau Ballet playing the Kray Twins, playing at being Spandau Ballet) got tipped all over the place as the next big thing. Funny how things work out. The glossy, over produced pop of Hall & Oates, Go West etc has in fact proved one of the defining musical trends of this year, but it's been elegantly, mischievously twisted by the psychedelic likes of Gayngs and Tor...
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Afro Celt Sound System. Not a name that would make too many jump up in excitement and bounce off to purchase their latest album. Unless they are devout WOMAD goers - so greying hippies with ponytails, read on. It describes the kind of fusion that should cause the final schism, the aural equivalent of 50 violent drunks mugging a nun. But it's not quite as bad as all that.
ACSS have been around a long time, and with this double album, they've picked some of the more successful st...
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