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Roots Manuva: 4everevolution
Rodney Smith’s fifth album proper is the biggest mixed bag since Father Christmas’s present sack, and that includes flying sleds,...
Oct 01, 2011
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Wavves: Life Sux EP
In a standout track from the five-song Life Sux EP, Wavves’s Nathan Williams aligns himself with rock royalty, hoping upon...
Oct 01, 2011
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Wye Oak: Civilian
Civilian begins with the sound of a room rife with conversation—a reflection of what is to come, in some respects....
Oct 01, 2011
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Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lenses Alien
Cymbals Eat Guitars emerged a couple years back with both a typically indebted ‘90s indie rock sound and one of...
Sep 27, 2011
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Roll the Dice: In Dust
Swedes Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt have certainly got more than a couple things going for them when it comes...
Sep 27, 2011
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Deer Tick: Divine Providence
When Deer Tick’s raucous master and commander John McCauley boasts, “Man, you can practically smell the sweat and the beer!“,...
Sep 27, 2011
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Cat's Eyes: Cat's Eyes
It’s certainly fitting that Cat’s Eyes, the eponymous debut from the Horrors’ Faris Badwan and classically-trained soprano Rachel Zeffira, runs...
Sep 27, 2011
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The Field: Looping State of Mind
Looping State of Mind, eh? Can I be too quick to point out that the level of obligatory resignation and...
Sep 23, 2011
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The Cyrillic Typewriter: The Cyrillic Typewriter
Does it make sense to speak of a “Canadian music scene”? On the one hand, Canada is the second largest...
Sep 23, 2011