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CLP f/ Rayzaflo: "Putcha Handz Up"
Germans make stunning graffiti, but their hip-hop doesn’t have the best reputation. Unimpressed with the country’s heavy-handed gangsta rap, the...
Sep 07, 2009
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The xx: xx
Though their cover art depicts only the starkness of white on black, xx is not an album of strict dichotomies....
Sep 04, 2009
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Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
I suppose Wild Beasts’ semi-hyped debut Limbo Panto and the crescendo of critical description that followed made it inevitable: this...
Sep 04, 2009
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Ramona Falls: Intuit
Criticizing the debut from Ramona Falls is easy, at least when there’s nothing constructive involved—this is, ostensibly, an album made...
Sep 04, 2009
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Javelin: Jamz n Jemz
Rather than challenging preexisting notions of sampling-as-art-form or the intrinsic worth of pastiche (or whatever), Jamz n Jemz, Javelin’s beat-mongering...
Sep 04, 2009
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WHY? & Themselves: "Canada"
It’s hard not to hear “You’re showing your pinkest parts in my absence” and not think of Dose One’s self-described...
Aug 31, 2009
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Reigning Sound: Love and Curses
These guys’ last record, Too Much Guitar (2004), presented us with a thick spectacle of noise. What that means in...
Aug 31, 2009
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Peter Broderick: 4 Track Songs
Whizkid composer Peter Broderick has come a long, long way for someone still young enough to be penalised on their...
Aug 31, 2009