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Dissonance, rock action, hot sex and politics: all you need for great entertainment.
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It'll make you laugh and cry. After all, it's Randy Newman.
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...driven along by sparse, toe tapping, head shaking, bouncy, slinky grooves.
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Little Lucid Moments is a relentless effort from a band making heroic guitar music for...
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Just by the law of averages Payton must have made better records than this.
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When You Know is simply great, subtle music for grown ups.
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Remove the filler and this is a very good album, perhaps even the last great REM album.
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The best of the three post-Berry studio albums.
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REM can do anything they want, including conquer the world.
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Time will tell whether Matana can develop her undoubted skills into something which...
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Edgy and atmospheric but never bloated or heavy handed.
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You should run towards it. It's bracing and thoroughly enjoyable.
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Day Trip says nothing but says it sweetly.
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This is British jazz with all its virtues and a few of its faults.
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With a lot more Hebden and a bit more focus this music could really sing out.
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...distorted hillbilly shrieking, feral grunts, obscenity, basic rock 'n' roll riffs.
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A well thought out selection that showcases the full range of their material.
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Exile On Mainstream suggests Matchbox Twenty’s best music could be in their future,...
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One of the defining artistic statements of the civil rights movement gets a timely...
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I had to go back and listen to Song X again to clean out the sticky gunk this album...
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This album has many virtues including taste, sincerity, subtlety and brevity.
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This is the kind of reissue that gives jazz a good name.
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Kinski in 'not chaotic enough' shock!
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Not a precious second wasted in 38 brilliant minutes. They really don’t make ‘em...
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More Specials has lots of quality, and is almost a classic.
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Shepp's still going strong at 70, but this double helping birthday treat is a curate's...
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Linkin Park need to get some fire in their bellies if they are to keep up to their own...
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The puzzle is whether this record is too tasteful to live up to their world beating...
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Fast, tight, and ready for action, it’s entertaining, exuberant and fun.
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...Even at their worst, Wire still sound thrillingly modern.
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Seattle based quartet mix minimalist moves with overdriven metallic riffing...
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'Take It Away' explodes out of the speakers. It's a corker, with a classic rabble...
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It sounds like The Supremes having sex with a robot in a dark alley. It's fantastic.
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If you've been in a working band for twenty years, what do you do if you leave? Stop...
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...Glorious pretty much sums them up.
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...Status Quo don't want you to feel their pain. They want you to bang your head, jump...
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The piano trio with a fondness for covering the odd rock classic return...
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...Manzanera needs a fresh framework for his undoubted talents...
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They took the dynamics of a rock band and turned them inside out. They added ideas...
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The Killers are cool...'Somebody Told Me' is one of the singles of the year. And this...
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Jane has brought out the very best in her men (and women).
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This is a fascinating, moving, beautiful record. If Slipknot carry on making albums as...
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Down in the basement something scary is happening...
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Intriguing avant rock workouts from ex Boredoms members indulging their Krautrock...
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'This is an album full of contemplative and meditative pleasures... Bowmboi is...
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Comedienne and jazz singer Lea Delaria takes on songs from Patti Smith, Soundgarden,...
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Has anybody ever sounded quite like Electric Six? They are bizarre, outrageous and...
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Guitar drones and electronic experimentation from Band of Susans founder Robert Poss.
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'When the hairs on the back of your neck stand up it's a good sign. As this Cd...
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Only John Cale would write a jolly song about driving and then put a sound effect of a...
