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TV on The Radio - Dear Science
The list of influences I've read for this band don't materialise in their music to my mind. The sole exception is a loosePere Ubu similarity, and I think there's a faint hint of Talking Heads.
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Radiohead - In Rainbows
Not their best IMHO, but pretty much anything they put out is of interest. Can't imagine what they'll release next...
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Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Another of Sub Pop's gentler releases. Rousing vocal melodies, & simple music combine to good effect...
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Ani Difranco - Not a Pretty Girl
Difranco takes musical self-sufficiency as far as is possible with this album:
[Incredibly patronising & unreconstructed mode on]
- Writes her own material (Not unusual, but commendable nevertheless)
- Sings & plays almost everything (Talented guitarist)
- Produced the album herself (Starting to appear a bit of a know-it-all...)
- Songs are published by her own publishing company (Smart move)
- Album released by her own Righteous Babe label (Control freak. Probably a lesbian...)
[Incredibly patronising & unreconstructed mode off]
This is a smart album of punked-up singer-songwriting.
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Chico Debarge- Oh no! .... off his new album Addiction. It Rocks!
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Grandaddy - The Broken Down Comforter Collection
An odds & sods compilation from a top band.
I'm a sucker for slurring, fuzzed-up guitars, so this is right up my street...
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The Arlenes - Stuck on Love
A transantlantic not-very-alt Alt Country band. Fine songs, worth checking out...
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Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
Stylistically all over the place...
There's raw Stonesy Rock, Electronic Rock, Industrialish Rock, Dub, Melodic Pop/Rock.
Hangs together very well.
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Elf Power - Walking With The Beggar Boys
Classy, straightforward Indie Rock.
A bit of a departure for this band, but very good...
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GREAT album. Phan here myself.
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^ Excellent !!!
TV on The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Another good one from TVoTR...
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The Felice Brothers - Yonder is The Clock
Latest slice of shambling Alt-Americana from The Felice Brothers. Sounds astonishingly like Dylan, but stands on its' own two feet.
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Rufus Wainwright - Want Two
Not my favourite RW album, but it is growing on me.
A very gay album...
