Abigail Outhwaite finds that the hotly anticipated Metronomy LP is both a electro revelation - and a bit of a bummer. Read on to find out how their party nearly gets started...
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Dave reviews the latest Kings of Leon album. Then falls asleep and has nightmares of being stuck in a world where such a tedious insomnia cure of a record gets to number one in charts all over the globe, with legions of rabid fans and critics eager to defend slights upon it, without actually realising that they don't enjoy listening to it. No, really.
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Sheffield's art punks Rolo Tomassi make the jump from cult EP to hotly tipped LP, and Daniel Ross gives us the low down...
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They may be on the tip of the national tongue, but can Glasvegas make their epic sound stretch across a whole record? Danny Revolver finds out as he reviews their muchos anticipated debut...
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Rory Carroll gets to grips with his inner hillbilly as he reviews the latest album from waltzing bumpkin types The Weight. But hang on - how many band members are there again?!
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Yes yes, we know it came out yesterday. But hey! We've been busy with the XXL Jeans or whatever they're called. So now without further ado, Rory Carroll reviews the LP every lightsaber waving raver has been saving for...
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Amy Rich gets an early look at the "lilting, beat-ridden" debut LP from Friendly Fires - which she recommends as a perfectly frenetic soundtrack to the summer...
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You know those kids at the back of the bus who play their phones really loudly and phlegm at old grannies? Well, those kids have made an indie record. And as Ric Rawlins reports, it's not wholly despicable!
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Next week the Teens will be in the office and editing this very website from top to toe - you lucky mongrels! However, if you can't wait, here's Emily kendrick with her review of their debut LP...
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With rave-pop back on the catwalk again, it's a good time to welcome back Manda Rin - who led an endearingly kitsch version of the scene back in the late 90s with Bis. Amy Rich reviews her forthcoming LP...
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