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Cats In Paris - Courtcase 2000

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A pretty-darn-close to impeccable debut copybook. These Cats, then, have got the tunes as well as the cream. A bright future seems assured

Nightmares on Wax - Thought So...

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Even if it doesn?t quite represent the grand tour Nightmares On Wax originally envisaged, Thought So at least provides an enjoyable detour or two.

YACHT at London ICA, Thu 28 Aug

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YACHT, a.k.a. Jona Bechtolt, is a one man ball of creative energy. Hailing from the apparent modern mecca of alternative music - Portland, Oregon ? on stage he?s a bundled mixture of contortionism and choreography, moving in perfect synchronicity wit

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band at London Camden Electric Ballroom, Wed 27 Aug

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A figure stands onstage, hunched uncomfortably over a guitar. Dusky hair scrawls against the palloured hues of his face and beads of sweat are beginning to form upon the furrows of his brow. Coughing and spluttering, mumbling and drawling senselessness in

The Gutter Twins at Sheffield Leadmill, Wed 27 Aug

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DiSclaimer: The following is not a formal review. Rather, it is an account of the dialogue that took place between our two writers at the show

The Verve - Forth

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Whatever criticisms you could previously level at The Verve, you always knew that they meant it. Unfortunately, Forth requires a much more dispassionate and prosaic response because the mix is brutally bereft of the darker edges that coloured many of The Verve's best moments

Son Ambulance - Someone Else's Deja Vu

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If you've been dumped, rather than reaching for a margarita and Son, Ambulance's latest, you'd be better advised to reach for the gin and some Bon Iver

Bloc Party - Intimacy

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Intimacy gets pretty close to achieving Bloc Party's ultimate goal of aligning their different directional desires, and while imperfect the band's third is also hugely invigorating

Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse

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Raleigh, North Carolina trio Bowerbirds? debut LP is the sort of slow-release indie-folk almost-masterpiece that seems anything but the first few times through

Deerhunter - Microcastle

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In what amounts to a peek behind the curtain of Deerhunter?s reverb compositions thus far, Microcastle justifies our expectations for greatness

Ten Kens - Ten Kens

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Toronto?s Ten Kens have much in common with psychedelic rockers Black Mountain - not completely conventional but accessible enough to not alienate

Various - Erased Tapes Collection I

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Erased Tapes Collection 1, released to commemorate the label's first birthday, collects together eleven songs from its back catalogue

Gramercy Arms - Gramercy Arms

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There are good moments here ? notably the confident swagger of opener ?Automatic? ? yet listening to Gramercy Arms is a strangely unsettling experience

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

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Everything That Happens... is an entirely different entity to the musical collage Eno and Byrne crafted in the Reagan administration

Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

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Thankfully Friendly Fires haven?t been too tarnished by the endless glow stick paradigms associated with the now dreaded nu-rave tag, and their laboriously recorded, self-titled debut only serves to confirm the burgeoning distance from a world of garish

Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us...

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It must be a bit of a bugger being Brendan Canning, aka the guy from Broken Social Scene who isn't in another band and isn't Kevin Drew. I mean, he's probably fine ? as you read this he's no doubt sitting in a bath made of money or something. It's just

Polar Bear - Polar Bear

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For those that don?t know, Polar Bear are a jazz band, and in 2005 were the token jazz nomination for the Mercury Music Prize. If you saw the award show that year, you?ll know that their kinetic, two sax, bass and drums line-up rocked the house party

Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea

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Longing for The Blood Brothers is as futile as rating a girlfriend against an ex - all that matters is the here and now, and Jaguar Love are today

Kings of Leon at London Brixton Academy, Thu 14 Aug

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Cynics might suggest that during a night with Kings of Leon the songs blend together into a vast mulch of up-tempo rock. But when your festival warm-up takes place in the 5,500 capacity venue, it seems safe to assume your band's become a pretty big deal

Bellafea - Cavalcade

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Bellafea know how to produce a sizeable racket, from the pounding rhythm section to the walls of guitar that give the album its razor-sharp edges

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