Album Reviews

Album Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis

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March 18, 2010
Album Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis

Title: Option Paralysis Artist: The Dillinger Escape Plan Label: Party Smasher Inc Release Date: 23 March 2010 In One Word: Solid The Dillinger Escape Plan have always had a penchant for two-worded, oddly-titled albums:...
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Album Review: Pavement – Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement

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March 15, 2010
Album Review: Pavement – Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement

Title: Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement Artist: Pavement Label: Matador Release Date: Out Now (9 March 2010) In One Word: Roots Pavement are back, reclaiming their rightful place in the...
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Album Review: The HotRats – Turn Ons

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March 12, 2010
Album Review: The HotRats – Turn Ons

Title: Turn Ons Artist: The HotRats Label: G&D Release Date: February 2010 In One Word: Fun Whilst maybe not the most innovative and musically interesting release, this is a whole heap of fun. Featuring two thirds...
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Album Review: Kobra and the Lotus – Out Of The Pit

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March 11, 2010
Album Review: Kobra and the Lotus – Out Of The Pit

Title: Out Of The Pit Artist: Kobra and the Lotus Label: Sonic Unyon Release Date: 9 March 2010 In One Word: Meh Sometime last year a 4-track promo sampler from Calgary, AB’s...
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Album Review: Serj Tankian – Elect The Dead Symphony

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March 11, 2010
Album Review: Serj Tankian – Elect The Dead Symphony

Title: Elect The Dead Symphony Artist: Serj Tankian Label: Warner Release Date: 9 March 2010 In One Word: Refreshing As a bona fide System Of A Down fan, it’s perhaps high time I checked...
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Album Review: Fozzy – Chasing The Grail

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March 11, 2010
Album Review: Fozzy – Chasing The Grail

Title: Chasing The Grail Artist: Fozzy Label: Riot! Release Date: Out Now In One Word: Ozzy! OK, so first things first, it’s hard to take the notion of a professional wrestler fronting a band seriously but...
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Album Review: Hands – Little Boots

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March 9, 2010
Album Review: Hands – Little Boots

Title: Hands Artist: Little Boots Label: Warner Release Date: 2 March 2010 In One Word: Contrived By definition pop music is “commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and...
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Single Review: Black Soul Strangers – The Haunting

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March 5, 2010
Single Review: Black Soul Strangers – The Haunting

Title: The Haunting Artist: Black Soul Strangers Label: Squeek Records Release Date: 14 March 2010 In One Word: Fetching When you search for ‘haunting’ in a dictionary, what seems to be a re-occurring definition is...
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Album Review: The Unthanks – Here’s the Tender Coming

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February 28, 2010
Album Review: The Unthanks – Here’s the Tender Coming

Title: Here’s the Tender Coming Artist: The Unthanks Label: Rough Trade/EMI Released: 2 March 2010 Canada and US (UK 14 September 2009) In one word: Shinemuck This album is one of the more lovely...
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Album Review: Hot Chip – One Life Stand

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February 26, 2010
Album Review: Hot Chip – One Life Stand

Title: One Life Stand Artist: Hot Chip Label: EMI Released: 2 February 2010 In one word: Vocals One Life Stand is an album made to be listened to in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is icy yet...
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