2010: Artists of my year

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Julie

I put the emphasis on my because these aren’t going to appear on anyone else’s run-down of 2010. Or two out of three anyway – the artists of my year actually have a lot in common, but release dates aren’t one of them. Not that there wasn’t enough good music out in 2010. It’s been [...]

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Album/Single Of The Month: April

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Julie

When We Were Dead … was first released, I read a few iffy reviews of it by people who seem to like one type of Modest Mouse sound but not another. I don’t get that. It seems to me that the variety – maybe even contradictions – in Modest Mouse is exactly what makes them [...]

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Album / Single / EP Of The Month: March

Posted on April 29, 2007 by tamboosh

I thought it was going to be impossible to follow up an album that was lauded as much as Funeral was, but Arcade Fire pulled it off with Neon Bible. I can only imagine how intimidating it must have been to create something that would be compared to such an instant classic. I love their [...]

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Albums / Singles Of The Month: January & February

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Julie

Alright, it has taken me so long to get this out that I have to do two months worth at once. Phew – here goes … Truth be told, I have no idea what to say about Jamie T and his debut, Panic Prevention. Comparisons to The Streets will no doubt follow him for the [...]

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Album/Single Of The Month: Brakes & Cold War Kids

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Julie

I had a terrible time picking an Of The Month album for November. I only bought three albums last month – Brakes’ The Beatific Visions, The Long Blondes’ Someone To Drive You Home, and The Magic Numbers’ Those The Brokes – and they’re all deserving in their own way. Many an indie dork waitied as [...]

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