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CD / various / Australian
Pop Festival / 555 Recordings
Just the thing for this summer. It's a fun mix of electronica and organic
indie pop.
[read more] ---Tina Glyptis
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CD5 / Clinic
/ Walking With Thee / Domino
The real highlight of this EP is Mechanical Madrigal, a rocking track
that is flat out and fine.
[read more] ---Carl
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7" / Drowsy
/ Harmless & "Careless Me" b-w "Shaa" / Fat Cat
This 3 -track single is exquisite. If you like dreamy 60s influenced
lo-fi pop-- of the kind you might find on the Earworm or Acuarela labels.
[read more] ---George F. Kilgoar III
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7" / ESG
/ My Street / Soul Jazz
ESG observe the rough side of the streets,
as Major Thinkers did in their early 80s single "Avenue B."
[read more] ---Carl
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CD5 / FC/Kahuna
/ Machine Says Yes / City Rockers
These guys know how to keep it dirty and on
the floor and they don't hold back.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands
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CD / Generation
X / Radio 1 Sessions / Strange Fruit
The 13 songs on this disc comprise 4 complete
Peel sessions the band did.
[read more] ---Carl
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CD5 / King of Woolworths
/ Stalker Song / Mantra
The second single from Mancunian producer Jon Brooks, who released his
debut full-length album, 'Ming Star,' on Mantra last September.
[read more] ---Teresa Concepcion
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CD5 / King of Woolworths
/ Bakerloo / Mantra
Bakerloo is a six-minute instrumental piece
that is reminiscent of the kind of music often heard in 1960's suspense
films.
[read more] ---Teresa Concepcion
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CD / Macitajs On
Acid / Friki Diki - The Enrique Tapes 1992 - 2001 / Tornis Records
This disc contains some real nice, rough punk rockin. Some songs even
drift into darker, slower territory.
[read more] ---Andrew Culler
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CD5 / Parsley Sound
/ Platonic Rate / Mo Wax
This five song EP will only require one spin
to hook you, but repeated listens reveal a band that loves its craft and
fills their music with subtleties to ensure songs don't halt and jerk
into one another but spill into each other.
[read more] ---Mike Tiernan
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