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Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope to the Sky (Young God)

“there’s a masterful swagger to the record, a very knowing grasp of subjunctive imagery and a torrent of mimesis running right through...”; release – 2010

More / (01.09.10)

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Where The Messengers Meet (Dead Oceans)

“getting dressed up and going to town (in clothes that don’t match)...”; release – 2010

More / (20.08.10)

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Mercury)

“their third album proves that whatever it was that first launched arcade fire into the stratosphere, that unknown element that has made them so popular yet allowed them to retain their credibility (the holy grail for all bands?), they haven’t lost it quite yet...”;  release – 2010

More / (19.08.10)

Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork (Barsuk Records)

“it’s almost overly clever in its quality, but also in its warmth...”; release – 2010

More / (19.08.10)

Various Artists – Young & Lost Club Compilation (Young And Lost Club)

“the thing that I quite like about this compilation is how personal it feels. it’s very london centric, but there are no attempts to hide that. instead, it’s worn like a very honourable pin badge...”; release – 2010

More / (18.08.10)

Quack Quack - Slow As An Eyeball (Cuckundoo)

“at times you just can’t help but grin inanely at the sheer exuberance of it all...”; release – 2010

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Best Coast – Crazy For You (Wichita)

“we’re talking about adolescence here - arguably the most shallow, yet viscerally emotional moment in all of our lives...”; release – 2010

More / (17.08.10)

James Holden – DJ-Kicks (!K7)

“it’s all over the place, in a very liberating way, really stretching what’s between your ears and letting it slacken again before beating some pulsing rhythms back down your throat and running away, along with your sense of what just happened...”; release – 2010

More / (16.08.10)

Darker My Love – Alive As You Are (Dangerbird)

“their latest offering of psychedelic charm makes your acquaintance with an effortless grace on the very first listen...”; release – 2010

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Cats and Cats and Cats - If I Had An Atlas (Fiction)

 “there are elements that hold extreme charm, others that are awkward, some verge on embarrassment and others pure beauty...”; release – 2010

More / (14.08.10)

Roky Erickson with Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil (Chemikal Underground)

“some of the recordings roky made in rusk state hospital for the criminally insane have been incorporated into true love cast out all evil, which provides an eerie sense of his past lingering amongst the optimistic themes of hope and salvation...”; release – 2010

More / (13.08.10)

Health - //DISCO2 (City Slang)

“health have managed to realign their bracingly sharp sound in a whole manner of fascinating ways, and moulded a record of atmospheric party music....”; release – 2010

More / (12.08.10)