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Album Review: Volcano Choir - Repave

Electronic pulses feed throughout, and as the staccato beat of closer Almanac smashes the glass ceiling of expectations, it’s bluntly apparent that Repave stands tall.

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Album Review: Babyshambles - Sequel To The Prequel

Less shambolic than Down In Albion or Shotter’s Nation, this album may alienate die-hards, but with work this measured, why would Babyshambles care?

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Album Review: Black Joe Lewis - Electric Slave

Come To My Party proves they make a better soul than garage band, but Electric Slave shows that Lewis and co have more grit and versatility than many might have expected.

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Album Review: Califone - Stitches

There’s always something slightly unnerving underpinning Califone’s rustic ruminations – vaguely ominous, even creepy – but the inherent beauty that’s also omnipresent completely mitigates any such petty concerns.

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Album Review: The Jungle Giants - Learn To Exist

Anyone who listened to The Jungle Giants’ first two EPs or has seen them perform live knows that they are a fun band and, for the most part, that’s what Learn To Exist is. But ‘fun’ alone isn’t going to help them stand out in the crowd.

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Album Review: Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

The confronting teenage brutality of 2010 debut Earl has been left behind. Only our hero’s skill and charisma remain. Doris is a triumph. Earl’s free.

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Album Review: Grey Reverend - A Hero's Lie

This record’s a slow burner that slips into the background of your consciousness over time, and once there it will find a reason to stay lodged for a long while.

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Album Review: Hookworms - Pearl Mystic

Progress is evident, though, on the codeine-induced crawl of Since We Had Changed, which aches with a melancholy grace. A band for the future maybe, whatever shape that takes.

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Album Review: John Mayer - Paradise Valley

Here’s hoping Paradise Valley sets Mayer on the road to musical redemption.

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Album Review: Franz Ferdinand - 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions'

Fun, energetic indie rock

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Album Review: Woe, Is Me - 'American Dream'

For Woe, Is Me fans only

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Album Review: Avenged Sevenfold - 'Hail to the King'

Tries to re-invent the classics.

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