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List Price: £15.99
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The Hoosiers
 Blown away, 2010-08-24
There's not a lot of modern pop that I "get", but this album is a corker. As with earlier things from the Hoosiers there's an eclectic mix of introspection and full-blown fun. There's a wry sense of humour to proceedings. Although they evidently take their (superbly crafted) songs seriously they don't take themselves seriously at all. It makes them hugely endearing.
There are shades of The Beatles, Pet shop boys, sometimes even Blondie or ABBA spring to mind, in a dark twisted sort of way. But ultimately what you hear is the Hoosiers. Stand out tracks: Who said anything; Made to Measure; Glorious. Little Brutes is pretty bleak as a finale... and that's what I like. just when you are enjoying yourself the rug gets pulled from under you. A bit like real life - in a mad surreal sort of way. I would say this is top quality stuff: catchy, melodic, sinister, touching, sing-along songs that refuse to leave your head. I loved it!
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Rumer
 Hopeful, 2010-08-23
If the single 'Slow' is anything to go by, all fans of Karen Carpenter will not be disappointed. Not only does this lovely lady have her voice, but the arrangement is to die for. I know it's bad to make comparisons, but someone who can bring the magic of karen back into the lives of fans old and new will make a lot of people seriously happy.
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The Union
The Union, 2010-08-26
WOW - I have always liked Luke Morleys work in Thunder and read a review in Classic Rock about his new band. I decided to buy the album because it had got such a great review. I really like this, it has a very bluesy feel about it and Peter Shoulders voice is amazing. Twelve out of ten!!!!!!
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Foals
Foals, suggests Total Life Forever, are thinkers. Whereas most bands seem comfortable dropping a second album that sounds a lot like the first one but recorded a bit quicker, this Oxfordshire quintet have done their utmost to reinvent themselves as every turn. Largely gone is the furious dance-punk that powered their earlier singles, already beginning to fade as they dropped their 2008 debut Antidotes. Replacing it on Total Life Forever is a broader musical canvas that is becoming becomes increasingly hard to pigeonhole. Recorded with producer Luke Smith, formerly of Clor, songs like "After Glow" and "This Orient" are voluminous, heavily textured exercises in atmospherics and percussion that draw on shoegaze, the Fourth World funk of later Talking Heads and experimental electronica. This is not to say, however, that Foals have entirely bred out their pop gene. "Miami" fuses boom-bap beats with a stiff funkiness and fluid guitar lines that recall Battles, while the title track is a cool ska strut that finds Yannis Philippakis crooning "I know a place where I can go when I’m low". It’s not all immediate, but Total Life Forever is plainly crafted wit...
Just great, 2010-09-02
Great! Foals is one of the best bands that England has produced in the recent times
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Arcade Fire
"Wake Up," a track from, Funeral, the debut full-length by Montreal's Arcade Fire, builds from a midtempo strum into a "You Can't Hurry Love" gallop, which singer Win Butler interrupts with a yell: "You better look out below!" Somehow, none of this hits the ear as over-emotional. Throughout Funeral, the band augments its five-piece line-up with string sections, weaving a near-cinematic, folk-influenced chamber pop that slots in somewhere between Belle and Sebastian's delicacy and the robust classicism of '80s New Zealand bands such as the Chills and the Verlaines. The album drips with enough romanticism to rival Jeff Buckley's Grace, from the dreamscape of "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" ("Meet me in the middle of the town... forget all we used to know") to the epic realism of "In the Backseat." One of the indie rock community's most beloved finds of 2004, Arcade Fire are poised to win over even more listeners. --Rickey Wright
Its called Funeral..., 2010-08-23
And that's for a reason, during the time the album was being pieced together the band member's experienced some deaths in their families. The sound of the album is completely alive though. The emotion that is poured into the album is really very raw and real, the accompanying music is also astoundingly gritty yet complex and beautiful. The album is full of love, (Win and Regine were married also mid recording) sadness, death and family. It's about finding new starts and coping with loss, it tells stories and teaches lessons: "if you want something, dont ask for nothing". The ecclecticness of the music and vocals (some in french) all come together so well and uniquely that the album really must be considered a masterpiece. There isn't any sound like it and it manages to be very truthful and sensitive ("My family tree/is losing all it's leaves") without being too emotional to deal with. It may not click with some at first but anyone with an appreciation for real depth will surely get it sooner or later.
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Bombay Bicycle Club
Simply an amazing album, 2010-07-08
i had recently found it difficult to come across new exciting "indie" music, but this album simply is amazing, it fulfilled everything i have been looking for. Always like this, Evening/Morning & Dust on the Ground are the standout songs for me on this. I can never get bored of this album it really is simply amazing the only album that could have fulfilled this would be the xx.
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Goo Goo Dolls
Excellent return to form for the Goos!, 2010-08-30
Having been a fan of this band since 1995's 'A Boy Named Goo', I have seen them go through many musical changes. Their swift movement into producing softer, more mainstream music was surprising but the quality of songwriting remained excellent so I bought every new album that came along, enjoying the many highlights on each of them.
Only 'Let Love In' was a true disappointment. Upon it's release in 2006 I really thought the band had lost their way. Yes there were highlights such as 'Stay With You' and 'Can't Let It Go' but for the most part it was a below average effort...too soft, uninspired and most of the songs sounded the same.
Now here we are in 2010 and finally the Goo Goo Dolls have released the long overdue follow-up, 'Something For The Rest Of Us'. All I can say is this album is a lot better than the previous one. The songs offer much more variety and have more life in them, flowing with emotion but also energy which was lacking on 'Let Love In'. Of course the band have matured and it is certainly not a return to the youthful, upbeat rock of 'A Boy Named Goo' or 'Superstar Car Wash'. But at the same time I can't help but be delighted that they've recovered some of the brilliance we all know they are capable of.
The album gets off to a flying start with 'Sweetest Lie', a good choice for an opener and slightly different from anything they've done before, sounding very much like an upbeat U2 song with the chanting chorus and Edge-like guitars. It is different but it's powerful...and most of all it works.
From here on we have mainly power ballads and soft rock songs that each have their own distinctive sound. Personal favourites are 'As I Am' (an atmospheric and catchy power ballad that would fit well on Gutterflower), 'Notbroken' (an emotionally charged acoustic number which is well written and builds to a rocking finish), 'One Night' (very good mid-tempo soft rock, instantly likeable), 'Nothing Is Real' (hard edged ballad, epic sing-along chorus) and 'Still Your Song' (probably the best track of all. Emotional and radio friendly, upbeat catchy chorus, a classic Rzeznik composition. I hope it is the next single!).
Robby Takac provides two tracks for the album. 'Now I Hear' is quite good, different to his normal output, it rocks along but with a slower tempo than you would usually expect from Robby. It takes a few listens to appreciate and is not a highlight but certainly a good solid song. 'Say You're Free' is the other one and unfortunately, although providing a welcome change to a more punk rock direction which helps the album's variety, has a chorus that never really grabs you. I actually think 'Listen' from 'Let Love In' was superior. It's not a terrible song and doesn't change my overall rating for the album, but it still could have been better.
In conclusion, 'Something For The Rest Of Us' exceeds expectations from a band that have been around for 25 years. It vastly improves upon their last album and while not quite hitting the heights of their classic material, sounds fresh and relevant with a handful of excellent songs.
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Bombay Bicycle Club
The best album I have heard in ages,, 2010-08-29
Flaws
I heard ivy and gold on the radio and thought I must get that album,
Having done so it is one of the best albums I have heard in ages certainly the best album this year.
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The Saturdays
go saturdays, 2010-08-26
after my disspiontment of the fab missing you being kohked off by the fat idoit flo rida i bourt the alubem and it rocks evey song is great espssly
missing you
ego
frover is over
higher
kmara
puppet
and one shot
this alubum is a must buy for pop fans all round
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