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BLUE ON BLUE
BLUE ON BLUE

“We get along really well, we don’t argue or get drunk and call each other bastards.”

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ALBUM REVIEWS
Captain Ahab
End of Irony
(Deathbomb Arc)

Since Mika Miko split and No Age started touring the world, LA’s The Smell scene has been searching for a new, less garage-y sound, and its found it in ravesploitation.

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Kele
The Boxer
(Wichita/Polydor)
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Tokyo Police Club
Champ
(Memphis Industries)
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LIVE REVIEWS
LIARS AT SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
Liars
Shepherd's Bush Empire , London

Liars have always been proponents of the idea of more – more bass, more fuzz, more weirdness.

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Album Review
EELS – END TIMES
Eels
End Times
[V2]
5/10

Eels’ frontman Mark “E” Everett has never been the type to embrace the warmer things in the world – even commercial vehicle ‘Novacaine For the Soul’ smacked of a certain melancholic desperation. Over the course of his band’s 15-year career, he’s actively seeked out life’s darker moments, if anything, and this shows no signs of abating on eighth studio album ‘End Times’. Mainly acoustic and devoid of any noticeable production, the album is smothered by enormous sadness. The tracks are graceful in their composition and the lyrics avoid outright self-pity, but the whole thing is laden with such world weariness that it is hard to listen to. It feels like the creation of a man who has fallen out of love with the world. It’s poetic, at times gut-wrenching, but mostly very, very depressing. For hardened Eels fans only.

By Tom Goodwyn

KELE – THE BOXER
Kele
The Boxer
[Wichita/Polydor]
6/10
TOKYO POLICE CLUB – CHAMP
Tokyo Police Club
Champ
[Memphis Industries]
9/10
SHIT BROWNE – EVERY SINGLE PENNY WILL BE REINVESTED IN THE PARTY
Shit Browne
Every Singe Penny Will Be Reinvested In The Party
[Asphalt Dutchess]
3/10
JAILL – THAT’S HOW WE BURN
Jaill
That's How We Burn
[Sub Pop]
7/10
HEALTH – HEALTH DISCO 2
HEALTH
Health Disco 2
[City Slang]
8/10
OMAR SOULEYMAN – JAZEERA NIGHTS
Omar Souleyman
Jazeera Nights
[Sublime Frequencies]
5/10
AWESOME COLOR – MASSA HYPNOS
Awesome Color
Massa Hypsos
[Ecstatic Peace!]
5/10
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Blood & Fire
[Black Records]
9/10
HERE WE GO MAGIC – PIGEONS
Here We Go Magic
Pigeons
[Secretly Canadian]
4/10
VARIOUS ARTISTS – THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF THE SONIC CATHEDRAL
Various Artists
The Psychedlic Sounds Of The Sonic Cathedral
[Sonic Cathedral]
8/10
APPLICANTS – ESCAPE FROM KRAKEN CASTLE
Applicants
Escape From Kraken Castle
[Tiger Trap]
7/10
MOTHER MOTHER – O MY HEART
Mother Mother
O My Heart
[Last Gang]
7/10
Sleepy Sun – Fever
Sleepy Sun
Fever
[ATP]
8/10
DEAD MEADOW – THE THREE KINGS
Dead Meadow
The Three Kings
[Xemu]
6/10
ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI – BEFORE TODAY
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Before Today
[4ad]
8/10
CHROME HOOF – CRUSH DEPTH
Chrome Hoof
Crush Depth
[Southern]
6/10
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Number 46
Number 46

This week we’ve been listening to Dels [pictured], Frankie Rose & The Outs, Disclosure, Rusko and El Guincho.

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THE BEGINNING
IT’S COMING HOME(BASE)
IT’S COMING HOME(BASE)

Pop music: the most annoying, tenuously linked product pushed via the World Cup.

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