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BECOMING REAL
BECOMING REAL

“It’s way too early to tell where this is going. I have so many stems of Becoming Real, so I don’t know how it’s going to evolve.”

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ALBUM REVIEWS
Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel
(Siltbreeze)

Pop round to this trio’s house and you’d probably find faded trunks filled with ripped Hendrix and Zeppelin outfits.

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Menomena
Mines
(City Slang)
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PVT
Church With No Magic
(Warp)
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LIVE REVIEWS
MIDLAKE AT THE LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD
Midlake
The Leadmill , Sheffield

With a band boasting seven live members you by rights expect to experience something above the norm. Sadly, tonight Midlake offers nothing but the norm.

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Album Review
Sleepy Sun – Fever
Sleepy Sun
Fever
[ATP]
8/10

It’s as if Woodstock never left, as you stumble out of your tent, bleary eyed, to the sound of Sleepy Suns. Hendrix ‘Star Spangled…’ style guitar intro and dreamy harmonies mix with a laidback Californian drawl as ‘Marina’ breezes through, joss stick clasped firmly in hand. The band’s torch songs, like ‘Ooh Boy’ and ‘Sandstorm Woman’, provide a welcome break from the tangled mass of noise, and while this is an album that could nestle quite happily next to your dads Pink Floyd collection, Sleepy Suns’ swooping vocals sound refreshingly new. They, and ‘Fever’, are the antithesis of over-produced pop, with more bombastic kick than the wispy mutterings of ‘new folk’ and work of contemporaries Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes. With lighters held aloft, ‘Wild Machines’’s prog odyssey could prove an epic festival closer. Don’t let this band pass you by.

By Kate Parkin

Melpomeni – 8 Tragedies, 2 Love Songs & A Breakdown
Melpomeni
8 Tragedies, 2 Love Songs & A Breakdown
[Lighthouse]
6/10
FABULOUS DIAMONDS – FABULOUS DIAMONDS II
Fabulous Diamonds
Fabulous Diamonds II
[Chapter Music]
6/10
MOUNT CARMEL – MOUNT CARMEL
Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel
[Siltbreeze]
5/10
MENOMENA – MINES
Menomena
Mines
[City Slang]
7/10
PVT – CHURCH WITH NO MAGIC
PVT
Church With No Magic
[Warp]
9/10
SKY LARKIN – KALEIDE
Sky Larkin
Kaleide
[Wichita]
6/10
TY SEGALL – MELTED
Ty Segall
Melted
[Goner]
8/10
WAVVES – KING OF THE BEACH
Wavves
King Of The Beach
[Bella Union]
9/10
DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL – BLESSED AND CURSED
Devil Sold His Soul
Blessed and Cursed
[Century Media]
5/10
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Hawk
[V2]
7/10
BEST COAST – CRAZY FOR YOU
Best Coast
Crazy For You
[Wichita]
8/10
DRUM EYES – GIRA GIRA
Drum Eyes
Gira Gira
[Upset The Rhythm]
8/10
Baths – Cerulean
Baths
Cerulean
[Anticon]
8/10
WOVEN BONES – IN AND OUT AND BACK AGAIN
Woven Bones
In And Out And Back Again
[Hozac]
7/10
SKREAM – OUTSIDE THE BOX
Skream
Outside The Box
[Tempa]
8/10
WOLF PARADE – EXPO86
Wolf Parade
Expo86
[Sub Pop]
4/10
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INSIDE OUR CURRENT ISSUE
INSIDE OUR CURRENT ISSUE

Wavves / Cerebral Ballzy / 2:54 / The Vaselines / Disclosure / Toro Y Moi / Offset /Oya Festival / Melt!

PODCAST
Number 49
Number 49

This week we’ve been listening to Blue On Blue [pictured], Nick Garrie, Paper Crows, Let’s Wrestle and Warpaint.

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THE BEGINNING
MONKEY BIZZLE
MONKEY BIZZLE

Gorillaz’ Glastonbury set was only disappointing to the deluded, says Danny Canter.

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