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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
Minus The Bear
OMNI
(Dangerbird)

Seattle’s Minus The Bear have always been one of those bands whose fans absolutely adore them, but who’ve never grown into an act that sells many records.

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Tony Da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys
The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness
(Turnstile)
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Melpomeni
8 Tragedies, 2 Love Songs & A Breakdown
(Lighthouse)
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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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LIVE REVIEW
THE OH SEES AT THE LUMINAIRE
The Oh Sees
The Luminare, Kilburn
London
05/06/10

“There’s a shitload of people here,” drawls Thee Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer, addressing said people who are crammed, nose-to-armpit, right up to the edge of the stage. “It’s HOT!” That, Mr Dwyer, is the understatement of the decade. It’s the kind of hot where you can feel the rivulets of sweat streaming down your skin and, under the circumstances, hope to Buddha that the sweat in question is your own. The band launch head-on into a set of fuzz-infused garage, laced with psychedelic guitar riffage, and bristling with clear, focused energy – and they are relentless about it. The gig is a marathon of sweltering, squelching punk tracks, many from recent album ‘Help’, complete with impromptu drawn-out, bluesy endings that drummer Mike Shoun bravely bashes his way through, even as the other Oh Sees are tacking on a few more reverb-heavy phrases, just to see if he can make it. “You guys getting tired?” asks the drenched Dwyer, before throttling his guitar through thirteen-minute track ‘Warm Slime’, holding his mic up to the amp and grooving off the delirious shrieks of feedback. Between the heat and the unrestrained intensity on stage, tonight feels like the end of the world – and what a way to go.

By Polly Rappaport

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Originally published in issue 18 (vol 3) of Loud And Quiet. June 2010

DIRTY PROJECTORS AT THE BARBICAN
Dirty Projectors
The Barbican Center
London
25/06/10
THROATS AT PAVILLION TAVERN, BRIGHTON
Throats
Pavillion Tavern
Brighton
29/06/10
PLEASE AT OLD BLUE LAST, SHOREDITCH
Please
Old Blue Last, Shoreditch
London
03/07/10
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2010
Glastonbury Festival 2010
Worthy Farm
Pilton
23-27/06/10
WASHED OUT AT CARGO
Washed Out
Cargo, Shoreditch
London
01/06/10
JOANNA NEWSOM AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
Joanna Newsom
Royal Festival Hall
London
13/05/10
SMALL BLACK AT BARDEN’S BOUDOIR
Small Black
Barden's Boudoir, Dalston
London
25/05/10
QUASI AT THE FREEBUTT, BRIGHTON
Quasi
The Freebutt
Brighton
25/05/10
EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DIASTER AT THE GARAGE
EMBD
The Garage, Islington
London
03/06/10
DOUBLE DAGGER AT CARGO, LONDON
Double Dagger
Cargo, Shoreditch
London
18/05/10
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS AT THE HARLEY, SHEFFIELD
A Place To Bury Strangers
The Harley
Sheffield
19/05/10
PRIMAVERA SOUND 10, BARCELONA
Primavera Sound 10
Parc del Forum, Barcelona
Spain
27-29/05/10
MALE BONDING AT CAMP, LONDON
Male Bonding
CAMP, Old Street
London
27/05/10
LIARS AT SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
Liars
Shepherd's Bush Empire
London
27/05/10
THE OH SEES AT THE LUMINAIRE
The Oh Sees
The Luminare, Kilburn
London
05/06/10
TALK NORMAL AT Penelopes, Sheffield
Talk Normal
Penelopes
Sheffield
28/04/10
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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
THE NOT SO MAGIC ROUNDABOUT
THE NOT SO MAGIC ROUNDABOUT

“Don’t believe the hype,” says a Reef Younis sick of fly-by-night bands.

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