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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
TOKYO POLICE CLUB – CHAMP
Tokyo Police Club
Champ
[Memphis Industries]
9/10

Tokyo Police Club decamped from their native Toronto to Los Angeles specifically to record a summer record, and this, their third long-player, is the result. And what a glorious blast of sunshine-inflected pop it is. ‘Wait Up (Boots of Danger)’ has as sweet and simple a chorus as you’ll hear all year, ‘Big Difference’ is drenched with the kind of power pop that Weezer wish they still wrote, and ‘Favourite Colour’’s gorgeous drawl makes you wonder why Pavement even bothered reforming. Sure, every sensible synapse in your head will tell you that ‘Champ’ is derivative indie-pop with little new to offer, but over the course of its small but perfectly formed duration, it reveals itself as rather brilliant, life-affirming songcraft that is catchy, poignant and youthful. And if its merit is purely meteorological, may the sun shine long and bright.

By Sam Walton

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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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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