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Deerhunter - Monomania
'Monomania' – a pathological obsession with one idea or subject. Given Bradford Cox’s prolificacy, ‘Monomania’ is Deerhunter’s sixth album since 2005 - Cox has also released three albums under his solo project, Atlas Sound - it would be easy to argu…
Nadine Shah – Dreary Town
The highly anticipated 'Dreary Town', Nadine Shah’s second EP within the space of six months following the hushed success of 'Aching Bones', was never going to be a cheery record. Shah’s predilection for the lachrymose has helped her in becoming a songstress to look o…
Top 20 albums of 2012 #5: Grimes - Visions
I still don’t know exactly what to make of 'Visions', the third album from Vancouverite hipster, Grimes. Other than it is brilliant. I still don’t know what to make about Claire Boucher’s strange creative process of locking herself in a room with no food, sleep …
Top 20 albums of 2012 #7: TOY - TOY
Halfway through TOY’s self-titled debut release, on 'Motoring', a song awash with swirling synths and scratching guitars, all held together by pulsing drums and Tom Dougall’s understated vocals, it becomes staggeringly obvious that this is going to be one hell of an a…
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