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The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) -
I guess I'm just going to have to face it, gone are the days when you could rely on the Flaming Lips to provide you with quirky, humorous pop songs. The new double album, Embryonic, may be the final nail in that coffin.This latest expansion of the Oklahoma group's use...
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009) -
After a quarter century and more than 14 albums, it's difficult for any band to remain relevant. That's the challenge that faces Yo La Tengo as the critical darlings get set to release Popular Songs on September 8th.For the most part YLT rise admirably to the challenge. While we get...
Grandaddy - Sophtware Slump (2000) -
I was shocked when I was looking back and saw that Grandaddy's Sophtware Slump hadn't been reviewed yet. This album is indeed a modern day classic that every indie music fan should have in their collection. Jason Lytle leads his crew into making the best album of Grandaddy's illustrious career,...
Indie pop - Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid '80s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s such as Orange Juice and Josef K and the dominant UK independent band of...
Super Furry Animals (Super Furry Animals Somerset House 2009) -
This is one of those gigs where it’s important to spend a bit of time talking about the venue, as much as it is telling you what the show was like. Somerset House in it’s current guise stands on the site of a palace built in 1545 for the Duke...
Doves - Winter Hill -
Doves' latest is soaring, high-emotion, big room indie. It will surprise no-one, and no doubt enthral or irritate the usual respective audiences. Remaining firmly in the nuevo-traditional indie camp they certainly prove their superiority over many of their peers. How good this makes them is a question of how you...
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