Liverpool Sound City 2012
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Pariso / Nothing Beyond Everything After
Probably the greatest band to be named after a female body builder (with musical muscles to match), Pariso have finally knuckled down to crush some bones with their very first full-length. Nothing...
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Oren Ambarchi / Audience of One
On 'Audience of One', Australian multi-instrumentalist and sometime Sunn O))) collaborator Oren Ambarchi takes a voyage beyond his previous core sound and sets sail for avant garde pastures,...
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EL-P / Cancer4Cure
Cancer 4 Cure, Jaime Meline aka El P's (El Producto) fourth album proper since going solo from Company Flow, launches itself like an agitated sentient Scud missile at the listener with its...
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The Pirate Ship Quintet / Rope For No-Hopers
Atmospheric post-rockers The Pirate Ship Quintet have been quiet as a mouse since the release of their excellent self-titled EP back in 2005. Like most good things, new album 'Rope For No-Hopers...
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Death Grips / The Money Store
For those of you that don’t know Death Grips (where have you been?), I’d highly recommend listening to their debut free mixtape, 'Exmilitary' so that you can see whether this one...
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Revilers / Revilers
Boston hardcore band Revilers formed in 2008 and, after four years of hard touring and EP releases, they finally present us with their eponymous debut album. They play a modern form of punk/oi with...
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Orcus Chylde / Orcus Chylde
Erstwhile Band of the Week Orcus Chylde have spun a spider web of European psych/prog rock with their self-titled debut. But whoa there if you're thinking it's going to be a throwback fantasy...
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Sleep / Dopesmoker
“Drop out of life with bong in hand
Follow the smoke to-uh the riff-filled land”
Dopesmoker is baws out, the greatest album ever made. One song, over an hour long, louder than...
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Holy Mountain / Earth Measures
Holy Mountain are a three-piece from where I'm fae. Glasgow. I'd have went to see them the other night for the album launch if it wasn’t for the police from preventing me. Holy Mountain...
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Atlantis / La Petite Mort
Synthy post-rock might be the worst of all genres, but occasionally a gem manages to somehow reveal itself. Idiot Pilot are one such band, and Atlantis are a great example of another, managing to...
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Felix / Oh Holy Molar
Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) cried at the end of The Wicker Man, “OH GOD, OH JEEEESUS CHRIIIST!” This is what was going through my head halfway through 'Oh Holy Molar's first...
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Battles / Dross Glop
If you aren't aware of Battles by now, it's probably about time you just gave up on the whole 'listening to music as a hobby' thing. The prolific American 4 piece (now reduced to a 3...
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Nately's Whore's Kid Sister / Ribs
“How dare you! How very fuck'n dare you....Richard Dawkins?..Richard fuckin' wankers, challenge me...You think you're clever...I will fuck you up... I will intellectually spin you...
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Torche / Harmonicraft
Dusk descends on the Pyramid stage of the Glastonbury Festival and the growing anticipation of the crowd can be felt from the backstage area. The roar of 90,000 fanatics as Torche bound into the...
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Tree Of Sores / A Cry of Despair
With their latest release, Tree Of Sores have delivered something of a mirthless wonder; a painstakingly bleak yet vicious release against which more established artists may find their recent output...
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Lotus Plaza / Spooky Action at a Distance
Lotus Plaza's “Spooky Action At A Distance”, Lockett Pundt from Deerhunter's second solo release on Kranky, is a shiny effect pedal-laden righteous guitar rocker that belongs...
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