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Nancy Elizabeth - 'Dancing'

Nancy Elizabeth - 'Dancing'

Singer-songwriter Nancy Elizabeth may sing about being " flat broke Simon Jay Catling

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6/10

Pure X - 'Crawling Up The Stairs'

Pure X - 'Crawling Up The Stairs'

It's rare to hear a songwriter as open as Nate Grace is on 'Crawling Up The Stairs'. Texan trio Pure X's second album doesn't so much invite you in for a chat as sit you down and stare you in the eye until things get uncomfortable. 'Written In The...

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6/10

Majical Cloudz - 'Impersonator'

Majical Cloudz - 'Impersonator'

Montreal's Majical Cloudz sound like hookah-smoking hippies, but their second album is focused and weighty, not spaced out. Matthew Otto keeps the production spooky, surrounding Devon Welsh with minimal drones and ghostly backing vocals, which...

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7/10

John Murry - 'The Graceless Age'

John Murry - 'The Graceless Age'

This Tupelo, Mississippi singer-songwriter may only just be making his debut, but he doesn’t give the impression of being green – opening track ‘The Ballad Of The Pajama Kid’ sounds like a grizzled blues band playing ‘Knocking On...

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6/10

Boats - 'A Fairway Full Of Miners'

Boats - 'A Fairway Full Of Miners'

Mat Klachefsky sings like a girl. If you can warm to his yelping there’s plenty to enjoy on Winnipeg indie-poppers Boats’ third record: homespun takes on the solemn twinkles of early Arcade Fire; keyboards and vocal harmonies stolen from the...

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6/10

Scout Niblett - 'It's Up To Emma'

Scout Niblett - 'It's Up To Emma'

Bearded guitar shop employees would no doubt scoff at Scout Niblett’s ‘technique’. Granted, her guitar/vocal/highly intermittent drumming approach is sparse, but deliberately so: if anyone tries to call this ‘lo-fi’ or ‘outsider...

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6/10

Dirty Beaches - 'Drifters / Love Is The Devil'

Dirty Beaches - 'Drifters / Love Is The Devil'

Vancouver-based Alex Zhang Hungtai has focused on the cinematic side of his Dirty Beaches project on this double album. First half ‘Drifters’ is action packed. ‘I Dream In Neon’ is a dangerous-sounding minimal take on glam-rock with...

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6/10

Har Mar Superstar - 'Bye Bye 17'

Har Mar Superstar - 'Bye Bye 17'

Har Mar Superstar was a man for the early to mid ’00s, when his single-entendre R&B earned him a fleeting notoriety, somewhere between electroclash provocateur and indie-rock semi-celebrity. His fifth album, however, is worth a listen. ‘Bye...

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7/10

Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs - 'Clarietta'

Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs - 'Clarietta'

Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs released their debut single ‘I Watch You’ last October. All grinding guitars, rolling organ and frantic drumming, it’s as exciting a three-minute record as you’ll have heard all last year. Guitar music dead?...

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8/10

Tribes - 'Wish To Scream'

Tribes - 'Wish To Scream'

The first seeds of doubt come within 0.5 seconds. Before Tribes even play a note of opener ‘Dancehall’, we hear singer Johnny Lloyd’s deflated intonation. “Right,” he sighs, as if psyching himself up for another day of graft down the...

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NME RATING

4/10

 
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