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Basement Jaxx : The Singles

Basement Jaxx : The Singles

Retro-raving nostalgia comp for the rocket salad set

  • Apr 7, 2005

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Basement Jaxx : Rooty

Basement Jaxx : Rooty

Brixton superstars' stellar second LP

  • Jun 25, 2001

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Basement Jaxx : Plug It In

Basement Jaxx : Plug It In

...a mighty record: brash, audacious, heroically over-excited...

  • Apr 5, 2004

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Basement Jaxx : Romeo

Basement Jaxx : Romeo

The Jaxx release their finest single to date, a taster for forthcoming LP Rooty...

  • May 29, 2001

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Basement Jaxx:  : Bristol Academy :   Wednesday 3 December

Basement Jaxx: : Bristol Academy : Wednesday 3 December

With bootleg White Stripes covers and renegade BellRays, Basement Jaxx end their year noisily...

  • Dec 13, 2003

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Basement Jaxx/Macy Gray: San Francisco Civic Auditorium

Basement Jaxx/Macy Gray: San Francisco Civic Auditorium

If you want someone else to clear up the mess and play the records, this looks the best on paper...

  • Jan 2, 2001

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Basement Jaxx : Kish Kash

Basement Jaxx : Kish Kash

Not a bad album, merely a just-good-enough one...

  • Oct 24, 2003

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Manchester Academy

Manchester Academy

It's a night where the [B]Jaxx[/B] fingers rarely slip off the pulse, a series of peaking moments where they drip precisely enough cheese into the underground to produce pop genius...

  • Nov 24, 1999

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Basement Jaxx : Get Me Off

Basement Jaxx : Get Me Off

Ooh, that sexy pant music just keeps on coming...

  • Jun 11, 2002

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Basement Jaxx : Jump n' shout

Basement Jaxx : Jump n' shout

These are champion athletics from the [B]Jaxx[/B]; they say: jump. You can only say: how high?

  • Oct 23, 1999

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Homelands 2002  :  Winchester Matterley Estate

Homelands 2002 : Winchester Matterley Estate

The likes of Basement Jaxx, Soft Cell and the Beta Band excite...

  • Jun 5, 2002

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Basement Jaxx : Red Alert

Basement Jaxx : Red Alert

"A truly rockin' P-Funk groove in the classic[a]Basement Jaxx[/a] style, [B]'Red Alert'[/B] is a smouldering funky track with dirty basslines, sirens, synths and a pure-sexy female vocal to boot.

  • Apr 24, 1999

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Basement Jaxx : Where's Your Head At?

Basement Jaxx : Where's Your Head At?

Handy for those moments when you feel like battering your head against a wall for four minutes...

  • Nov 20, 2001

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Remedy

Remedy

It's so easy to hate, to fear the [B]Jaxx[/B]. Flick through their CV and read the kiss of death, those dreaded six words: The Best New Band In Britain....

  • Apr 6, 1999

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Basement Jaxx : London Brixton Academy

Basement Jaxx : London Brixton Academy

South London homecoming heroes' hedonism leaves crowd aching for more

  • Jun 27, 2001

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