All Posts Tagged With: "Doing The Dishes"

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The Whitest Boy Alive ‘Rules’

‘Rules’ is the quintessential bar music album. It sounds just trendy enough to tickle your curiosity and it is smooth enough to provide atmosphere without taking over.

31Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Lily Allen ‘It’s Not Me It’s You’

It’s Lily’s second album and once more it’s Bridget Jones’ diaries with the gloves off. If you like reality TV shows, particularly those where celebrities air their dirty laundry, this is for you, Dahling.

4Feb2009 | The Editor | 2 comments | Continued
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White Lies ‘To Lose My Life’

White Lies are usually portrayed as the earnest young men carrying the torch of Joy Division and the doom merchants that followed. I don’t get that. I think it’s just pomp rock on a shoestring budget.

3Feb2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Guns N’ Roses ‘Chinese Democracy’

Talk about over-egging it. ‘Chinese Democracy’ was 14 years in the making and uses every studio effect known to mankind. In short blasts it’s quite impressive, but after 15 minutes it sucks.

27Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Kanye West ‘808s & Heartbreak’

If you expect R&B or Hip Hop, you’ve come to the wrong party. West, arguably a main culprit behind the over-syrupy R&B sound of today has gone all minimal. A classy move with mixed results.

25Nov2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Mercury Rev ‘Snowflake Midnight’

Jeesus, it’s Genesis. No, Pink Floyd. Anyway, ‘Snowflake Midnight’ is gentle progressive rock for herbal tea parties. It makes for interesting dinner party music, though.

20Oct2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Primal Scream ‘Beautiful Future’

I was looking forward to that. And I have to say it’s pants. The Primals have lost direction, stumbling aimlessly between their electronic phase and the rock sounds of yore.

24Jul2008 | The Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Carla Bruni ‘Comme Si De Rien N’Etait’

Bruni is the French president’s wife. A former fashion model, she’s been singing since 2002. This is her new album. She covers Dylan. OK, I was curious and had a listen. Read on.

21Jul2008 | The Editor | 2 comments | Continued
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Unkle ‘End Titles…Stories For Films’

James Lavelle’s UNKLE project has a go at film music. The mood is dark and tries hard to be edgy but succeeds in sounding like it was made for CSI Miami rather than a David Lynch spine tingler.

16Jul2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Madonna ‘Hard Candy’

Madonna used to be quite tuned into what was happening musically and able to re-invent herself, bringing a toned down version of whatever was hip at the time to a wider audience. Not so on ‘Hard Candy’.

11Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued