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The Horrors – Skying (XL Recordings)

Don?t get carried away with playing detective with the bands influences, just enjoy the record for what it is: true brilliance.

Let?s Wrestle – Nursing Home (Full Time Hobby)

Nursing Home isn?t a particularly bad album: there are moments of incisive humour and high-quality musicality, but these moments are all too sparse

Cass McCombs – Wit?s End (Domino)

The singer?s melancholia is almost tangible and comes across both lyrically and musically.

Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania (In The Red)

Castlemania is a very strong album with few flaws and it becomes even more impressive when you consider the rapidity at which the band releases new records

Sonny and The Sunsets @ The Lexington, London 09/05/2011

During the show, the band tries to fit in as many songs as possible and play until the sound-man calls curfew.

EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions)

Past Life Martyred Saints provides a much needed challenge to the cut-and-dry tendency of modern music