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Remastered, reissue of the great man’s defining hour. Awesomely bleak synth-pop vision without which none of you would ever have been born! JOHN FOXX: ‘THE GARDEN’ Remastered reissue of the great man’s second finest hour. Not quite so bleak, almost as awesome. Still better than 99% of anything that’ll be released this year. Believe us, it’s true. BLUE APPLE BOY: ‘SALIENT’ Our wobbly pop friends in the North East drag Tiny Ultrasound in on vocals and go right round the rock bend for their debut album. 50 HERTZ: ‘ARMCHAIR ARMY’ Militant indie rock anthem rouses the suburban masses to revolution sounding like The Smiths eating The Chameleons. Easy Tiger. SYSTEM OF A DOWN: ‘CHOP SUEY’ Long overdue return of the best Armenian band in America and absolute stars of Reading Festie. BLACK NIELSON: ‘STILL LIFE HEAR ME’ Southampton’s answer to Mercury Rev allegedly outdo their mentors with their crushingly lovely debut album. TOMPAULIN: ‘MY LIFE AT THE MOVIES’ Fey, limp-wristed, deliberately under-reaching and, oh yes, absolutely lovely. The race for the Number 1 spot? Who, quite frankly, gives a damn? THEREMIN: ‘MINOR PLANETS’ Long of overcoat and melancholy of soul, their sweetness lies within and stardom beckons louder than ever. ONEIDA: `ANTHEM OF THE MOON' More frenetic NY scuzz-rock that takes acid, turns it up double loud and don’t wash under its finernails. Pisses on The Strokes. ENGLAND 5 GERMANY 1 We said it would happen in last month’s issue! We are Nostro-bloody-damus! The mud on our shoes TERRORISTS AND WAR-MONGERING POLITICIANS No need to name names; any chance the few billion ordinary people on the planet could just get on with living their lives while all the scum fight it out in a locked room? No? Oh well, just asking, that’s all. PARTY IN THE PARK Hmmm, four hours of inane, vacuous blandness on a stick, sponsored by Nat West and doused liberally with Dr Pepper. Thank you Fox FM, where would the local music scene be without you! AMERICAN HI-FI: ‘FLAVOUR OF THE WEAK’ Oh joy, the new Wheatus. Already! You really are spoiling us Mr Corporate Record Company Man. MARIAH CAREY: ‘GLITTER’ Oh, so she had a breakdown and attempted suicide did she? What happened, listened to her entire back catalogue in one sitting did she? GIRLS@PLAY: ‘RESPECTABLE’ Novelty 80s hit-covering girl band drudgery hits a new low. Is there a vet in the house? NEW ORDER: ‘GET READY’ You’d think they’d have changed just a tiny little bit in eight years wouldn’t you? Or at least have written one decent song. To think these washed-up old fuckers wrote ‘Ceremony’. Tssk. |