The Milk of Human I ; . .. . , Kindness , .. , ' 000 I »I I ‘ A“ I ' \ E:\ ‘ \. ' ‘K.‘ I Itr Electrelano III I I. . . . . I . .. I . An indrt—riw-rvy bag ot short—players this week. . ,, , , . I . . ,. . . ARTISTS . . ., I .I III I, “O wt‘o better to ‘ t’lrt ‘Vl’ll than current Nil/7F I I I H t I Get Up' Stand Up: ” ' H ' ' " ‘ “ .l ,t_J U/J - \ L J‘ - . .~,. ' . o, ,, I IIIIII ,I I IHIII II J - k . , , Jamaican Protest r i .. . x . t r — IF '\I .- 3' It ll (‘ )‘II' f ‘ .o n 0 pets Razorllght. Icarrcaty .ns ring he, could be Songs II I III I I ‘Somewhere l lse Mercury) 0 ”? listen to II I II I I I I I I I I II II I I I I I I I II I I this slat; ot self-:;ongratulator‘;./ crap and Wish ., I. .I , I . II I II I ... I II I I II I I I II I I I II they could be too. Somewhere irke the North , . ,I I, I_ _ I I I I I I I I I I III III III Pole. Meanwhile. Rooster on "You're 80 Right I I I, . . r . , n , ., ,I, m It tor Me' lBrirIthtsrder have been caught I I I II I i I 1 I ,. , It”, I ,. I, II . again trying to disguise pop rock mutton as indie ., .,, II. I, ., II . I I,I I , H I , I, I 1, I I . III :I II.I I,” I, lamb. The wee tykes shouid have learned a Irttle ., . , . I, II I. I I I I,, I II IIIII I II III about the zeitgeist trom the likes of cockney , I, . I, . , II I II I I II I I urchins The Rakes. whose erratrc angular I I. I . I. v I. I.. .. I I. , z - ‘-' THE ALSO RELEASED
thump 'Hetreal' le-"U O... ticks all the right . .-I- I, . I II , I. . ,, I...I boxes. The same could be said for Editors' I I. i I I I .. I I. .. , I I I I I III I .... Desmond Dekker 'Munich' (Kitchenware) 00. . were its . .I . , I. . 5.; I. , .. .I. . . . rI . .t " YOu Car: Get /t It You
brooding bark not let down by its tunetess bite. . , I. I I I I, I ; ,
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Closer to home Dead Fly Buchowski's I ., I :, ._, y I, x . . I. ; Definitive Col/ectron thrusting blues rock howl 'Russian Doll' ,. . : I_ I. II ; , I I . , , is“ (Tro/an/Sarrctuary) A (Beggars Banquet) I... strikes a better . I, II I , II In T ,. A. I) III, 3 two-CD exploratior‘ to balance. while Degrassi's "Tel: Charles I'm on ,II.I ,.I I I II I, I I II , I.I,.I I, v I,, I prove there if; more to My Way' r'Adornr.)) 0.. successfully splices I I II , If . II -. . I .V , ,,, y.“ one of Jamaica's Dettones nttage Witt: Nirvana drrge. Crxlit to . . I. I, I I I .. , , :3 I most angelic vocalists tazzy Falkrrk songstress Jill Hepburn's ‘Gr'oovy , I 1 , I I: z I._ . ;.~,,: ,t I, , It.II ;. than tust ‘The Enough for Two' (Seminal) 000 and I ,. I, 1 gs ,,. - , ,~ , lsraelrtes'. "Travelling tour Roads' (demo) .0. by Celtic ., .. II I. .. II .-_-III I. H. t “I I-tI. ,. em,“ ,I Ir; I,” I am Kloot Gods rappers (seriously) Gael Force tor cheeky , I I I I I , , . . .. z .I , . is“, , .I,,. .t I I, and Monsters (Echo) charm and sheer novelty respectively. Slam's 5.: I. . . , , ., r, . I . II I I _.I,,f,,,,_ Much undervalued
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another good display from the nome team. ROCket D°"Y' v- ,i .. .- ~- - tI ,I I t, . “I . .I I.I.,. route around the indie
Chucking beats in With guitars is about the r " .... I I. 'III,;.III _I IIZIII‘IIIIHT. L.” block like Elbow or oldest trick in the genre mashing book. and , . I.I , .IItItt, ,, 9W. HIPINWI my. ,IIH‘ItIyI It Doves on a more tracks as uninspired as Body Rockers' ‘I Like ’ ,W, ' “XII, WI, t tat “,4: adventurous trip. The Way' {Mer'Curyl .0 often the reSuII. Big ’
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and using instruments DOught at POundstretcher II I II t, I ,. tIrtfrIur‘I’t‘r' ,vttt: ., trr-tr, The Mercury Prize to rnvent his own 'shrt hop' as he calls it. The t; WWI. tII ,t, .I II nomination didn't do resulting mess “Your Love' (Tired 8. Lonesome) It: , I, .I , ..iI,,I. In, at“. (IV I.” any harm and this. 0000 being no less a tune than the splendid “I. rI I“. II, Walker's second long
‘So Long’ (Vlt'glm 0000 by his tOuring buddy in .-..r,, I 3.”,de gm” player of buttery R88. Willy Mason. Who'd waste time trying to be ., . I , I _.I . FL?RI:_A¥ Ross II , w. I ._,I nm.’ , is in tact. dead good. adventurous, mind, when you can be like . I I, .. I A t I?” N8I SE Oth ~53, ,fI,I. u- y The Hermit Athlete and release songs as insipid as ‘Half I. I ,. .I -. I, , ome ome er , ., I.I. , t, I, . It, wonderment I x .: n II !\- I I , , Jr, Light (Parlophone) 0 yet still shift a Zillion I- ,. , I I I, . . ,. .... .I..I,I, t‘I‘IHIWI IrIII,I,,II (Nettwerk) Ethereal records r,. .t -: o, .' i ,. . w " 'l" "‘ “ah” "I eleCtromca from Any other fortnight and The Cribs w0uld be » I, . II , .I, ' .. .. II” ._. (III II.» , .I. ,1, Iu Canada. with guest oft wrth star prize. such a smart strut rs ‘Hey - I. .- _ I .. .. _ .. ,, .. II ' .It vocalists grwng it the
‘ ‘ ' _. I .1. ‘°‘,‘: "(17"? Scenestersl' (Wichita) COO... Unlucky for them I. . ., I. , I, I. ; ,II, ;. H t, -I WI” MI, atmosphere of early that great singles, much Irke buses. tend to all II. I I, . ., I . . .I I .I‘ ,;I. Mum BJOFk Or Morcheeba arrive at once. Debate Current indie darlings I, . _ . .., . . .,. .I ., . 'r ,. / (I .~ . .. I back when they were
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with the pOundrng 'Banquet‘ (Wichita) 0.... a ‘ ‘ ‘ , , ., I ,l Nick Cave and the and expect to come off the worse. While the , ,_ , . I . II . . I, ‘a i] Bad Seeds B-Srdes Bloc‘s torm might be temporary. Electrelane's ,R ; , I. H. A - H ‘ LA IBOUM! 8 Rarities (Mute) As it class is undoubtedly permanent. GOrgeous A ,_ . I; ‘ ,_ ,, II I I ‘ Mar'onett? two albums this year
download-only d0uble A-Srde ‘Bellsl Keep , , . ' . v I, A , m ’ m“ // .... wasn't enough, Ol'
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