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I heart “Love Is All”. Always have. I know that I even liked them before I liked them – because the first time I heard this second long-player, I felt I already knew every word, every chord, ... Read more

Los Campesinos magnificently prove that youth isn't always wasted on the young: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed is the British band's second album this year, following up the unstoppably energetic,... Read more

Don't dismiss Los Campesinos as too twee without listening closely: The Welsh band's debut full-length captures more believable, crackling punk energy than most hardcore bands. Hold On Now, Youngst... Read more

When Hot Chip released their debut, they coined a whole new genre to define their take on funk-flecked electro-pop: R’n’Bedroom. Four years later, with a second album and a dancefloor smash ( Over... Read more

A few years back, as we were ushering in a new millennium, Radiohead ushered in a new electronic sound, reinventing themselves as pioneers, and the new deluxe edition reissue of Amnesiac documents ... Read more

If you're even remotely acquainted with The Hidden Cameras, you'll be expecting three things from their new album. From the first minute to the last, you'll be be expecting sugar-sweet "gay church ... Read more

For the current generation, there’s a parallel to that defining-moment question “Where were you on 9/11?”, and it is “Do you remember when you first heard Kid A?” It’s looking less and ... Read more

There’s a logical progression to Radiohead’s first three albums: Pablo Honey introduced the band’s gift for catchy songs and melancholy, The Bends refined and perfected it, and OK Computer st... Read more

We used to listen to music in an entirely different way. There was once a time when music was organized into 45- to 75-minute chunks-- often a few standout tracks padded with a lot of mediocre fill... Read more

There is a small but dedicated group that has waited patiently for years for another New Order. Well, OK, I sat around waiting for another New Order. It is lovely that they are still around, but th... Read more