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And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

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by: Yo La Tengo

Release Date February 21, 2000
Somehow I bought this after 'Summer Sun' and 'I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One' but this easily feels the most complete and enjoyable of the three.

At times YLT have let enthusiasm and sheer inventiveness come a bit before quality but not on this album. It has a gloriously integrated feel. The dreamy voices have a melancholy end-of-summer feel, musically it shifts tone with a variety of instrumentation which is more electronic than on some other albums. 'Cherry Capstick' is indeed a crunching rock-out but it does not seem out of place as it relieves the tension and sets up the final stretch. The 17 minute closing track is YLT at their absolute best, a gorgeous strummed acoustic melody that gently ebbs into the night on a wave of ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 72
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Happiness in Magazines

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by: Graham Coxon

Release Date May 17, 2004
I do like this album and I have listened to it a lot, but I have to admit that the quality varies a little bit in places. 'Girl Done Gone' still has a little bit of Blur residue on it, and I'm not at all sure what 'People of the Earth' is all about, but that's more than compensated for by tracks like 'Spectacular' and 'Freakin' Out'. And you HAVE to check out 'Bittersweet Bundle of Misery' which is just fantastic.

I think this album shows all the signs of Coxon becoming a pretty accomplished artist - and if you check out 'Love Travels at Illegal Speeds' you'll see how much he's progressed in the space of just one album.

If you buy this, I'd suggest you buy 'Love Travels...' as well. That one is his best, but this isn't too ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 73
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Slanted and Enchanted

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by: Pavement

Release Date September 15, 2003
Ahh! Pavements first album. I remember buying it in 91(?) having just moved to Essex and feeling like the worlds only indie fan. Summer Babe, Trigger Cut, Zurich... fantastic.These guys had obviously heard The Fall but, as Select magazine may have said, transcended the influence. Sounded dreadful next to Nirvanas big buck Geffen-fest. Tinny and bottomless but the material was much braver. This is one of historys great remastering jobs as it now sounds superb, and the bonus tracks are tough to find elsewhere. A 4 star album by any standard except for what came next.

CD-Charts Position 74
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Anthology

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by: The Clean

Release Date January 20, 2003
The Clean is a powerful but nebulous presence in the world of indie rock -- the New Zealand band is known to music critics and die-hard indie fans, but sadly not to the masses. The fact that they are still little-known after two and a half decades is just proof that fame doesn't always come to those who deserve it.

The simply-named two-disc "Anthology" gives a suitably good retrospective of the Clean's career, in pretty much chronological order. One disc is devoted to their early work: the fun organ-laced garage-rock "Tally Ho," which was the song that propelled them to New Zealand's musical top, as well as the rough "Billy Two."

The rough, lo-fi pop continues changing in the second, which has the later music and some rarities. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 75
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The Fruit That Ate Itself

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by: Modest Mouse

Release Date November 06, 2006
If you like jingly-jangly alternative american guitar music then buy this album. If you don't, then why are you even reading this?

CD-Charts Position 76
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Weirdo Rippers

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by: No Age

Release Date June 11, 2007
A compilation of the highlights of the first five releases from LA duo No Age that were interestingly simultaneously released in the same day by five different underground indie labels (UTR, Deleted Art, Teardrops, Youth Attack & PPM) available on CD for the first time. They are a funny bunch, choosing to mix and match, cut and paste and generally make up their own rules. Opening track Every Artist Needs A Tragedy finally emerges into song after 3 minutes if interference and noise, like a tuner finally coming into an area of reception, My Life's Alright With You & Dead Plane follow the same formula with the former coming in and out like switching between programmes. When they do finally explode into song, especially on Boy Void, perhaps the most straightforward, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 77
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Woke on a Whaleheart

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by: Bill Callahan

Release Date April 09, 2007
I'm not mad about tracks 2 and 3, but the rest of this album is excellent. Different to previous Smog releases, but clearly a development from them in terms of Bill Callahan's masterful song writing. Kind of countryish with perfectly placed backing vocals and violin and Callahan's characteristic simple vocal delivery, this is a really great album.

CD-Charts Position 78
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Yip/Jump Music: Summer 1983

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by: Daniel Johnston

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Having heard Daniel Johnston namedropped incessantly over the last 10 years, when I finally got round to listening to one of his albums (this one) I became really concerned as to what people deem to be quality music and talent.

Actually that was after I broke down into fits of laughter at how completely ridiculous this album is. Talk about emperors new clothes! If David Bowie, Kurt Cobain and Thurston Moore say you're great then obviously you wouldn't be cool if you didn't agree, right?

So I'm supposed to feel the pain here? Well I do, but obviously not in the same way other that the other reviewers here do. Sounds like someone singing like a five year old to me. The stripped down simplicity of his 'songwriting'? Sounds like someone who can barely play ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 79
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Jehovahkill

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by: Julian Cope

Release Date October 30, 2006
Julian Cope has beliefs that are part of his being. They are deep and religious, and affect his life at every stage.

This album lets us into his personal mindset, beliefs and fantasies. It's a great ride.

It kicks off with Soul Desert and never looks back. Searching, in the modern world dominated by rigid religions and worship of single gods, for a belief that rings true. Crop circles, higher beings (maybe extra terrestrials), the inner life of the earth, and the people of old with their stone circles and undogmatic earth worship allow this album to rinse away the current century.

So he's an old hippy then? Yes, suppose though. But not one of those bewildered old dope-addled old farts clinging on to the free sixties. There's intelligence in the ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 80
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Live in Liverpool

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by: Gossip

Release Date March 31, 2008
Julian Cope has beliefs that are part of his being. They are deep and religious, and affect his life at every stage.

This album lets us into his personal mindset, beliefs and fantasies. It's a great ride.

It kicks off with Soul Desert and never looks back. Searching, in the modern world dominated by rigid religions and worship of single gods, for a belief that rings true. Crop circles, higher beings (maybe extra terrestrials), the inner life of the earth, and the people of old with their stone circles and undogmatic earth worship allow this album to rinse away the current century.

So he's an old hippy then? Yes, suppose though. But not one of those bewildered old dope-addled old farts clinging on to the free sixties. There's intelligence in the ... Read More: