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The Antlers Hospice

26 feb 10

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I wish that I had known in that first minute we met the unpayable debt that I owed you. "Kettering" is a song that will stay with me. For what it says, for how it says it. Great record. An intensity not easy to find around.

Cold Cave Love Comes Close

20 feb 10

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Beautiful Vivis: the description of the album is perfect. However, the album itself doesn't excite me at all, apart from a few standout tracks: "Love comes close" (which is a sort of remake of "Your silent face" by New Order), "Life magazine," and "Youth and lust." The rest bores me.

The Antlers Hospice

3 dec 09

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Eh, that one hits hard. Not many albums come out with such badass lyrics. And I think the estrangement is also created by the gap between the dreamy sweetness of the melodies and the raw harshness of the words (and noises like hospital machines that 'disturb' almost all the tracks). Beautiful, beautiful.

The Antlers Hospice

3 dec 09

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Sorrowful, personal, with a very claustrophobic hospital atmosphere, yet, as Azzo says, it knows how to open up into beautiful, almost epic outbursts (I’m thinking of “Sylvia” or the finale of “Wake”). "Kettering" is among the best tracks of the year, also for the lyrics: it conveys the idea of the relationship between the patient and the caregiver (“bed side manner” is the song's subtitle) in a painfully intense way. If only there were more records like this (so true)...

Vic Chesnutt At The Cut

22 nov 09

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A record that feels like true things and blood coursing through veins like few others this year.

Neon Indian Psychic Chasms

11 nov 09

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But you're right, especially when you think about the 'critics' (like that English guy who coined the term 'hypnagogic pop', which is really awful) who actually only aspire to name a genre for pure narcissistic pleasure (and they're plentiful in our magazines too). However, among us poor souls who wake up at seven every day and don’t have time for all this self-indulgence, if we say 'glo-fi' to understand each other, and maybe to have some fun and amused reflections, there’s nothing wrong with that, right? ;)

Neon Indian Psychic Chasms

11 nov 09

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Sure, fun album. A bit of nostalgia, a bit of summer laziness, a bit of '80s video games. I like it, without enthusiasm. A fairly homogeneous movement of low-fidelity retro electronic music has grown, and everyone is trying to slap a name on it. I don’t understand those who insist on imposing one name over another, nor do I get those who feel like cursing. Hyperboles, this and that. If the album is fun, that’s it! ;) Nice review!

The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust

10 nov 09

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Jesus and Mary Chain all out, throughout the album, with very few variations. Monolithic, but occasionally excellent in some melodies ("Blush", for example).

Kasser, Meyer, Wurst Il Vangelo di Giuda

21 oct 09

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This book is a "huge load of crap" (quote). Giuseppe Berto had written a novel on the same theme, if not original, at least very enjoyable ("La gloria"). More spiritual but less controversial is Lanza del Vasto's "Giuda."

Wild Beasts Two Dancers

16 oct 09

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They might seem like some slicked-back, cocky pretty boys. But they've got class and talent. A concept album of new wave revival with a 'sensual' twist that’s worth a listen, if only for the excellent production and 4-5 absolute art-pop gems.