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Apes&Androíds
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Diamond Hoo'Ha
Blood lVoon
Dig, Lazarus, Diglll
Supergrass, as 0ne 0Í the Íew survivors 0f the
Apes & Andr0ids are perhaps the most talked
There was a while there when lt looked lke Nick
Cave would release albums oÍ piano ballads and
Britp0p wave 0Í the mid '90s, may never have
scaled quite the same he ghts as Radi0head,
about band 0n the New Y0rk live scene today,
garnering attenti0n Ír0m all quarters with thelr
love s0ngs Í0r ever m0re. Not such a lrad thing,
Oas s or Damon Albai'n, but they've never ileen
0TT, Queen esque perÍormances. Musically they
defy all attempts t0 pin them dOwn, there's glam,
c0nsidering n0body writes
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s0ng like 0ld
ll0ring.
D amOnd
Hoo Ha is the llands's sixth album
Nick, lrut st ll, it's nice to have s0mething with
more oÍ a stompalong vibe. With D g, Lazarus,
in Í0urteen years, and disp ays much 0f what
made therr so popular in the Íirst place. Elrulllent
Diglll all the promise oÍ last year's decided y messy
Grinderman project c0mes t0 fruitt0n. Bass, guitar
and fun l0ving p0p-rock as
and drums are back 0n top, with Cave's ptano
taking a llackseat t0 let s0me g00d rockin' through.
lVuslcally satisfying, lyrically challenging and
oÍten hilarious
m0ments.
*****
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this could be 0ne 0Í Cave's finest
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s, s0ngs like the
tit e track and Bad Blood sh0w they've matured
a l0t musically in that time. Channelling Bowie,
The Kinks and even a hint 0Í The Whlte Stripes,
Supergrass have produced an album as qurrKy and
danceable as anything in their llack catal0gue.
***í-.
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there's r0ck, there's electro, there's Íunk... and
a Lot more besides. Tracks Golden Prize and Radio
evoke lVidnite Vultures era Beck, GoldÍrapp and
the kind 0f Írenetic synth-pop Íavoured by Buck
Rogers in the 2sth Cenïury, while elsewhere
Franz Ferdinand-style razor-edged guitars are the
order oÍ the day (Johnny & Sarah). A dizzying,
bewildering and exhilarating collecti0n 01 s0ngs
whlch wlll d0ubtless appear 0n many Best 0f '08
lists come December.
****
FellrLrary 2008
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