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i'm currently downloading every single 'now thats what i call music' cd. can't wait to put them all on random play. it's gonna be the worst

can put them on data dvds for anyone else who wants to indulge in this act of masochism


SONGS

lady gaga - alejandro
[edit: nooooooooo. just heard the apparent official version of this an it sounds way worse. still good though i guess] possibly the best song i've ever heard. need an instrumental version of this now, would be so awesome. this song is about 2834348509359496 times better than 'bad romance' and 'dance in the dark'. can't wait for 'the fame: monster',

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annie - i don't like your band
haven't heard the new version of the album. didn't like this on first listen. much better on second. catchy. expect i will eventually love it along with the rest of the album but as a stand alone song for now, sorry annie...

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ALBUMS

weezer - raditude
like the 'red album' i find this album pretty much impossible to decide if it's really awful or actually quite good. not at all helped by cuomo's increasingly awful lyrics. old school weezer fans won't be pleased to hear of a guest appearance by lil' wayne or that one of the songs was written with all-american rejects. however, 'can't stop partying' with lil' wayne is probably the best song on here to be honest.

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raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx... pt II
heard this was a modern rap masterpierce prior to listening so had some pretty high hopes. was pretty underwhelmed at first but by the end of the album i have to admit that i did quite enjoy it. would much rather listen to raekwon in his wu-tang days though (oh, just checked and apparently they are actually still around. dont' think i've heard a new wu-tang clan song since 'gravel pit')

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ALBUMS

Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Wanked over everywhere from Drowned in Sound to the Daily Mail, here's the second album from everyone's favourite asterisk-friendly band. It's deserved though, there's some great moments and wonderful, gradual, crescendos on this album. It follows the formula of Street Horrrsing so to the bone that I actually expected to hear the opening of 'Ribs Out' through the end of 'Surf Solar'. This is the only drawback, as the album delivers moment after moment of musical majesty. It's Tarot-ally great and I'm looking forward to seeing it played out again and again at the next twenty ATP festivals.

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Girls - Album
Hyped, hip and happy - one of Girls spent their early years in a cult where good music was banned and he seems to have applied it literally to their debut album as a goodwill gesture. It's mediocre, radio-friendly indie-pop that I'm sure your girlfriends will love and your co-worker with long hair will crack one off over but at the end of the day, it's another album to throw in the bin with that Raveonettes album you once bought because the chick was fit (I bought two). Great album title too, dickheads, took me a fucking age to find it on Mediafire.

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Pens - Hey Friend, What You Doing?
Pens aren't just any shitgaze band, they have vaginas. Plus, they have a great set of tracks in 'Freddie', 'Networking' and 'High in the Cinema', before deciding that three was enough and to make a bunch of empty, boring, repetitive jams to fill up a debut release. They are ace live though, and if the music doesn't thrill you then just try and have sex with them all.

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Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
It's less than a year since I got their debut album, but this new release is still enjoyable, fresh and it sounds like Vivian Girls have more to give rather than being low on ideas. The middle tri-force of 'Tension', 'Survival' and 'The End' is terrific, and the rest of the album surrounds these tracks with a brilliant testament to the possible end of the shitgaze movement (I sense an upcoming backlash over the next year). Plus they're fitter than Pens (even the one that looks like Roland Browning from Grange Hill).

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No Age - Losing Feeling EP
The track 'Losing Feeling' is probably the best thing No Age have laid down since the first half of Weirdo Rippers (par 'Teen Creeps'). It's a call-back to the best moments on that compilation after No Age have just tore the fuck out of your eardrums and then drop a gentle tipple of a track to calm you down. The rest of the EP follows suit, and the lovely feeling at the end of listening to this record is one of better enjoyment and satisfaction than Nouns. Great cover shot too - the melting vinyl pretty much sums up the uncomfortable sweatiness of No Age's sound.

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The xx - xx
Listening to xx -  it's kind of good. I suppose I could compare it to Silent Shout with all the great bits vacuumed out and replaced with a bass guitar (not necessarily an insult). My below rating reflects the fact it sounded a bit void and shit when I drunkenly drove to work and needed something to perk me up, but it sounded pretty good when I waltzed home drunk one night and spent twenty minutes trying to work my key while listening to 'Shelter' on repeat. It's probably a grower, I think it has at least on the intoxicated version of me.

thumbs down on sunny, sober days, thumbs up on winter, drunk nights

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SINGLES

chromeo - night by night
sounds pretty much like chromeo always do, which is a good thing. catchy, 80s sound, unnecessary use of talk box, etc. the chromeo dj kicks cd was also released recently. good fun but a little lacking in err... good songs

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black eyed peas - meet me halfway
how do you follow up the best pop single of the summer? like this

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LCD soundsystem - bye bye bayou
never heard the original so can't compare but i'm not a fan of this version (though pitchfork has probably already given it 11 out of 10). james murphy as usual has his head half way up his own arse but this time he seems to have found some annoying vocal effect up there to inflict upon us. repetitive, minimal, DFA standard beat throughout

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vampire weekend - horchata
yawn..... calculated, knowing, pretentious, annoying vocals, but yeah i guess it's okay

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tegan and sara - hell
pleasant enough but doesn't really do anything at all to be honest. sounds a bit like the con but worse. you could say 'what did you expect from tegan and sara?' and you would probably have a very good point

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ALBUMS

to kill a petty bourgeoisie - marlone
having enjoyed their last album 'the matron' i had pretty high expectations for their lastest release. only given it one listen so far but i find it pretty disappointing. they've toned down the 'noise' and gone for a smoother, easier sound, which seems to have somewhere lost some of what i previously liked about them. might come around to it though

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HORSE the band - desperate living
while they hardly reinvent the wheel, HORSE the band are 10 times more interesting than most hardcore (or whatever style you want to call them, who cares?) bands around. maybe it's the stupid keyboards. i'm absolutely loving 'desperate living' the song, the middle part is genius. dumb fun

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the fall of troy - in the unlikely event
urgh, this is just plain terrible. DELETE. DELETE. KILL. the vocalist seems to have at least attempted to rectify his questionable vocals but failed miserably and in fact probably sounds worse. the production is poor and well i can't listen to this anymore. yuck

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