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The Walkmen A HUNDRED MILES OFF. Nonesuch

One of my favourite albums of 2004 was BOWS AND ARROWS by New York band The Walkmen. Hamilton Leithauser, Walter Martin, Peter Bauer, Matt Barrick and Paul Maroon had created a brutally honest and highly distinctive sound in a year when pretty much everything sounded the same. But the thing that struck me most with the album was its emotional intensity, and the question arose as to whether the next album would be as good. A HUNDRED MILES OFF is the new album and marks this band out as one of the most interesting to emerge in the last ten years.

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Ani DiFranco REPRIEVE. Righteous Babe

There are very few artists around today who are capable of creating the total, serious, musical experience. By this I mean that all the key components required of great contemporary popular music are present and correct. It still remains a mystery to me why and how our expectations of what great music is have been driven down mercilessly by the pile-driver of media (print and electronic) mediocrity. In the last few days UK band the Arctic Monkeys were judged to have recorded the best UK album of the year by the Nationwide Mercury Prize jury panel (quote, “regardless of hype and sales.”). It was the band’s debut album and while of a reasonable standard did not justify its elevated, supreme status. The very best music generally seldom offer instant thrills or generate the level of hype and reviewing herd mentality so often evident today. My point here is that the greatest music remains unheard and unrecognised by the masses, and artists like Ani DiFranco stay almost subterranean in popular terms, while enjoying worldwide loyalty and respect from ‘those in the know.’

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Sergeant Buzfuz THE JEWELLED CARRIAGEWAY. Blang

With the band’s new album comes a new line-up of musicians to accompany the vox and guitar of Joe Murphy. On cello and bass is Jon Clayton, Eilish McCracken is on violin and whistle, while Martin Parker is on drums. The end result is the band’s best, most cohesive album to-date. There’s a strong folk vibe with the traditional string backdrop, while the song writing is much more tuneful and interesting.

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Nationwide Mercury Prize 2006 Winner Announced

Arctic Monkeys Win Nationwide Mercury Prize

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