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The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Behind closed doors, The Mars Volta are a playful, joke-cracking duo, quoting from their favourite British comedies – The League Of Gentlemen, The Mighty Boosh – and giggling about performing unspeakable acts on parental figures. But, that said, they’ve never, ever, not taken their art seriously – theirs is music that muddles and amazes in its complexity and depth.»
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
By cutting themselves off from a hurry-everywhere-and-everything society, Grizzly Bear have successfully realised their most rewarding record yet, and the first to truly feature the four in perfect harmony.»
Isis - Wavering Radiant
I’m never certain what to make of critics describing the sound of Isis as ‘heavy’, as to me it’s really not, not anymore. Heavy »
Gallows - Grey Britain
Talk that Grey Britain was considerably heavier than its predecessor must have got executives sweating, but while the end product certainly packs a substantial sonic punch, it’s also arranged with the sort of care and attention necessary to temper the tumultuous riffs through intelligent consideration for the band’s many young fans.»
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Whereas debut Remission and its follow-up Leviathan presented battle-cry bellowing to the forefront of the mix, and immediate predecessor Blood Mountain diluted this aggression partially, subsequently opening doors to whole new markets, Crack The Skye never once relies on hoarse larynxes to hold down audience attention. »
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Two Suns is, predictably enough, absolutely not more of the same – an artist like Khan cannot justify repetition in her work, such is the personal drive to expand the palette. It’s a bolder affair than its predecessor, a fact made instantly apparent when opener ‘Glass’ explodes into percussive life like nothing that’s come before it in its maker’s canon»