Wild Beasts are on the prowl. On Boy King, the Leeds four-piece present their bare red asses like a wildly horny baboon.
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Metronomy: Summer 08 – Album of the Week
Summer 08 is a sequel to the Metronomy album closest to my heart, 2008’s Night’s Out. Joseph Mount’s journey into the world of standing outside a nightclub in the rain after they’ve let the person you fancy inside, but not you, you’re wearing an outlandish pair of vintage hi-tops and a threadbare hoodie.
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Holy Fuck: Congrats – Album of the Week
Holy Fuck, the Toronto based four-piece who released three previous albums that sounded either like a Mogwaisy version of Fuck Buttons or a Fuck Buttonsy version of Mogwai, have finally found a sound on Congrats that suits them perfectly: electro-menace.
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Kate Jackson: British Road Movies – Album of the Week
It seems a lifetime ago that Bury St Edmunds' finest (by way of Sheffield) Kate Jackson and her merry band of Pulp-alikes, The Long Blondes were adding a touch of indie nightclub glamour to the pages of NME.
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Anohni: Hopelessness – Album of the Week
Anohni's Hopelessness rages against brutality, war-mongering and intolerance, yet is also one of the most euphoric and engaging electronic records ever made.
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Beyoncé: Lemonade – Album of the Week
Don't ever fuck with Beyoncé. Not only will the world hear every detail of your sordid treachery, it will also be wrapped up in an outstanding album that's the strongest of Beyoncé's career so far, so everyone will be reminded of it every time they hear it, repeatedly, for years to come.
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Deftones: Gore – Album of the Week
Deftones prove time and time again that they're the world's greatest surviving rock band and their eighth album Gore just adds to their phenomenal legacy.
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Cullen Omori: New Misery – Album of the Week
New Misery is a sweet, blissful experience. In fact this 'new misery' makes regular old happiness look like crap. Does that make sense? Fuck it, listen to this album, it's lovely.
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Poliça: United Crushers – Album of the Week
There are some excellent noises on Poliça's third album, United Crushers. Probably some of my favourite noises ever committed to record ever.
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Santigold: 99¢ – Album of the Week
On the album cover for 99c, Santigold is vacuum packed with a range of fun accessories (A mouth organ! Golden Crocs!? A universal remote control!!??), carded and ready to be displayed in the dumpbin of your local discount store, alongside all those knock off Avengers toys featuring Captain America and Batman as team-mates.