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EAT//SLEEP EP * recommended *
31 January 2012 / White Label Music
:: Fruitless Forest ::
The sweet swagger and thump of live unplugged instruments being swallowed by countless layers of vocals

TELEOPSIA EP * EP of the month *
31 January 2012 / Promo / 5 Trk Download
:: Violet Youth ::
Violet Youth ; maybe one of Manchester’s most interesting bands right now

HURTLOVE
31 January 2012 / White Label / 2 Trk 10” Vinyl
:: No Ceremony ::
I get the feeling I’ve listened to something quite important...

LIVE AT THE KINGS HALL STOKE ON TRENT
31 January 2012 / 14th Floor Records / 10 Trk CD
:: [All the Young] ::
[All the Young] go live in this post-Britpop set...

BLACK LIGHT
31 January 2012 / Full Time Hobby / 9 Trk CD
:: Diagrams ::
Sam Genders' solo work brings the Tunng frontman into a dazzling world of technology and folk

BORDERS
31 January 2012 / Big Teeth / 1 Trk CD & Download
:: Feeder ::
There’s a hookline within ten seconds and somehow Feeder know how to just write good rock songs

ZUT ALORS
31 January 2012 / Promo / 1 Trk CD & Download
:: My Tiny Robots ::
...an anthem for Postcard Records with 100 players

RECORD SHOPS EP
31 January 2012 / Promo / 5 Trk CDR
:: Eskimo Fandango ::
...all points to Eskimo Fandango eventually appearing on A&R radars like am approaching invasion

CLEAR HEART FULL EYES
31 January 2012 / Full Time Hobby / 11 Trk CD
:: Craig Finn ::
This simple, very effective album is a remarkable diversion from The Hold Steady

HAVE SOME FAITH IN MAGIC * joint album of the month *
31 January 2012 / Rock Action / 10 Trk CD
:: Errors ::
Errors reference a primeval pre-digital checkpoint that was/is Sheffield and stir in their own curious combinations of ethereal post-rock and semi-Math

(LET ME BE) THE ONE YOU CALL ON
31 January 2012 / Impotent Fury / 1 Trk CD
:: Frank Eddie ::
Something about its enchanting electro-ramble that’s worth a listen

THE FIRST SEASON
31 January 2012 / White Label / 8 Trk CD
:: Gone Til Winter ::
...it won’t be long before a breakthrough track proves their point

IT’S NOT ME * joint album of the month *
31 January 2012 / Acid Jazz Records / 14 Trk CD
:: The Janice Graham Band ::
There aren’t that many albums that are truly long awaited...

I’M IN LOVE WITH MARGARET THATCHER
31 January 2012 / Notsensible Records / 3 Trk 7” Vinyl & 3 Trk CD
:: Notsensibles ::
Before Half Man Half Biscuit and inspired by the buzzsaw attacks of the Buzzcocks and the angst ridden assualt of Slaughter & The Dogs