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Album Review: The National ‘High Violet’

April 24, 2010 by Lachy 16 Comments

The National proclaimed ‘High Violet’ would be their happy pop record. It’s not. Many people thought that this record would be a massive disappointment after the huge success of ‘Boxer’. It’s not. What it is, is a masterpiece.

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Album Review: Jónsi ‘Go’

April 19, 2010 by Lachy 3 Comments

I find I’m having less and less time for album reviews lately unfortunately. I’m very busy at the moment and album reviews are definitely the most time consuming posts I write on Pluck– I only feel comfortable writing a review after repeated listens of the album, and even then it can be hard to accurately […]

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Album Review: MGMT ‘Congratulations’

March 29, 2010 by Lachy 10 Comments

‘Congratulations’ is a disappointing record, but then it was always going to be.

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Album Review: John Butler Trio ‘April Uprising’

March 25, 2010 by Lachy 2 Comments

‘April Uprising’, due for release tomorrow, is John Butler’s fifth album, and the first with his new lineup of bassist Byron Luiters and drummer Nicky Bomba. It is also John’s most satisfying, complete, and diverse work to date.

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Album Review: Beach House ‘Teen Dream’

February 16, 2010 by Lachy 1 Comment

It took me a while to prepare for writing this review. For one thing, Beach House’s ‘Teen Dream’, the American duo’s third album, is one that not only demands, but requires, several listens in order to fully grasp. It is also the hyped hipster album of the moment, so I wanted to do it justice […]

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Album Review: Lightspeed Champion, ‘Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You’

February 9, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Dev Hynes, recording under his pseudonym Lightspeed Champion, produced one of 2008’s most memorable debuts in ‘Falling Off The Lavender Bridge’, and his sophomore album ‘Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You’, due out February 16th via Domino was one of my most anticipated albums of 2010. Hynes has always been a law unto himself. […]

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