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Hear The New Arcade Fire Songs In Full

May 27, 2010 by Lachy 2 Comments

It appears that only a few days after posting snippets of these songs with great excitement, they have already leaked to the internet. Yay, the future. I wouldn’t call either of them particularly special for Arcade Fire’s admittedly ridiculously high standards, but I can definitely see them being growers, and there’s no doubt they are […]

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You Have To Hear: The Good China

May 24, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

This is going to be a no-nonsense post: Melbourne indie band The Good China are good. Very good. The Good China is an eight-piece collective who have been getting a lot of radio airtime, some enviable opening slots, and plenty of attention from both local and international blogs lately. It’s for a good reason as […]

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You Have To Hear: New Arcade Fire Songs

May 21, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Well, kind of. These are very short previews of the songs featured on the upcoming 12″ single from Arcade Fire. Apparently the 12″ will be released on June the 1st, and an album will follow shortly, but very little is confirmed at the moment (we don’t even know the name). I simply cannot wait. Via […]

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My 50 Favourite Albums (And EPs) Of The Decade

January 12, 2010 by Lachy 2 Comments

Well all the cool kids are doing it. So, looking back on the decade that was, here are my top 50 recordings from 2000-2009. Regular Pluck readers will notice that there are some inconsistencies with my Best Albums Of 2009, this is because when looking back on a decade, I am thinking of albums that […]

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The 20 Most Anticipated Albums Of 2010

December 24, 2009 by Lachy 3 Comments

Edit: See above “2010 Album Reviews” for reviews of many of these albums. I believe that 2009 was a great year for music. We saw what many people consider to be two of the greatest albums of the decade, ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ and ‘Veckatimest’, and even if I don’t completely agree, that is still pretty […]

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