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12/06/2009 Album Reviews Fink
Bluesy, introspective and creeping around your earphones like Joseph in a pair of very soft bedroom slippers, Fink does ‘downtempo’ with sincerity and devotion but fails to clue in the tunes

read: Fink ~ Sort Of Revolution ~ review

10/06/2009 Album Reviews Dirty Projectors
An album that combines the frustrating time-signatures and stop start malarkey of old progressive dinosaurs like Yes and King Crimson with the bonkers-pop antics of serial fruitcakes like Bjork

read: Dirty Projectors ~ Bitte Orca ~ review

10/06/2009 Album Reviews Ape School
It’s the infinite monkey theorem but with bucketfuls of reverb, moog synthesizers and the kind of lush, lysergic dreamsounds that would have had Timothy Leary tap-dancing into the next dimension

read: Ape School ~ Ape School ~ review

05/06/2009 Album Reviews Speech Dabelle
Dripping with smart and sexy poetry and showcasing one of the finest oboe riffs on record, tracks like 'The Key' pack an emotional punch in an increasingly crude and superficial world

read: Speech Dabelle ~ Speech Therapy ~ review

05/06/2009 Album Reviews Swimming
It’s intense; it makes your head spin and its surging, neo-Gothic passion fills the entire room with ether.

read: Swimming ~ The Fireflow Trade ~ review

02/06/2009 Album Reviews Junior Boys
Dreamy hypnotic vapour pop for a generation comfortable with its feminine-side and equally as comfortable in its pair of lounge-room slippers

read: Junior Boys ~ Begone Dull Care ~ review

12/05/2009 Album Reviews Man Like Me
Chipper cautionary tales with a bootful of optimism and the kind of gas that inflates balloons: boozed up boys in city centres, violent loafer dramas, proud single dads and coping with a life held vicariously together by no end of little white fibs

read: Man Like Me ~ Man Like Me ~ review

11/05/2009 Album Reviews Art Brut
Whilst one can only assume there must be some terrifically profound statement being made about Post-Capitalist Britain, the sheer quantity of words and images pouring out of the lead-singer’s mouth makes it almost impossible to identify.

read: Art Brut ~ Art Brut Vs Satan ~ review

21/04/2009 Album Reviews The Hours
The Hours' second album gives away nothing initially, but slowly builds itself up into something crafted clearly and methodically from layers that hint at optimism but never break into obvious full acknowledgement. Crud Music tries to See The Light.

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16/04/2009 Album Reviews Yeah Yeah Yeahs
If anyone was wondering how the Yeah Yeah Yeahs would or could ever mature and exist as a band that wasn’t a feisty 20 year old anymore, here’s your answer.

read: Yeah Yeah Yeahs ~ It's Blitz ~ review

15/04/2009 Album Reviews Twisted Wheel
The observational commentary isn’t as sharp as say Alex Turner and his prickly, acerbic Monkey men but even gassing about sun cream and school canteens raises the bar on the likes of Just Jack

read: Twisted Wheel ~ Twisted Wheel ~ review

14/04/2009 Album Reviews Tom Brosseau
Less Proust and more Tom Sawyer. Everything is either caving in or up in the air, combining to form beautifully illustrated tales of North American life experienced by some unsophisticated hick from the valley

read: Tom Brosseau ~ Posthumous Success ~ review

15/06/2009 News Stories Wild Beasts
Much hooting, howling and dancing to be had with the really wild beastie boys. New single, new album and tour.

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09/06/2009 News Stories James Yorkston
A big eyes down for Yorkston's family players. News of new album and single.

read: James Yorkston ~ ‘Martinmas Time’ and 'Folk Songs' releases

09/06/2009 News Stories Arctic Monkeys
Sweet riposte from the Monkeys. New album title announced.

read: Arctic Monkeys ~ 'Humbug' new album

08/06/2009 News Stories Minus 5
Best of the indie-underground unite for new album.

read: Minus 5 ~ 'Killingsworth'

08/06/2009 News Stories Lucky Elephant
Arty, hooky, French dudes listen with mother

read: Lucky Elephant ~ ‘Edgar / Lucky Elephant’

08/06/2009 News Stories Nate Campany and the Serenade
Hirsuit pop-rustler rustles up rootsy pop gem.

read: Nate Campany and the Serenade ~ 'The Only Bridge I Need' released

05/06/2009 News Stories Foxes
If you thought Belle & Sebastian were wet, then prepare for a good soaking from Brighton's Foxes.

read: Foxes ~ 'Who Killed Rob' new single.

04/06/2009 News Stories Dub Pistols
Make mine a double. The Dubs pour a little rum and coke on a barbecue summer. News of new album and Glasto appearence.

read: Dub Pistols ~ 'Rum & Coke' release - Glastonbury

02/06/2009 News Stories Arctic Monkeys
Desert storm whips up new Monkeys album. Josh Homme and James Ford produce.

read: Arctic Monkeys ~ Arctic Monkeys New Album - August 2009

15/05/2009 News Stories Maximo Park
Crimewatch UK: Have you seen this guitar?

read: Maximo Park ~ Stolen equipment ~ May 2009 UK tour

12/05/2009 News Stories King Cresote
Two finger salute from Fife's Kenny Andreson. Not woozy this time but wicked.

read: King Cresote ~ 'Flick the Vs' - 'Coast on By' Tour Dates

30/04/2009 News Stories them youth
Introducing... new West London five-pice, Debut single.

read: them youth ~ Bows and Arrows ~ debut single

21/04/2009 News Stories Broken Records
Ragtag Scot folk rabble ramble countrywide in support of debut album

read: Broken Records ~ June tour ~ Until The Earth Begins to Part

20/04/2009 News Stories Madness
See the new Jamie Winestone starring video here!

read: Madness ~ Dust Devil ~ comeback single ~ Madstock 2009

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MUSIC REVIEWS, CD REVIEWS, DVD REVIEWS, LIVE REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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Maximo Park @ Brixton Academy, London/Maximo Park usher in the Summer of '09 with a predictably testing performance at the Litmus Academy in London. It's a dipping your toe in the acid kind of thingy for new album, 'Quicken of the Heart'.
25/06/09


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Cold War Kids @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, London, 18.05.09 /Once flabby, undisciplined and off-target, once lean and commanding. We could be talking about any one of the writers here at Crud, but we are talking about the 'Kids. Baffled king James Berry composes a 'Hallelujah' at the Ballroom..
27/05/09


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Teitur - Coordinates - Where The Stars Are At/Crud asks Teitur Where's Your Head At? New album 'The Singer' out now.
12/05/09


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Elbow @ Wembley Arena, London, 14.03.2009/Seldom Seen Kid. Now there's an irony. James Berry resurrects a belligerent Northern growl for another evening in the company of serial award and show stealers (and all round good eggs), Elbow. Fooking ‘ell.
14/04/09


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Crud Radio ~ 'Music For the Anti Masses'/So ok, it's not an exact science. It's not E=mc^2. In fact it's not a science at all but we've still put in the research and come up with an hour's worth of quirks, quarks and terrifcally top-notch 'choons' and stuffed them into one byte-sized tinternet broadcast. First up the 'Kosmos Mix'.
23/02/09


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Starsailor @ The Luminaire, London, 11.02.09/Able-bodied Northeners, Starsailor trim the mainsail and unfurl the spinnakers ahead of new album release, 'All The Plans' with low-key gig in London. Sh*tloads of photos and tour dates included.
18/02/09


MUSIC REVIEWS, CD REVIEWS, DVD REVIEWS, LIVE REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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Hazel Winter - Coordinates - Where The (Guiding) Stars Are At/Prezzies for Quezzies! Crud asks Bristol's Hazel Winter, Where's Your Head At? New album 'Situation Normal Then' released January 2009.
29/12/08


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The Leisure Society - Coordinates - Where The (Guiding) Stars Are At/Crud asks Nick Hemming of Staffordshire band, The Leisure Society, 'Where's Your Xmas Head At?' New single ‘The Last Of The Melting Snow' is out now!
18/12/08


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Brakes - Coordinates - Where The (Guiding) Stars Are At/Prezzies for Quezzies! Crud asks Eamon Hamilton and Marc Beatty of Brighton band, Brakes, 'Where's Your Xmas Head At?' New single 'Hey Hey' out February 2009. New album ‘Touchdown’ out April 2009.
11/12/08


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Tenebrous Liar - Coordinates - Where The Stars Are At/Crud asks Steve Gullick of Tenebrous Liar, 'Where's Your Head At?' New album 'Tenebrous Liar’s Last Stand' out now.
04/11/08


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Broken Records @ 229, London, 05.09.08 /Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the Club Fandango? Only if we have to. James Berry may fail to find a bolt of lightning in the five young men who've been chasing their own spark for years, but not so Edinburgh's Broken Records.
23/09/08


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Frightened Rabbit- Coordinates - Where The Stars Are At/Crud asksScott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, 'Where's Your Head At?' New single 'I Feel Better’ is out soon.
03/09/08


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Animal Collective/Atlas Sound @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 21.05.08/A surreal and healthy dose of Maryland burlesque momentarily brightens the scruffy raincoat-reality of an anonymous social club in Leeds. Irfan Shah was there to see the rainbow.
04/08/08


MUSIC REVIEWS, CD REVIEWS, DVD REVIEWS, LIVE REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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Elbow @ Brixton Academy, London, 15.04.08 /Crud's own seldom seen kid takes a seldom taken look at this year's most seldom seen band. James Berry attends yet another Elbow gig. And who can blame him.
07/04/08


 

 
 

 

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