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The five albums you need to hear this week Five albums you need to hear this week
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Rap collective Wu-Tang Clan may only be making one copy of their 31-song double album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, but luckily our reviewers got their hands on slightly more accessible releases this weekend. Here are five albums our critics strongly recommended in Friday’s G2 Film & Music and Sunday’s Observer New Review. Have a gander at the selection, spanning folk, garage-rock, sax-driven jazz and more. Rap collective Wu-Tang Clan may only be making one copy of their 31-song double album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, but luckily our reviewers got their hands on slightly more accessible releases this weekend. Here are five albums – spanning folk, garage-rock, sax-driven jazz and more – that our critics recommended in Friday’s G2 Film & Music and Sunday’s Observer New Review.
Mac Demarco – Salad DaysMac Demarco – Salad Days
G2’s lead review on Friday came from Alexis Petridis, who bestowed Mac DeMarco’s third album – replete with self-deprecation and lo-fi fuzz – with four stars. “He's incredibly adept at distilling an unlikely selection of influences into something that's idiosyncratic without being gratingly quirky,” Petridis wrote. G2’s lead review on Friday came from Alexis Petridis, who gave four stars to Mac DeMarco’s third album – full of self-deprecation and lo-fi fuzz. “He's incredibly adept at distilling an unlikely selection of influences into something that's idiosyncratic, without being gratingly quirky,” Petridis wrote.
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Timber Timbre – Hot DreamsTimber Timbre – Hot Dreams
The Canadian band’s latest album fared well in both G2 and the Observer. “Saxophones are smokin' and guitars twang, making Hot Dreams sound like the soundtrack to a western directed by David Lynch,” wrote Jon Dennis in his five-star Film & Music review while Ally Carnwath gave the album four stars in the New Review. The Canadian band’s latest album fared well in both G2 and the Observer. “Saxophones are smokin' and guitars twang, making Hot Dreams sound like the soundtrack to a western directed by David Lynch,” wrote Jon Dennis in his five-star Film & Music review, while Ally Carnwath gave the album four stars in the New Review.
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Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere ElseCloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else
In G2 Lanre Bakare dished out four stars to Cloud Nothings’ newest full-length offering since 2012’s Attack on Memory, writing “there's a charm to [frontman Dylan] Baldi's steadfast faith in garage-rock brevity” in his review. Lanre Bakare dished out four stars to Cloud Nothings’ newest full-length offering since Attack on Memory, in 2012, writing “there's a charm to [frontman Dylan] Baldi's steadfast faith in garage-rock brevity”.
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Hurray for the Riff Raff – Small Town HeroesHurray for the Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
Kitty Empire's lead review in the Observer on Sunday gave five stars to this New Orleans band’s album of murder ballads and odes to love. “There are easy-going country laments here, harmonicas, a blues or three and even a doo-wop number, all doffing hats to tradition,” Empire wrote. In the Observer on Sunday, Kitty Empire gave five stars to this New Orleans band’s album of murder ballads and odes to love. “There are easy-going country laments here, harmonicas, a blues or three and even a doo-wop number, all doffing hats to tradition,” Empire wrote.
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Polar Bear – In Each and Every OnePolar Bear – In Each and Every One
Finally, in our third five-star review of the week, John Fordham gave a firm thumbs-up to two-sax quartet Polar Bear. On their latest album, “electronics plays a bigger role, with the introductory Open See a sonic vapour of airy whistles and glowing, pulsing effects,” he wrote. If you want to hear more, here's our exclusive stream of the entire album. In our third five-star review of the week, John Fordham gave a thumbs-up to the two-sax quartet Polar Bear. On their latest album, “electronics plays a bigger role, with the introductory Open See a sonic vapour of airy whistles and glowing, pulsing effects,” wrote Fordham. (Click here to listen to our exclusive stream of the entire album.)
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